Re: [DIYbio] OFF-TOPIC: taboo on using Wikipedia (school settings)

All info in Wikipedia is not reliable and well researched.Subjectivity is high in the contents.

V.Rajagopalan
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On 31-Jul-2013, at 6:26 AM, Jeswin <phillyj101@gmail.com> wrote:

> I was reading the commentary article "We Must Face the Threats" in J Neuro [1] and noticed that they cite Wikipedia. Now, I realize that this isn't a regular journal article but teachers and professors seem to treat Wikipedia as absolutely verboten. If an article in a journal can cite Wikipedia, then why can't it be used as a source in informal assignments like homeworks. A research paper would require harder stuff but in my experience thus far, Wikipedia is shunned by instructors.
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> Comments?
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> [1]http://www.jneurosci.org/content/29/37/11417.full.pdf
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