The Guardian has a story entitled "Can you trust Wikipedia?" in which various specialists rate Wikipedia articles in their field of knowledge: http://www.guardian.co.uk/g2/story/0,,1599116,00.html
At the very least, it will draw attention to the articles reviewed, particularly the article on [[haute couture]], which Vogue's editor rated at 0/10.
Noted Wikipedia critic Robert McHenry rates the [[Encylopedia]] article at 5/10: not nearly good enough, but it's a start... it might well be worthwhile to try to improve Wikipedia's McHenry Index by improving the quality of this article, and backing up its statement with solid cites. Downplaying the self-reference to Wikipedia own fabulousness might be a useful first step.
The other article ratings were:
[[Steve Reich]] 7/10 [[Basque people]] 7/10 [[TS Eliot]] 6/10 [[Samuel Pepys]] 6/10 [[Bob Dylan]] 8/10
A friend forwarded me a link to this; they have an interest in one of the fields reviewed, and commented that they were somewhat dubious about the factual accuracy of one of the criticisms made in the article ;-)
-- Neil