"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) >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Social-media mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> *Joe Sutherland* >> Communications Intern [remote] >> joesutherland.rocks | @jrbsu <http://twitter.com/jrbsu> | +44 (0) 7722 >> 916 433 >> > > > -- > Jeff Elder > Digital communications manager > Wikimedia Foundation > 704-650-4130 > @jeffelder <https://twitter.com/JeffElder> > @wikipedia <https://twitter.com/wikipedia> > The Wikimedia blog <https://blog.wikimedia.org/> > > > _______________________________________________ > Social-media mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/social-media > > -- Michael Guss Research Analyst Wikimediafoundation.org [email protected]
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