Wikipedia vs wiki
James Waddick (Thu, 22 Feb 2007 10:38:52 PST)

Dear All;
Today's New York Times has an interesting article about how
Middlebury College in Vermont has banned the use of Wikipedia as a
source for history papers. The faculty cites mistakes and deliberate
falsehoods. I suppose the entries are the end product of the quality
of the contributors. This quality is exactly what makes the PBS wiki
such a useful resource. Apparently there are thousands of
contributors to the Wikipedia and a small group of monitors.
The PBS has a corps of contributors and few administrators
that maintain a very high standard.

The Times article just made me think of what a good resource
we all have in the wiki.

Best to Mary Sue and all who keep the wiki working.

Thanks to all Jim W.

The New York Times article is at

http://nytimes.com/2007/02/…
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