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Sure, but how can you put something on your CV when it can disappear (or be edited beyond recognition) 5 minutes after you post it? Wikipedia has a fundamental
by michael_dorfman 18y ago
Sure, but how can you put something on your CV when it can disappear (or be edited beyond recognition) 5 minutes after you post it? Wikipedia has a fundamentally different process than traditional publishing-- so while the goal of "free access to the sum of human knowledge" may sound similar to the goals of the academy, the reality is very different.
- michael_nielsen 18y agoYour comment nicely summarizes the point of my article. The obvious conclusion to draw is that there is something quite wrong with the way the academy is going about things. Edit: As a tangential point, Wikipedia uses version control, so all edits are preserved in a version history. Not that it matters in this case - Wikipedia edits aren't journal publications, and so most academics would prefer to keep them off their CV.
- michael_dorfman 18y agoInteresting-- I thought the obvious conclusion to draw is that there is something quite wrong with the way Wikipedia is going about things.
- michael_nielsen 18y agoSo you think that Wikipedia isn't useful?
- michael_dorfman 18y agoIt's useful, in the way a public bathroom is useful-- you're glad it's there when you need it, but the experience really depends upon the behavior of the last guy to use it before you. I'll take peer reviewed (or even just professionally edited) content over Wikipedia, anytime. But, it's certainly better than nothing.