tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047768604497531498.post369455238190631152..comments2023-11-02T05:05:46.010-07:00Comments on book, book, book: So Meta it Will Make Your Head ExplodeElsKushnerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08584616838165132885noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3047768604497531498.post-65208678670903372822007-03-06T10:19:00.000-08:002007-03-06T10:19:00.000-08:00Middlebury College is now banning students from ci...Middlebury College is now banning students from citing Wikipedia (though not from looking at it), after a history professor caught his students soberly citing a glaring error in an article on Japanese history. See the <A HREF="http://www.nytimes.com/2007/02/21/education/21wikipedia.html?ex=1173330000&en=97c170c19178e24e&ei=5070" REL="nofollow">New York Times article of 2/21/07</A> (they'll make you register for a free account to read it). <BR/>As an academic librarian I spent years trying to explain not only to the students but also to their professors why they shouldn't cite Wikipedia. So I have to admit that this NYT article, and the New Yorker retraction, really made my day.<BR/>- LiseAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com