Thoughtful, new article in the New York Times this weekend about Wikipedia, comparing the site to a city. I'm looking forward to getting a copy of Andrew Lih's book which inspired this. Here's a quote:
"The greater the foot traffic, the safer the neighborhood. Thus, oddly enough, the more popular, even controversial, an article is, the more likely it is to be accurate and free of vandalism. It is the obscure articles — the dead-end streets and industrial districts, if you will — where more mayhem can be committed. It takes longer for errors or even malice to be noticed and rooted out."
When I tell my student's in my facetious voice (which if you know me does not sound particularly facetious) "not to trust Wikipedia since anyone can edit it" I often have some good discussions. Although more folks at school I think are finally beginning to see the great site's merits. More soon.
Word. Wikipedia is a great site and if someone messes with an article there is a massive edit team who can revert the change immediately if it is untrue. It's not like anyone can just change anything and find it like that in a few days.
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