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The guardians of Wikipedia are locked in a battle over whether the online encyclopedia should be more selective in the articles it contains, according to a ...


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QUOTE(Newsfeed @ Tue 11th March 2008, 12:20pm) *

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Educators need to be more concerned with the forms of conduct that students learn from participating in Wikipediot “culture”, and less with Wikipedia’s ephemeral content.

If they do that, they will realize that Wikipedia is one of the most elitist cultures that one can imagine — its privileged classes don’t just delete articles, they delete entire points of view from fair representation.

— Jon Awbrey, 11 Mar 2008, 01:54 PM

WhispersOfWisdom
http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showtopic=16483

Let's take it to discussion.
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Chronicle of Higher Education (subscription) -1 hour ago
The guardians of Wikipedia are locked in a battle over whether the online encyclopedia should be more selective in the articles it contains, according to a ...


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