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Originally posted by: mugs
The department banned students from using it as a source in their papers, although they are allowed to consult it for background material, a move that was quickly mimicked by professors at other schools, including UCLA and the University of Pennsylvania.
I'm really disappointed that they would even have to ban Wikipedia specifically. It is an encyclopedia! An encyclopedia is not an appropriate reference for a research paper. An encyclopedia essentially IS a collection of research papers.
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LOL, yeah I thought that too when I heard that. The answer isn't new rules, its actually enforcing the old ones.