You make a good point in contrasting the perceived personal risk of citing the New Yorker vs Wikipedia.

However, it appears Wikipedia is trying to establish a level of credibility equal to traditional mainstream sources. So if contributors want to play the same credentials card at Wikipedia to support their position, I think Wikipedia is quite justified in adopting the same rules.

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Posted by Pawlina to XODP Blog at 3/08/2007 01:56:28 PM