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Toward a Wiki Kind of World
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In the past year, Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," has been cited four times as often as the Encyclopedia Britannica in judicial opinions, and the number is rapidly growing. In just two years, YouTube has become a household word and one of the world's most successful Web sites. Such astounding growth and success demonstrate society's unstoppable movement toward shared production of information, as diverse groups of people in multiple fields pool their knowledge and draw from each other's resources.
-- Cass R. Sunstein for The Washington Post
On LJ Monk has come across a practically universal condemnation of citing Wikipedia, as though it is not reliable and sound enough for our high uses. Well, if it is alright for courts of law, one should think it is fine for us, albeit not necessrily the final word.
Though, I suppose this new trend could be seen more as the degradation of courts, heh. It is hard to beat convenience, and it is free - my kind of money!
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In the past year, Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia that "anyone can edit," has been cited four times as often as the Encyclopedia Britannica in judicial opinions, and the number is rapidly growing. In just two years, YouTube has become a household word and one of the world's most successful Web sites. Such astounding growth and success demonstrate society's unstoppable movement toward shared production of information, as diverse groups of people in multiple fields pool their knowledge and draw from each other's resources.
-- Cass R. Sunstein for The Washington Post
On LJ Monk has come across a practically universal condemnation of citing Wikipedia, as though it is not reliable and sound enough for our high uses. Well, if it is alright for courts of law, one should think it is fine for us, albeit not necessrily the final word.
Though, I suppose this new trend could be seen more as the degradation of courts, heh. It is hard to beat convenience, and it is free - my kind of money!
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