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It is not easy to criticize wikipedia. What could be wrong with experts creating free online content and filling in the blanks when another expert forgets to include something or gets a fact wrong? The process sounds great, but is it real and who is involved?<\/p>\n

See an analysis of quality issues<\/a> (The Register). Wikipedia is interesting and worth exploring, but under the present model it should not be regarded as definitive or a model of quality communication. Perhaps traditional advice for evaluating Internet sources should be applied – e.g., who is the author, is the author an expert, does this treatment match positions\/data provided elsewhere?<\/p>\n

See related arguments offered by Richard MacManus<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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It is not easy to criticize wikipedia. What could be wrong with experts creating free online content and filling in the blanks when another expert forgets to include something or gets a fact wrong? The process sounds great, but is it real and who is involved? See an analysis of quality issues (The Register). Wikipedia … Continue reading Wikipedia Limitations<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n

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