The school ' s history department recently adopted a policy that says it ' s ok to consult the popular online encyclopedia , but that it ca n ' t be cited as an authoritative source by students . the policy says , in part , " wikipedia is not an acceptable citation , even though it may lead one to a citable source . " history professor neil waters says wikipedia is an ideal place to start research but an unacceptable way to end it 据美联社2月13日报道，该系最近颁布施行的一项政策规定，学生们在那些流行的在线百科全书上寻找参考资料的做法是无可厚非的，但他们不应当把那些材料做为具有权威性的说法来加以引用， “尽管维基百科可能会给你提供一些有参考价值的材料，但至少从一定程度上来说，直接引用那上面的东西仍然是一种令人无法接受的行为” 。
