RE: WIKIPEDIA

["Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>]

Sure. As long as the rÃsumà cites the blog and not the Wikipedia article, then that counts as online content that you control.


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From: Lauren
Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2011 3:51 PM
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Subject: Re: WIKIPEDIA

On 2/10/2011 11:34 AM, Dan Goldstein wrote:
> Yes, Wikipedia is a form of technical writing.
>
> No, your rÃsumà shouldn't cite any online content that you don't control.
>

A writer can cite a personal blog and state in the blog that the blog content was posted on Wikipedia.

If I were a regular contributor to Wikipedia, then I would consider maintaining copies of my contributions on a blog that I can cite.




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