[LINK] Wikipedia Critic Finds Copied Passages

Marghanita da Cruz marghanita at ramin.com.au
Wed Nov 8 16:43:48 AEDT 2006


Richard Chirgwin wrote:
<snip>
> Attribution is, in my view, not only a right of the author. It's also a 
> right of the *reader*. If material is not attributed, then the reader 
> has no yardstick to judge it. Attribution of sources is a key tool by 
> which the reader can undertake independent research and therefore judge 
> the credibility of the source.
> 
> Expecting readers to swallow Wikipedia entries, sans attribution, is at 
> best patronising and at worst deceitful.
<snip>
Perhaps in the old days...today you can always google...
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