Wikipedia Why is the common knowledge resource still neglected by academics?

Citation: Dariusz Jemielniak Wikipedia Why is the common knowledge resource still neglected by academics?.
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Academics are still reluctant to use Wikipedia in their teaching, and don't get credit eg in tenure reviews, for contributing to Wikipedia. Some reasons why:

• Although Wikipedia is high quality relative to professional publications, it has different kinds of errors, eg vandalism, that may diminish its reputatation
• Association with plagiarism, as students often copy from Wikipedia
• Historic bias, based on perception when Wikipedia was new
• Dislike of students citing an encyclopedia
• Animosity for challenging institutional hierarchy of knowledge production and dissemination

Argues contributing to Wikipedia is perfect coursework, and a moral necessity given lack of access by many to free knowledge.