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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.

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.
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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".

“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.

While the researcher did not formally track patron type in each category, he does offer the following points regarding this data:



• Email inquiries were received from undergraduate and graduate students, faculty, and community patrons.
• Phone inquiries were received from faculty and community patrons only.
• All instant messenger and Facebook reference questions were received from undergraduate students.
• Most in-person questions were received from undergraduates; a few were from faculty and graduate students.

To become a college member of facebook you must have a .edu college/university email address. Most colleges issue these to students.

Facebook supports 882 colleges today - there are about 2,000 in the U.S. if you count community colleges. Their goal is to support all of these over time.

The penetration rate is staggering - about 85% of students in supported colleges have a profile up on FaceBook. That’s 3.85 million members. Chris tells me that 60% log in daily. About 85% log in at least once a week, and 93% log in at least once a month.

• Uncle Ron may work for IBM, but it doesn't mean you want him writing on your wall or poking your friends.
• Keep your social profile fun, but your professional profile polished.
• The more people you know, the less chance of fetching coffee all day.