Yes, but I often find information in Wikipedia articles that isn't easily available anywhere else. (Perhaps not the examples in the article!)
Andrew Buxton
IDS, Brighton
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Subject: Another take on Wikipedia and (academic) libraries
Some may find interesting this (two-page) article by Corinna Nohn, dated Monday
25 October, published on sueddeutsche.de :
http://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/wikipedia-kompilationen-bullshit-amen-okay-1.1015680
"Fehlkauf mit System: Immer mehr aus Wikipedia-Artikeln kopierte Bücher finden
sich in Uni-Bibliotheken. Die "Enttarnung" gestaltet sich schwierig."
etc.
- Laval Hunsucker
Breukelen, Nederland
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