Presentism and the history of science on Wikipedia
Christopher D. Green, a professor of psychology and philosophy at York
University and president of the Society for the History of Psychology,
has a strong post on the reasons academics are often turned off by
Wikipedia. In the wake of my recent call to Wikipedia arms in the
History of Science Society Newsletter, Green looks back on the
development of the history of psychology article in the period since
he expanded it by about 6,000 words (in the middle of 2007). I have a
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