I know we're not adding to this blog anymore and it's not entirely related to research methods but I thought I'd share this link on the off chance someone looks here...
http://tech.ca.msn.com/anyone-can-edit-wikipediaor-not-1
For anyone who took INF1001 last year this article is pretty hilarious. Basically a U of T prof in the psychology department urged his students to edit Wikipedia. The project backfired big time. Wikipedia editors were unimpressed by the number of edits being made by the students and claimed that the students weren't referencing their sources properly. It lead to some pretty heated discussions that really called into question Wikipedia's stance as the encyclopedia "anyone can edit".
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