Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told to avoid Wikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Charles Matthews
Michael Peel wrote: > Having said that, I've just looked at the original document: > > http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/files/2009-12-24-plagiarism-students.pdf > > It actually does a pretty good job at giving advice on how to use > Wikipedia. It's just the Telegraph that chose the choice quote and > i

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told to avoid Wikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Douglas Gardner
Perhaps a quick note about Special:Cite? ...said... ==> ...stated..? -Original Message- Michael Peel wrote: > Having said that, I've just looked at the original document: > > http://www.ofqual.gov.uk/files/2009-12-24-plagiarism-students.pdf > > It actually does a pretty good job at givi

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Steve Virgin
Guys As a Board member I personally believe we should be attempting to promote our Schools Project here and that should sit at the heart of any release. Feel free to wrap any or all your very valid points below inside and around the idea/goal of the project, should you agree with me. To refre

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Charles Matthews
Steve Virgin wrote: > > As a Board member I personally believe we should be attempting to > promote our Schools Project here and that should sit at the heart of > any release. Feel free to wrap any or all your very valid points below > inside and around the idea/goal of the project, should you a

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told toavoidWikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Steve Virgin
I could not agree more. :-) -- From: "Charles Matthews" Sent: Thursday, January 07, 2010 12:57 PM To: Subject: Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told toavoidWikipedia" -Telegraph> Steve Virgin wrote: >> >> As a Board member I personally b

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told toavoidWikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Brian McNeil
On Thu, 2010-01-07 at 13:10 +, Steve Virgin wrote: > I could not agree more. Whoever wrote the guidelines for the government is a smart cookie. There is that clear implication that learning how to judge the credibility of any piece of information presented to you is a valuable skill. At issue

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told toavoidWikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Charles Matthews
Brian McNeil wrote: > I'd be happy to help draft a guide on use of Wikipedia by schools if > someone starts it. The one on Wikipedia isn't really appropriate for > kids of 12 or under. It's also not focussed enough to be quickly useful > to educators - it shouldn't just be a case of telling people

Re: [Wikimediauk-l] "Schoolchildren told to avoidWikipedia" - Telegraph

2010-01-07 Thread Thomas Dalton
2010/1/7 Steve Virgin : > As a Board member I personally believe we should be attempting to promote > our Schools Project here and that should sit at the heart of any release. I don't disagree that this is an opportunity to mention our project, but I don't think it should be the heart of the relea