Molly WhiteJan 7, 2024

Since Bill Ackman and his followers have so many questions about how Wikipedia works now that his wife has been accused of plagiarizing from it, I figured I'd help him out.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t_jM6aoTDK0
#Wikipedia #BillAckman #plagiarism

A Wikipedian explains Wikipedia to Bill Ackman

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Show threadMolly WhiteJan 7, 2024
(aforementioned questions)
Show threadSune AukenJan 7, 2024

@molly0xfff

Thank you. This is very good. I've taught Wikipedia as a subject previously and could so have used this video as a good source. When and if I teach it again, I will. 1/

Show threadSune AukenJan 7, 2024
The truly funny thing is that simple qoutation marks and a reference solve the issue. You can quote verbatim as long as you make sure the quote is explicit. 2/
Show threadSune Auken
It seems to me (but now I'm speculating) that exactly the poor understanding of Wikipedia's actual qualites that you reference early in you presentation may cause people to cover their quoting more because they think it reflects badly on their writing that they reference Wikipedia. 3/
Jan 7, 2024 at 12:57pmWeb
Show threadSune AukenJan 7, 2024
It obviously doesn't. That's balderdash. But the "conviction remnant" (sorry for the strange expression, but you know what I mean) still hovers over us.