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The Humanist List has had quite a bit of talk lately about the phenomenal growth of Wikipedia as a favorite source for citation in student papers. Alan Liu weighs in this week (Humanist 20.084) with a draft policy statement on student use of Wikipedia. He's looking for response and suggestions; at some point, he writes, he's hoping for a one-paragraph version that could easily drop into a course syllabus. With claims like "Students should be aware that Wikipedia is a dynamic, constantly mutating resource," Liu's statement opens up interesting room for discussion about  the nature of information in general. Predictably, there's already a healthy debate in response to Liu's proposed guidelines, including an interesting post from Bob Cummings, currently conducting dissertation research at Georgia on Wickipedia use in the college classroom.