Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia

In this opinion piece, we would like to present a short literature review of perceptions and reservations towards Wikipedia in academia, address the common questions about overall reliability of Wikipedia entries, review the actual practices of Wikipedia usage in academia, and conclude with possible...

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Autores: Jemielniak, Dariusz, Aibar, Eduard
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2016
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC)
Repositório:O2, repositorio institucional de la UOC
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Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/10609/92906
Access Level:Acceso aberto
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fiabilitat
entradas de la Wikipedia
fiabilidad
Wikipedia entries
reliability
Electronic encyclopedias
Enciclopèdies electròniques
Enciclopedias electrónicas
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title Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia
spellingShingle Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia
Jemielniak, Dariusz
entrades de la Viquipèdia
fiabilitat
entradas de la Wikipedia
fiabilidad
Wikipedia entries
reliability
Electronic encyclopedias
Enciclopèdies electròniques
Enciclopedias electrónicas
title_short Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia
title_full Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia
title_fullStr Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia
title_full_unstemmed Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia
title_sort Bridging the gap between Wikipedia and academia
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Jemielniak, Dariusz
Aibar, Eduard
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fiabilitat
entradas de la Wikipedia
fiabilidad
Wikipedia entries
reliability
Electronic encyclopedias
Enciclopèdies electròniques
Enciclopedias electrónicas
topic entrades de la Viquipèdia
fiabilitat
entradas de la Wikipedia
fiabilidad
Wikipedia entries
reliability
Electronic encyclopedias
Enciclopèdies electròniques
Enciclopedias electrónicas
description In this opinion piece, we would like to present a short literature review of perceptions and reservations towards Wikipedia in academia, address the common questions about overall reliability of Wikipedia entries, review the actual practices of Wikipedia usage in academia, and conclude with possible scenarios for a peaceful coexistence. Because Wikipedia is a regular topic of JASIST publications (Lim, 2009; Meseguer-Artola, Aibar, Lladós, Minguillón, & Lerga, 2015; Mesgari, Okoli, Mehdi, Nielsen, & Lanamäki, 2015; Okoli, Mehdi, Mesgari, Nielsen, & Lanamäki, 2014), we hope to start a useful discussion with the right audience.
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