Interesting. (Score 1)

See, there are some issues I find with that. Primarily among them is the fact that while wikipedia does have unconfirmed and user moderated information, it does have a very large redeeming quality. Most articles on Wikipedia list all of their sources. Using wikipedia articles proper may not be the best idea, but when researching, I often use wiki sources as a spring board for articles and useful information. Now, at the present moment, I work as a writing tutor for college students of all levels (from fresh to phd, so far), and the policy on use of wikipedia varies geatly from teacher to teacher. Ironically, the director of my university's library is a big advocate of using wikipedia, whereas there is a resounding opinion in departments like English and Philosophy that wikipedia has no value whatsoever. I personally don't recommend using wikipedia articles in research, but am quite the advocate to use it for the source material, and I recommend that to every student that I tutor. Personally, I suppose I can see why a school would ban wikipedia, but I think that their time would be better spend blocking other websites and mirror sites, rather than something which has potential use like Wikipedia.