"snobbery and obscurantism" Hmm. But if Joe is ok with it, then I think it
is worth at least an RT?

On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 9:47 AM, Jeff Elder <[email protected]> wrote:

> "A dowdy education system hides its flaws inside larded layers of snobbery
> and obscurantism."
>
> I feel like more and more educators are open-minded about Wikipedia -- for
> example our blog posts about Tel Aviv University teaching a course in
> Wikipedia and Wikipedians-in-residence in some of Europe's oldest
> universities.
>
> Is the statement above -- fine in the writer's opinion piece -- a poke in
> the eye if shared by us?
>
> On Friday, December 11, 2015, Joe Sutherland <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> This looks good to me. Jeff and Michael, what do you think?
>>
>> On 9 December 2015 at 21:28, Charles Gregory <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi team,
>>>
>>> I'd like to suggest sharing this article: "Don't fall for Wiki-denial:
>>> there's nothing wrong with using Wikipedia" from Elizabeth Farrelly in The
>>> Sydney Morning Herald:
>>>
>>>
>>> http://www.smh.com.au/comment/why-wikipedia-at-15-is-a-beautiful-exercise-in-scholarly-excellence-20151209-glj79f.html
>>>
>>> Already shared at:
>>> https://twitter.com/wm_au/status/674700508712439809
>>> https://www.facebook.com/wikimedia.au/posts/920382398015453
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> Charles
>>> (User:Chuq / WMAU)
>>>
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