CNN.com - Wikipedia: The know-it-all Web site
Short article describing one individual's experiences.
Frozen North: How Authoritative is Wikipedia?
Blog entry. Describes the author's process of putting errors into Wikipedia and watching for corrections to them. Suggests how fact-checking needs to be improved at Wikipedia, an…
ITworld.com - Chinese censors block access to Wikipedia
Chinese censors have blocked access to Chinese Wikipedia that was created as a free and open source of information.
kuro5hin.org - Can an Open Content Encyclopedia Thrive?
Early concerns about Wikipedia's concept.
kuro5hin.org - Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism
Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger writes, "Wikipedia does have two big problems, and attention to them is long overdue. These problems could be eliminated by eliminating a single…
kuro5hin.org - Wikinews And The Growing Wikimedia Empire
Article and commentary about the growing group of projects which fall under the Wikimedia Foundation umbrella.
Mediapost.com - Wikipedia's Symbiotic Relationship With Search
Article by Max Kalehoff. "Wikipedia's orderly collection of consumer-created content is becoming a high-powered magnet for Internet searches." "For marketers, Wikipedia can be an…
Placeopedia.com
Project to connect Wikipedia articles with their geographical locations. Provides a google maps interface to handle user submissions.
Poynter Online - Wikipedia for Journalists
Proclaims that the use of Wikipedia is a good source for basic background information for journalists.
Slashdot: Wikipedia Founder Jimmy Wales Responds
Wikipedia founder responds to a dozen highly moderated questions.
TCS: Tech Central Station - The Faith-Based Encyclopedia
Robert McHenry, former Editor in Chief of the Encyclopædia Britannica, wonders about the Wikipedian assumptions that writings and editings by contributors of greatest expertise wi…
The Register - Wikipedia's Emergent People fail to impress readers
Criticisms of Wikipedia and of arguments used by its admirers.
The Register - Wikipedia 'to make universities obsolete'
Opinion article by Andrew Orlowski suggesting that Wikipedia has a long way to go before it's a stand-in for libraries and scholarly publications.
The Register - Wiki-fiddlers defend Clever Big Book
Commentary by Andrew Orlowski. "Our jibe that the Wikipedia is the world's most useless encyclopedia drew precisely two angry responses. But both illustrate the condition perfect…
USATODAY.com - Today's best encyclopedia might surprise you
Overview of Wikipedia's growth, quality, and editing process.
Wikinfo: Critical views of Wikipedia
Provides a basic history, plus some limitations of using a wiki as an encyclopedia.
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