The Battle for Wikipedia: the New Age of ‘Lost Victories’?

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The Battle for Wikipedia: the New Age of ‘Lost Victories’?
Authors
David Stahel
Publication date
2018
DOI
10.1080/13518046.2018.1487198
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The Battle for Wikipedia: the New Age of ‘Lost Victories’? - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2018, written by David Stahel.

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ABSTRACTWhile the myth of the ‘clean Wehrmacht’ has long been debunked in academic circles, one of the problems in changing the popular perception has been online representations, such as Wikipedia. Here many (but by no means all) contributors to pages about the Wehrmacht tend to divergent from prevailing trends in current (especially German) historiography. There is also sometimes a clear lack of historical training in evaluating sources and understanding the need for contextualization. The article seeks to show why students must always evaluate the process behind the generation of information and engage critically with what they read on Wikipedia (or preferably avoid it in favor of peer-reviewed literature).

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Stahel, David. (2018). "[[The Battle for Wikipedia: the New Age of ‘Lost Victories’?]]". Informa UK Limited. DOI: 10.1080/13518046.2018.1487198.

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Stahel, David. (2018). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/The_Battle_for_Wikipedia:_the_New_Age_of_‘Lost_Victories’?">The Battle for Wikipedia: the New Age of ‘Lost Victories’?</a>&quot;. Informa UK Limited. DOI: 10.1080/13518046.2018.1487198.