How much the mid east loves us

[TomOfSweden]

The owners of th site were on TV here in the US 2 nights ago and strongly recommended that schol students be they high school or college do NOT use their site as a definite answer because ofthe editing ability of user, additionaly alot of college professors in the United State no longer accept their site for reasearch purposes and tell their students if you use the site make sure you use a secondary source to make sure your research is accurate i was there last night, i did not edit anything but as a registered user or annyimously user i was able to edit anything i wanted and save it on any entry i looked at
Not arguing with you, just making a point about the use of their site

erm....I'm a bit lost for words here. Our modern school system is based on aplying the scientific method. The scientific method clearly states that we should not take anything as scientific truth unless we have a reference to a person. The trail must end at a physical and identifiable person. The fact that a US high school doesn't accept wikipedia as a reference is erm... You lost me.... How is this relevant to wikipedia? It seems that there's such a basic feature of our educational system you haven't grasped, that I don't know what to say. It doesn't debunk wikipedias correctness in the least, only it's ability to act as a scientific reference which I won't argue with.

I'm willing to bet that no US professors have ever accepted wikipedia as a reference. Not ever. Which I'm very happy with. But it's a great source of easily digested information all the same.

When I do scientific research, (which incidentaly is what I do for a living right now) I usually start by going to wikipedia to check what sources their are. And then track down it's source. But I would never make a reference to wikipedia. It's an encyclopedia.

[she_screams]

I'm willing to bet that no US professors have ever accepted wikipedia as a reference. Not ever. Which I'm very happy with. But it's a great source of easily digested information all the same

my ex is a UK lecturer and their title is dr. In the US, any one with a phd is a professor. its different in europe. to be a professor here, you have to publish so many papers. i forgot my point! lol. The point is that my ex is annoyed coz its thesis marking time and she says that nearly 75% of students have referenced wikipedia instead of scientific literaure. i know thats borring so soz! lol!
s_s

[tessa]

my ex is annoyed coz its thesis marking time and she says that nearly 75% of students have referenced wikipedia instead of scientific literaure

I'd have to laugh if that wasn't so serious an issue. What students will accept as valid fact astounds me.