Comments on: Bluebook Citation to Wikipedia http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/08/30/bluebook-citation-to-wikipedia/ Blogging by the Intellectual Property & Technology Forum & Journal at BC Law Mon, 21 Jun 2010 11:52:14 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Pete J http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/08/30/bluebook-citation-to-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-148521 Pete J Mon, 31 May 2010 19:06:46 +0000 http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/08/30/bluebook-citation-to-wikipedia/#comment-148521 Great article. I have wondered about the best way to cite sources like wikipedia. In the past, when filing wikipedia entries with a court I also file a hard copy of the entry attached to my motion or brief. Great article. I have wondered about the best way to cite sources like wikipedia. In the past, when filing wikipedia entries with a court I also file a hard copy of the entry attached to my motion or brief.

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]]> By: BC Law IPTF Blog » Blog Archive » Techdirt: Should Judges Cite Wikipedia? http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/08/30/bluebook-citation-to-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-18949 BC Law IPTF Blog » Blog Archive » Techdirt: Should Judges Cite Wikipedia? Tue, 30 Jan 2007 05:20:20 +0000 http://bciptf.org/blog/2006/08/30/bluebook-citation-to-wikipedia/#comment-18949 [...] This issue could be helped by using the Harvard suggestion for citing Wikipedia. The Harvard citation format requires one to cite to the time in the article’s history that you are citing. By clicking on the history tab at the top of an article, one may then navigate to the actual text that the clerk has cited. (Also, maybe it shouldn’t be that “judges” are citing Wikipedia, as much as their law clerks are.) The deeper issue is that encylopedic knowledge is harder to find and less trustworthy than it used to be–back when we had no other “better” option.  Other than Wikipedia, my best bets are Encarta or Britannica (both of which charge for usage) or the Columbia Encyclopedia. But none are as exhaustive as Wikipedia. [...] [...] This issue could be helped by using the Harvard suggestion for citing Wikipedia. The Harvard citation format requires one to cite to the time in the article’s history that you are citing. By clicking on the history tab at the top of an article, one may then navigate to the actual text that the clerk has cited. (Also, maybe it shouldn’t be that “judges” are citing Wikipedia, as much as their law clerks are.) The deeper issue is that encylopedic knowledge is harder to find and less trustworthy than it used to be–back when we had no other “better” option.  Other than Wikipedia, my best bets are Encarta or Britannica (both of which charge for usage) or the Columbia Encyclopedia. But none are as exhaustive as Wikipedia. [...]

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