[WikiEN-l] One reason why Wikipedia is not presently classroom-safe

Sat Feb 19 09:42:58 UTC 2005

BJörn Lindqvist said:
> (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:What_Wikipedia_is_not#Wikipedia_is_not_a_dictionary)>> I listed it.
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Votes_for_deletion/Donkey_punch
>>
>> Although the article has only been listed for only two days, so far
>> there is a 2:1 majority vote for keep.
>> In my opinion this kind of article would render Wikipedia difficult to
>> describe as "safe for classroom use"; also teachers recommending it to
>
> Why? What is "safe for classroom"?

Safe in the sense that a teacher can use it without risking making tabloid
headlines when little Jimmy tells Mommy about Dirty Sanchez.
>
>> younger children for homework research would be put at risk of censure
>> because of articles like this.  Whatever those who voted think
>> Wikipedia
>
> Who would put them at risk?

See above.