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EDUCATION: COLLEGE: ACADEMIC STANDARDS:
A 'Frozen' Wikipedia Could be Better for College, Founder Says
A 'Frozen' Wikipedia Could be Better for College, Founder Says
May 16, 2008
The Chronicle of Higher Education
The Wired Campus
<http://chronicle.com/wiredcampus/article/3007/
possible-change-to-wikipedia-could-make-it-more-
academically-useful-founder-says>
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Cambridge, Mass. Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, has been outspoken
about his view that his creation, the online encyclopedia that anyone can edit,
should not be used in academic settings, especially by students writing papers.
One reason is that any given entry could change instantly and not have a final
vetting process, said Mr. Wales in an interview Thursday at a conference on the
future of the Internet, held at Harvard Universitys Berkman Center for Internet
& Society.
But the popular encyclopedia may soon add a new feature that would allow
Wikipedia entries to be cited more comfortably by students and professors, he
said. The feature would allow a version of a Wikipedia article to be frozen and
approved by experts.
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Temple University
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