On 30/03/07, William Pietri william@scissor.com wrote:
Wikipedia's reference desk gets a nice mention on Boing Boing:
http://www.boingboing.net/2007/03/30/nyt_changes_backdate.html
It also claims that the New York Times changed a published article without mentioning it on the page or issuing a correction. That's very interesting in the context of the recent discussion on the reliability and durability of web-based citations.
It deserves recognition. It is one of the most useful and effective tools on Wikipedia to our users. Seems to work very well too: even relatively complex questions are answered quickly and fully.
Thanks for the link.