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16 Dec 07

L’encyclopédie en ligne aurait gagné en fiabilité au cours de ces dernières années. Ce n’était pas le cas en 2005, date à laquelle, “M. Wales avait reconnu que Wikipedia ne pouvait servir de base aux travaux des étudiants et ne devait être qu’une “première approche” en vue de recherches plus poussées sur un sujet.”

Wikipedia peut être utilisé par les étudiants pour leurs travaux universitaires, le site ayant suffisamment amélioré sa fiabilité, estime Jimmy Wales, le fondateur de l'encyclopédie en ligne, selon des propos rapportés vendredi par la BBC sur son site internet.
M. Wales a dit ne voir "aucun problème" à ce que les articles de Wikipedia soient utilisés comme références par les étudiants à condition que ces articles comprennent des citations exactes.

13 Dec 07

He said young students should be able to reference the online encyclopaedia in their work.

Mr Wales said the site, which is edited by users, should be seen as a "stepping stone" to other sources.


As long as an article included accurate citations, he said he had "no problem" with it being used as a reference for younger students, although academics would "probably be better off doing their own research".
Mr Wales said the website still lacked the authority to be used as a citeable source for college-aged and university students.
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- Since the controversy, in which it emerged that the "free editing" policy had allowed articles containing inaccuracies and bias to appear, the site has introduced a system of real-time peer review, in which volunteers check new and updated articles for accuracy and impartiality.
- It is this perceived lack of authority that has drawn criticism from other information sources. Ian Allgar of Encyclopaedia Britannica maintains that, with 239 years of history and rigorous fact-checking procedures, Britannica should remain a leader in authoritative, politically-neutral information.

“They say, ‘Please help me. I got an F on my paper because I cited Wikipedia’” and the information turned out to be wrong, he says. But he said he has no sympathy for their plight, noting that he thinks to himself: “For God sake, you’re in college; don’t cite the encyclopedia.”

Mr. Wales said that leaders of Wikipedia have considered putting together a fact sheet that professors could give out to students explaining what Wikipedia is and that it is not always a definitive source.