Last but not least: University accepts Wikipedia
Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, has been awarded an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Communication Sciences at the University of Italian Switzerland (USI). However, citing Wikipedia remains prohibited at the university.
The USI still does not accept Wikipedia citations in written work, as it emphasized in a press release. Nevertheless, it considers it appropriate to recognize the importance of a tool that has profoundly changed the way knowledge is created and shared. The Wikipedia co-founder was awarded an honorary doctorate for his contribution to "promoting the transfer of knowledge through the Internet and providing a platform for encyclopedic collaboration in different languages and cultures". The university now at least officially acknowledges Wikipedia as a helpful tool when it comes to gaining an initial overview of new subject areas. (sis)
