Of potential interest to Tipsters, an article in today's NY Times on Wikipedia and its little known "Arbitration Committee" or ArbCom. See: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/06/08/technology/internet/08link.html?_r=1&th=&adxnnl=1&emc=th&adxnnlx=1244459114-ZxwZN6pDeU7IxfqqVFvyiw
or http://tinyurl.com/mf29pj The nickle tour is that highly trafficked entries seem to enjoy better quality control over content relative to entries which (a) have lower levles of traffic and (b) highly polarized groups advocating opposing viewpoints. If an encyclopedia entry should attempt to be neutral in the presentation of differing viewpoints, then how will such an encyclopedia make sure that that a particular perspective does not "hijack" the entry to present only one viewpoint? That's where ArbCom come in. -Mike Palij New York University [email protected] --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([email protected])
