Jun 30, 2008

Pondering Wikipedia

If one is writing a "scholarly" piece about teaching with wikis, does Wikipedia then become a scholarly source?

3 comments:

J. said...

An interesting question. I often wonder if there are, in fact, scholars who are already contributing to the various entries on things, anyway. Hmmm.

Zog said...

It's a recursive reference. A candle between parallel mirrors... :)

G said...

@ j. campbell I'm sure that there are scholars that contribute. Not to mention the number of scholars who are unknowingly contributing via copied info.

@zog but will the prof. see the reflection in both mirrors or simply blow the candle out. That is the real question.