Comments on: Britannica Online: thin, boring and not free http://www.dalebasler.com/2009/12/britannica-online-thin-boring-and-not-free/ education.collaboration.design.technology Sat, 24 Apr 2010 04:05:20 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Mathias Schindler http://www.dalebasler.com/2009/12/britannica-online-thin-boring-and-not-free/comment-page-1/#comment-4010 Mathias Schindler Mon, 04 Jan 2010 17:22:02 +0000 http://www.dalebasler.com/?p=347#comment-4010 Regarding the annoyance of providing a citation style, this criticism should hit Wikipedia as well: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Cite&page=Richard_Feynman&id=335081006 If you are writing a paper about Wikipedia, you might be required to cite actual Wikipedia articles, so there is indeed a legitimate reason to cite an encyclopedia. Regarding the annoyance of providing a citation style, this criticism should hit Wikipedia as well:

http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Special:Cite&page=Richard_Feynman&id=335081006

If you are writing a paper about Wikipedia, you might be required to cite actual Wikipedia articles, so there is indeed a legitimate reason to cite an encyclopedia.

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