Wikipedia - the endless palimpsest

WIKIPEDIA: THE ENDLESS PALIMPSESTLiam Wyattwho?Dictionary of SydneyWikimedia AustraliaUNSW History honoursDoctor: “It hurts when I do this...”Flight Attendant: “I went on holidays last year...”Wikipedian: “I found a mistake in an article...”Palimpsest?The palimpsest is that most unusual of sources as it shows not only what was retained but also what was considered unworthy of retention. What was once discarded can be reclaimed.Double palimpsestHyper-palimpsest (novgorod)Infinite palimpsest.People always say to me:“I read Wikipedia articles......but you don’t actually use them, do you?”“Using” WikipediaRead itCite itEdit itFor Primary Research...There is an increasing literature about how to use Wikipedia in the classroom and also the specific circumstances when you could legitimately cite its articles.This presentation talks about Wikipedia as an historical record in its own right and therefore how it might be legitimately used as a primary source. It is the most controversial of the “four uses”. Three PillarsNeutral Point of View (NPOV)Verifiability (V)No Original Research (NOR)