https://polypompholyx.github.io/tag/wikipedia/Recent content in Wikipedia on PolypompholyxHugoen-GBExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under a Creative Commons CC-BY-SA-3.0 licence, Steve CookTue, 13 Sep 2016 14:32:37 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2012/04/community-payback-for-undergrads/Thu, 19 Apr 2012 15:27:57 +0000https://polypompholyx.github.io/2012/04/community-payback-for-undergrads/<p>Two acquaintances of mine, both teachers of one kind or another, tell me that they no longer feel comfortable steering students away from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page" title="English Wikipedia">Wikipedia</a>, because they can no longer maintain the prim pretence that they <em>themselves</em> aren&rsquo;t consulting it on a daily basis.</p> <p>I&rsquo;ve long appreciated Wikipedia for its convenience; and been amused by its <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utricularia_subg._Polypompholyx" title="Polypompholyx at Wikipedia">unforgivable mis-prioritisation</a>. On the other hand, I&rsquo;ve been irritated by the scrappiness of articles on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epistasis" title="Epistasis at Wikipedia">concepts I&rsquo;ve taught </a>and saddened by the thoughtless pasting of its content into some of the essays I mark.</p>