[Air-L] using wikipedia articles in academic paper

[Steve Cavrak]

Stefano De Paoli wrote:
> I was thinking, what is the general practice in using wikipedia in
> academic paper writing?
> and are there limits/rules/good practices that you follow, both in
> writing and in review processes?
>   
I wonder what the general practice is ...

- citing review articles and monographs, but not textbooks ?

- citing  http://scholarpedia.org, but not http://wikipedia.com ?

- citing "private communications", but not "email" ?

and

- citing sources in the "introduction" and, perhaps, "conclusion" 
section of an article versus the "research" section.

versus, as a few posters have remarked

- not providing any citations and sources for general, undergraduate 
lectures