[Foundation-l] university blocking wikipedia

Tue Oct 2 22:25:25 UTC 2007

....like we do on Wikipedia! :-)

On 10/2/07, Florence Devouard <Anthere9 at yahoo.com> wrote:
>
> dan harp wrote:
> > just heard an odd thing from a peer @ the high school
> > I work at.
> >
> > "Many major universities have blocked wikipedia"
> >
> > thought I would throw it out to the community and get
> > a bit of direction to research - I find the
> > possibility odd.
> >
> >
> >
> >
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> Ask them to cite their sources :-)
> (for example, ask the person to provide names of universities
> supposingly doing that)
> Then, if the person reveals unable to provide any names, adopt a very
> serious and dignified face, nod gravely, and says "urban legends are
> terrible. I wish so much people would start using figures and citing
> sources when they make a claim. We should ban sentences starting by
> "many says that", or "some people consider that" or "Most people know
> that"".
>
> Ant
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