ps - Wikipedia creator Jimmy Wales spoke today at the Berkman conference. In case you missed the live webcast, I've posted a podcast on my mobcasting blog. http://mobcasting.blogspot.com
David P. Dillard wrote:
This message is cheering and amusing to me at the same time. There has been, if you will pardon a divergent use of a phrase, a digital divide about the Wikipedia between academic purists on the one hand who consider the Wikipedia very suspect because since anyone can change its contents, it must have many and huge inaccuracies. On the other side of this digital divide are many practitioners and professionals from a wide variety of fields including many who work in computer and internet related fields who use this tool constantly. I have used this tool extensively in posts that I have sent on a variety of topics and I have used it for facts and information to support the content of the posts in question. As with any source of information, one must check information carefully if the document or content to be shared is important. Notwithstanding, incorrect information is not found only in popular and internet resources, academic journals have had a major share of hoaxes and falsifications not to mention common ordinary garden variety mistakes or errors.
REFERENCE: ENCYCLOPEDIAS: [MEDIEV-L:41111] RE: Wikipedia : [ Should the Consumer Product Safety Commision Put a Warning Label on the Wikipedia? ] <http://snipurl.com/c7uu>
Tis a real pleasure to read the words Wikipedia and good in the same sentence and a big thanks to Andy Carvin for putting them there. I wonder how much use of the Wikipedia has been made by those who are vocal in criticizing the tool, and how much of the criticism is based on assumption or second hand information.
Sincerely, David Dillard Temple University (215) 204 - 4584
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