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    06/24/09

    In reply to Wired Editor Steals Content for Book Saying Content Should be Free
    i'm sorry, but you're missing the point. it's not ironic when someone takes free content and uses it on a book about free content. it's practicing what you preach.

    we live in a copy and paste world and that's that.
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    Image of Stefanie Kechayas Stefanie Kechayas
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wired Editor Steals Content for Book Saying Content Should be Free
    Actually, I'm doing my masters in new media communications and I regularly use Wikipedia as a reference to find primary sources.


    Most people don't realise that it is becoming common practice for experts in given fields to contribute to their field's Wikipedia entry. Often its expected that PhD students contribute something. Yes, Wikipedia is open to everyone, but there are pretty strict editorial policies that the site has to deal with spamming and uncited sources.


    When looking at an entry, use your brain. Does it have have an extensive reference list? Are these references solid? How is the writing style of the entry? These things will tell you about the quality of the entry. A well-written, well-researched Wikipedia article can be extremely useful to scholars. Of course, like any reference, they should not be relied on exclusively.


    Anyone who thinks the Internet and wikis are the first media texts to undermine 'facts' and critical thinking are in for a shock.

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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    06/24/09

    @Stefanie Kechayas: Often its expected that PhD students contribute something.


    Really? Does your source on this assertion happen to be...Wikipedia?

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    Image of Maura Johnston Maura Johnston
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wired Editor Steals Content for Book Saying Content Should be Free
    oh, it's not so bad. he didn't make MONEY off the book.


    wait, what?

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    Image of cassiemajestic cassiemajestic
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wired Editor Steals Content for Book Saying Content Should be Free
    I use Wikipedia as a source to find other sources. Trust but verify. And I'm a librarian....
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    Image of RandomLunatic RandomLunatic
    06/23/09

    @cassiemajestic: That's precisely how I use Wikipedia, and I'm a journalist. You can often ignore the article content and just go straight to the links cited.
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    Image of Asmo Asmo
    06/23/09

    @RandomLunatic: Ditto, except I'm not a journalist.
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    Image of skahammer skahammer
    06/24/09

    @Asmo: How do you know you're not?
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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    06/23/09

    In reply to Wired Editor Steals Content for Book Saying Content Should be Free
    Can't decide which is more embarrassing -- failing to cite wikipedia as a source or using wikipedia as a source.
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    Image of croush1211 croush1211
    06/23/09

    @MrInBetween: Smart people know how and when to use Wikipedia. They do make things called "footnotes" and "references", in which the information you are reading could be based off of totally.


    Of course, you could always cover your eyes and say that unless you read it in a book (which is, by definition, just written by anyone no matter what their qualifications) it isn't true.

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    Image of MrInBetween MrInBetween
    06/23/09

    @croush1211: Hmm? I'm not one of these smart people who use Wikipeda so I'm not following you or, perhaps, you misunderstood me... Of course some smart people use Wikipedia. But smart authors never use Wikipedia to write their books.
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