Mazty on 20 December 2012
| theprof00 said: @mazty while ds is not a prof, it still isn't his job to check for a link that may or may not be cited among several. ie; he shouldn't be expected to read several links looking for a citation nor read, for example, a ten page paper where the citation is only a single line. That's a bit of an exaggeratiom, but you get the point. The onus is on both sides to try and find evidence. Not just his. |
When used correctly, wiki is easier to use then an actual paper as you get links directly to the papers. Therefore if he reads something which he feels is dubious, then he can click the link and *blam* he's at a peer-reviewed paper. It's simply one click more awkard then giving the paper. The reason I am giving him wiki instead of the paper is because his knowledge is so lacking in the field that this was relevant to that he needed to do a lot of reading up on it - more reading then is possible with just one paper.
In short, when someone only has a high school education on certain topics, wiki is a very useful resource in getting that person to catch up on topics. It's not like I can post the guy my lecuture notes or text books.
