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List:       wikipedia-l
Subject:    Re: [Wikipedia-l] An idea
From:       Stirling Newberry <stirling.newberry () xigenics ! net>
Date:       2005-06-06 23:49:22
Message-ID: 6b77e2970f3dfb01b8f59bb135b89ce2 () xigenics ! net
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On Jun 6, 2005, at 4:11 PM, Ray Saintonge wrote:

> Stirling Newberry wrote:
>
>>
>> In a world that is moving to greater transparency, wikipedia is, in 
>> fact, a model. Consider being able to earn one's degree by writing on 
>> wikipedia. Edit articles, have a thesis advisor review contributions, 
>> and score credit appropriately. Adding bibliography, annotation and 
>> other activities which "polish" wikipedia would be part of 
>> assignments.
>
> Not only that.  The work has meaning because it is available to 
> everybody.  Once finished, and the degree granted, it is no longer 
> relegated to gathering dust in  inaccesible library stacks where 
> nobody ever visits.
>
> Ec
>

Precisely.

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