On 04/10/2007, Zoney <zoney.ie(a)gmail.com> wrote:
We really really need to take Wikipedia's
spreading of disinformation very
seriously. One cannot get away with solely blaming those who source
information from Wikipedia.
At least, if we really want Wikipedia to be an encyclopaedia rather than a
factoid lucky-dip. Yes an encyclopaedia isn't a reliable first hand source
for research, but it should be generally quite accurate nevertheless. The
mistakes Britannica makes are actually worth the hoo-hah people make over
them. It's very bad for an information source, even an informal one not for
use in research, to have errors creeping into it. People read encyclopaedia
articles for facts, not "maybe facts - I guess I'll check each fact".
http://quality.wikimedia.org/
It's about a lot more than the FlaggedRevisions extension.
- d.