Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade?
Read, Brock. Can Wikipedia Ever Make the Grade? The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 27, 2006: http://chronicle.com/free/v53/i10/10a03101.htm
This article presents an interesting review of the reliability of Wikipedia. The article begins with a description of a professor's attempts to purposefully post misinformation on Wikipedia, only to find it deleted within three hours. It also discusses previous well-known instances of incorrect information residing on Wikipedia for long periods of time and Wikipedia's inherent dangers in that anyone, regardless of credential, has the ability to edit or add content. The article also discusses how articles on science and technology seem to be in general more robust that articles relating to the humanities, and presents three professors' ratings of Wikipedia articles related to their field of expertise.
This article presents an interesting review of the reliability of Wikipedia. The article begins with a description of a professor's attempts to purposefully post misinformation on Wikipedia, only to find it deleted within three hours. It also discusses previous well-known instances of incorrect information residing on Wikipedia for long periods of time and Wikipedia's inherent dangers in that anyone, regardless of credential, has the ability to edit or add content. The article also discusses how articles on science and technology seem to be in general more robust that articles relating to the humanities, and presents three professors' ratings of Wikipedia articles related to their field of expertise.
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