RE: WIKIPEDIA

Subject: RE: WIKIPEDIA
From: "Dan Goldstein" <DGoldstein -at- riverainmedical -dot- com>
To: <techwr-l -at- lists -dot- techwr-l -dot- com>
Date: Thu, 10 Feb 2011 14:34:29 -0500

Yes, Wikipedia is a form of technical writing.

No, your rÃsumà shouldn't cite any online content that you don't control.


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Subject: WIKIPEDIA

Does Wikipedia count as technical writing?...

Probably your contributions to (say) Wikipedia might not be a good item for your resume. The prospective employer might visit on the day when the 25-year-old male "contributor", with an ax(e) to grind, has just "improved" the content.




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