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

The fact that it can be editable at any point can add some uncertainty
to the statements long term. There are info trolls out there. The idea
is that its better safe than sorry even though there are countless
articles on wiki that are posted by people in the field and they did
put in many verification tools to confirm quantitative metrics and
basic info so its a use at your own risk kind of resource. The school
issue, I think, has to do with wiki being considered a primary source..
Which its not.

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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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