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<body><div>Dear all,<br></div>
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<div>Ellen's message was very helpful as I have been wondering whether a message would be received by all the list if I respond to another individual member. As this appears not to be the case I am writing again to the list to thank those of you who responded to my suggestion about correcting wikipedia and other web sites on Woolf. To a question from Patricia as to how we might proceed I suggest that anyone who has come across questionable information should draw attention to it and if necessary ask for advice from the community. The example (from the entry on 'Ellipsis') that I mentioned in my first message doesn't require input as it is simply a matter of correcting the erroneous reference to 'The Mark on the Wall' (instead of 'An Unwritten Novel'). I would, however, be interested to hear what other members think of the paragraph on 'Mary Hamilton and A Room of One's Own' in the entry on the ballad Mary Hamilton, which I enclose.<br></div>
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<div>In response to Lynette Beers's expressed frustration about students who continue to use Wikipeda despite our efforts to 'ban them', I would recommend this review in the TLS of May 26, 2016 by Oxford scholar Peter Thonemann who comments:<br></div>
<div>"Like many university lecturers, I used to warn my own students off using
Wikipedia (as pointless an injunction as telling them not to use
Google, or not to leave their essay to the last minute). I finally gave
up doing so about three years ago, after reading a paper by an expert on
South Asian coinage in which the author described the Wikipedia entry
on the Indo-Greek Kingdom (<i>c</i>.200 BC–AD 10) as the most reliable
overview of Indo-Greek history to be found anywhere – quite true, though
not necessarily as much of a compliment to Wikipedia as you might
think." His conclusion — "Instead of grumbling, perhaps we ought to spend a bit more time editing Wikipedia ourselves" — is what prompted me to send out my original mail to the list! <br></div>
<div>See <a href="https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/encyclopedic-knowledge/">https://www.the-tls.co.uk/articles/public/encyclopedic-knowledge/</a><br></div>
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<div>I look forward to hearing from members.<br></div>
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<div>best wishes,<br></div>
<div>Margaret<br></div>
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<div class="signature">Margaret Tudeau-Clayton<br></div>
<div class="signature">Professor of English Literature<br></div>
<div class="signature">University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland<br></div>
<div class="signature">mtudeau@fastmail.fm<br></div>
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