As I was looking around in Wikipedia, I found a page that enumerates the
rules for publishing to Wikipedia. One of them is "No original
research." http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research
Everything must have been published before in a verifiable source and
should have citation, unless there is something I don't understand here
(which would not be the first time).
Therefore, the student claiming to be the author of the article should
be able to show another source in which his/her article has previously
been published.
"This policy does not prohibit editors with specialist knowledge from
adding their knowledge to Wikipedia, but it does prohibit them from
drawing on their personal knowledge without citing their sources. If an
editor has published the results of his or her research in a reliable
publication, then s/he may cite that source while writing in the third
person and complying with our NPOV policy."
"Citing Oneself," Wikipedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:No_original_research#Citing_onese
lf.
December 12, 2006.
Marcia L. Jensen
Library Media Specialist
DavenportWest High School
563-386-5500
<mailto:jensenm@davenportschools.org> jensenm@davenportschools.org
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