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There are now enough serious incidents of false and defamatory information in Wikipedia biographies to warrant prohibiting this as a reference source in universities and university-level professional schools. ... This is made worse by the fact that Wikipedia is an automatic flow-through resource for other on-line sources. — Ken Friedman, Norwegian School of Management [1]

Contents 1 Notable Wikipedia hoaxes 2 Educational institutions that have prohibited Wikipedia for research 3 Jimbo weighs in 4 "Wikipedia articles can't be used as sources" by other articles 5 See also

[edit] Notable Wikipedia hoaxes

Utterly false, fabricated entries in Wikipedia, some of real people and some not at all, that persisted for weeks or months before being removed or fixed.

• Alan Mcilwraith (Wikipedia Signpost article)
• Henryk Batuta
• Joshua Gardner
• Seigenthaler biography controversy
• Marty Meehan
• The priests of Lisbon
• Essjay controversy - the hoax read 'round the world

I do not consider [Wikipedia] to be an appropriate source for use in academic work. — Robert Rubin, Wright State University [2]

Relying on the Wikipedia for academic research seems a sloppy and negligent way to work. — Wayne Bivens-Tatum, Princeton University [3]

I would advise teachers not to accept any student essays that use Wikipedia as a source. — Paul Axelrod, Dean of York University [4]

Wikipedia is not getting better. It is getting worse. ... Wikipedia is unacceptable as a research tool. — Ken Friedman, Norwegian School of Management [5]

The important point that we wish to communicate to all students taking courses and submitting work in our department in the future is that they cite Wikipedia at their peril. — Don Wyatt, History Chair, Middlebury[6]

[edit] Educational institutions that have prohibited Wikipedia for research

Colleges, universities, and schools where professors/teachers have prohibited use of Wikipedia for academic research or as a source of reference.

• Norwegian School of Management (Oslo, Norway)
• Stanford University (Santa Clara, California)
• Blue Valley West High School (Overland Park, Kansas)
• Furman University (Greenville, South Carolina)
• Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (Fort Wayne, Indiana)
• Ithaca College (Ithaca, New York)
• Southern Connecticut State University (New Haven, Connecticut)
• University of Florida (Gainesville, Florida)
• Middlebury (Middlebury, Vermont)
• University of California at Santa Barbara

[edit] Jimbo weighs in

He knows, even if you don't.

No, I don't think people should cite it. — Jimbo Wales [7]

[edit] "Wikipedia articles can't be used as sources" by other articles

Apparently, the "sum of all human knowledge" doesn't consider itself to be a reliable source.

• Wikipedia:Citing sources

[edit] See also

• "The word on Wikipedia: Trust but verify" - by Lisa Daniels and Alex Johnson, MSNBC News, March 22 2007.
• "A History Department Bans Citing Wikipedia as a Research Source" - by Noam Cohen, The New York Times, February 21 2007.
• "College limits use of Wikipedia; good idea, site says", ZDNet Education, January 29 2007.
• "Halle Berry's New Music CD Reports May Be an Internet Hoax" - by Paula Mooney, American Chronicle, December 20 2006.
• "Some professors doubt credibility of site" - by Chris Freiberg, Indiana Daily Student, September 14 2006.
• "False death information survives for a month in baseball biographies" - by Michael Snow, Wikipedia Signpost, August 7 2006.
• "Won't get fooled again" - by IDS Editorial Board, Indiana Daily Student, February 3 2006. - student run newspaper calling for professors to ban Wikipedia citations
• "Surfing is safer — and smarter — with flotation devices" - by Wendy Edelstein, UC Berkeley News, January 18 2006.
• WikiWatch - a detailed account of Wikipedia hoaxes, misinformation, and fuckups. (2005-2006)

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