[WikiEN-l] WP in UK press

Sun Sep 12 18:03:58 UTC 2004

John Lee wrote:

> The article in question can be found at:
> http://observer.guardian.co.uk/business/story/0,6903,1302435,00.html
>
> Charles Matthews wrote:
>
>> A positive article 'Wiki's wacky but it works' in today's London 
>> Observer,
>> Business section, by John Naughton who typically writes on Internet 
>> topics.
>> It takes the line that WP is good at 'self-healing', and is generally 
>> better
>> (more comprehensive) than Britannica Online. 
>
I particularly liked the comments in the closing paragraph.   These 
clearly suggest that this revolution is much bigger than Wikipedia.

> We have become so imbued by the conventional wisdom of managerial 
> capitalism that we think the only way to do things is via 
> hierarchical, top-down, tightly controlled organisations that are 
> highly tuned and incredibly fragile. Wikipedia is none of these 
> things, yet it works brilliantly. There's a lesson there for control 
> freaks.

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