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AFP Bans Wiki, Facebook As Sources

Wikipedia and Facebook are useful for research, but relying on either as a “source” is risky. I hope other papers follow AFP’s action. (Hat tip: Micropersuasion)

BackSpin Editor
January 22, 2008
12:00 am

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Wikipedia and Facebook are useful for research, but relying on either as a “source” is risky. I hope other papers follow AFP’s action.

(Hat tip: Micropersuasion)

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