On 6/2/06, Steve Bennett <stevagewp(a)gmail.com> wrote:
On 6/2/06, Ray Saintonge <saintonge(a)telus.net>
wrote:
I essentially agree. Some people still argue
that Wikipedia itself is
not a reliable source. On the other hand "Scientific American" for this
month used [[Sudoku]] as a reference in an article on the same subject.
A good example - it depends how you use Wikipedia whether you would
call it a "reliable source". If it makes a definitive, unsourced
claim, I would not call it reliable. If it provides the source further
upstream, and you check them out, it's a very useful source.
If you're checking the source "further upstream", you should be
citing
the original source, not the encyclopedia article.
Anthony