Irish Student Hoaxes World's Media With Fake Quote

[LouisvilleFan]

[quote name='KevinSymonds' post='1867057' date='May 14 2009, 09:40 AM']I now have a great example as to why I do not allow my students to use Wikipedia on their research papers.

-KJS[/quote]

Which is the wrong conclusion... if anything, they shouldn't cite newspapers.

Contributors to wikipedia can (and often do) provide citations, so it's actually a quick and handy way to find an authoritative source for something that could take a lot more time otherwise.