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TIL Wikipedia is not always reliable…from Wikipedia
Today I Learned is a popular subreddit on Reddit. One very recent post is this one:The post links to the Wikipedia entry “Reliability of Wikipedia.”Discuss…
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Mythicism as Pseudoscholarship on Wikipedia
David Fitzgerald posted this on Facebook:If a “war is brewing,” are you involved in Wikipedia enough, or invested enough in the subject, to get involved?It was interesting to see the comments on...
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Quote for the Start of Semester
The quote from Jimmy Wales, founder of Wikipedia, comes from an article in the Chronicle of Higher Education, “Wikipedia Founder Discourages Academic Use of His Creation.”The same can be said of the...
View ArticleWikipistemology
The blog Only a Game had a wonderful post recently about the issue with Wikipedia, which is not about the information that is in many of the articles, but about what can be known to be behind them, and...
View ArticleAmelia Bedelia and the Sinister Buttocks
Wikipedia has been making headlines again. If you haven’t seen it yet, read the article about how someone as a student edited the Wikipedia entry about Amelia Bedelia as a prank, only to encounter it...
View ArticleNot Really An Expert
Internet, I need your help. According to a commenter who randomly showed up on my blog, I am not a credible source of information, because I do not have a Wikipedia page: I may be wrong, but my...
View ArticleNot to Miss at #AARSBL17 on Sunday, November 19th
There are two events that I unfortunately cannot attend at AAR/SBL in Boston, but which I want to highlight nonetheless for the benefit of others who may not have the scheduling conflicts that alas...
View ArticleSeven Steps to Jesus
A while back I was told that there is a Wikipedia game “Seven Steps to Jesus” which resembles the better-known “Seven Degrees of Separation” game involving Kevin Bacon. (And for those keeping count,...
View ArticleWikipediatricians and Ways of Knowing
Until relatively recently, I had no idea that there was such a word as “Wikipediatrician.” But having come across it, I was inspired to revisit the question of how to view this widely-used source as an...
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