I probably wouldn't accept Encyclopedia B as a source either.  But all
things are matters of degree.  I once reviewed an article where all the
sources were undergraduate Legal Environment textbooks!


Ken

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From: Academy of Legal Studies in Business (ALSB) Talk
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Subject: It had to happen

I am starting to get my first JBE articles with Wikopedia references. 
Amazing. My thoughts -- any time an author could use a more reliable and

peer reviewed source they should be asked to do so. I am amazed by this 
-- as recently as this summer I dumped on students for not getting 
better cites. How do others approach this?

Sally

ps I know the comparisons between Wikopedia and Encyclopedia B. But we 
are talking about an academic work that is eg citing stats that would be

readily available in an academic form (or which the authors could have 
gathered themselves). It would be equiv. to quoting a newspaper or 
website when you could have gone to a primary source or an academic 
journal.