Wikipedia Becomes a Class Assignment

October 31, 2007 By JESSICA MINTZ, AP Technology Writer

(AP) -- Some academics cringe when students turn to Wikipedia as a reference for term papers.

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uberme - Nov 04, 2007
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At Purdue, we pushed the envelope even further. We do not use Wikipedia because we have created our own wiki for many classes. In addition, Wikipedia is treated as a search engine. No citation can be attributed to Wikipedia, only to the articles used by Wikipedia editors for justifying their contributions. See http://purdue.iso...ikipedia
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