Hi Dave,

On Thu 2037-Mar-19 08:46, Dave Drum (1:124/311) wrote to Richard Webb:

 RW> I know a couple of educators, or three .  NOne of them
 RW> will accept wiki as a reference on any papers turned in by
 RW> students.  THis is for both college level and high school.
 RW> they do not consider wiki valid as its so-called facts are
 RW> not vetted before being published.

 RW> ONe, a professor, will automatically fail any student using
 RW> wiki as a reference in college level research etc.

DD> On the other hand ... back in 1969 when I was in a PoliSci 101
DD> course I wrote a (paraphrased - but, not directly copied) paper on
DD> reverse-racism which scored an "A" and major brownie points with the
DD> instructor. The whole thing was cribbed from a Playboy interview
DD> (footnotes and all).

Playboy does some good stuff.  Obviously the professor
hadn't read the playboy piece.

tHE prof I noted earlier would probably tell you that at
least the Playboy piece had been vetted and fact checked,
unlike wiki.

Regards,
           Richard
--- timEd 1.10.y2k+