Two questions.
1) What happens if the student/teacher comes across a version of the Wikipedia
that's not from the official, frequently updated, site. Anyone can license
Wikipedia data for free and call it their own encyclopedia.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Download
Much the same way with Open Directory, and that service has become a joke.
2) "and popular articles do get fixed quickly."
Right on Tony! But what about the non-popular but still important useful
articles?
cheers,
gary
p.s. The founder of the Wikipedia has said that he wants to name and advisory
board to review all articles. Once this happens (if it happens) I would bet
to see plenty of problems arise from Wikipedians.
http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=10909
p.p.s. Encarta (now available free, full text, via MSN Search) has also
announced a plan for user submissions that will be reviewed by editors.
Free Encarta:
http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/050923-160103
Reviewers:
http://www.resourceshelf.com/2005/04/intel-causes-problems-for-libraries.html
Quoting "Anthony C. Doyle" <tdoyle@MUHSD.K12.CA.US>:
> One of our U.S. History teachers does mini research projects with his
> kids. He forces them to use an encyclopedic source, a print source and
> a web source. For the web source they are directed to historywiz.com
> which searches through pre-selected quality history web sites. The ones
> I have seen have been satisfactory to excellent. Today one of the
> recommended sites was-- you guessed it-- a Wikipedia article.
> The Wikipedia is a cool idea and popular articles do get fixed quickly
> when someone posts incorrect information. The problem I have is my
> students might be the unlucky ones who get the article before the fix is
> made. World Book Online changes it's content frequently also, but new
> information is edited and reviewed before publication. On World Book I
> don't have to worry about my students getting the rough draft of an
> article. When I think of wikis it reminds me of high school students
> doing group projects and arguing over what should be included. It not
> always the person who knows best that wins the argument. It is the most
> insistent (most willing to fight, loudest, most convincing, etc.) who
> gets his way.
> --
> ----
> Tony Doyle, Librarian
> Livingston High School, Livingston, CA
> tdoyle@muhsd.k12.ca.us
> <Http://www.lhs.muhsd.k12.ca.us/library/index.htm>
> "You don't have to burn books to destroy a culture. Just get
> people to stop reading them."-- Ray Bradbury
>
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