[WikiEN-l] Re: "Can you trust Wikipedia?"

Thu Oct 27 20:44:08 UTC 2005

>From: Ray Saintonge <saintonge at telus.net>
>> The Guardian has a story entitled "Can you trust Wikipedia?" in which 
>> various specialists rate Wikipedia articles in their field of 
>> knowledge: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1599116,00.html
>> [and gave ratings of 0, 5, 6, 6, 7, and 8 out of 10]

>One distinctive feature of Wikipedia is the ability to self-correct.  A 
>simple issue like the Wheatley/Wheatly spelling in the Pepys article can 
>be checked, and if need be corrected, very quickly.  What would be more 
>interesting would be to have these same critics review the same articles 
>a month later to comment on the changes that have taken place as a 
>result of their criticism.

Jam tomorrow.

To readers, Wikipedia is exactly as good as it is on the day they consult it, 
not a month later. 

Do you go to a newsstand and buy the late edition of a newspaper in case 
something has been updated from the edition they delivered to your porch?