Like others, I have been surprised that the Wikipedia policies of No Original Research (WP:NOR, Wikipedia 2006nor) and Verifiability (WP:V, Wikipedia 2006v) had …

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Yesterday’s New York Times reported on another case of high profile plagiarism: a relatively young professor who had copied parts of her dissertation from …

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Despite appearances, I do make note of the Wikipedia disaffected. A possible criticism of my work is my focus on the notion of “good faith …

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An issue related to the question of priority, noted in a previous entry, is the general historical question of causality. Priority, who first had an …

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Last week I read a provocative paper by Helen Nissenbaum (2002) where she considers the norms, values, and ends previously served by the convention of …

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A few days ago, while walking home from the local library, I recalled an expression I learned in a class on early Christian history: primus …

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I have been reading of Zotero in Josh’s blog and am hopeful that it will help bridge the gap between the dynamic and informal …

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In a draft on Wikipedia leadership I labeled the “benevolent dictator” form of leadership in open content communities as “paramount leadership.” As I turn to …

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The Blogosphere has been abuzz about a history department’s policy restricting students from citing Wikipedia. I’m not fond of this position, as I …

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I am releasing version 0.6 of the fe mindmapping bibliographic tools. As explained in …

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