Post by Mr42 on Oct 8, 2014 15:34:36 GMT
This thread is inspired by reading this article...
www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/
It's a lengthy but brilliantly written piece (from a year ago), that lets you in on the world of Wikipedia a little more than you may have previously realised you'd want to know.
We all use Wikipedia, and if you don't, you should, whether it's 100% fact or not, it's incredible to read from, and, because a lot of the info on it has to be substantiated with links, resources and bibliographies, it's probably about as close as we may be able to get to a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of everything around us.
Unfortunately it's not as fully populated with articles on everything, as much as it should be, and the article above tells why. It'll be interesting to see what people think if they read the article.
www.technologyreview.com/featuredstory/520446/the-decline-of-wikipedia/
It's a lengthy but brilliantly written piece (from a year ago), that lets you in on the world of Wikipedia a little more than you may have previously realised you'd want to know.
We all use Wikipedia, and if you don't, you should, whether it's 100% fact or not, it's incredible to read from, and, because a lot of the info on it has to be substantiated with links, resources and bibliographies, it's probably about as close as we may be able to get to a thorough and comprehensive knowledge of everything around us.
Unfortunately it's not as fully populated with articles on everything, as much as it should be, and the article above tells why. It'll be interesting to see what people think if they read the article.
