[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's provable anti-expertise bias

Peter Mackay peter.mackay at bigpond.com
Thu Nov 24 03:04:27 UTC 2005


> From: wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org 
> [mailto:wikien-l-bounces at Wikipedia.org] On Behalf Of Jimmy Wales
> 
> The proper role is what Tony describes here -- you use the 
> encyclopedia to get started, to get an overview, and *then* 
> you do your homework, and hopefully a lot more effectively 
> than you would if you took a random stab at the library catalogue.

Google is the catalogue, but we are the guidebook.

Peter (Skyring)





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