On 4/15/05, Jimmy Wales jwales@wikia.com wrote:
Andrew Lih wrote:
FYI, something I just found on the Encarta Feedback FAQ, that might be of interest:
How are my suggested edits researched?
Graduate students at the University of Washington Information School are fact-checking all proposed changes to Encarta. They are trained in
Microsoft has extended an invitation for me to come and give a talk in Redmond. I'll also see if I can give a talk at the University of Washington Information School. It would be interesting to chat with these graduate students, I think, to learn more about their experience.
Neat. Is there a date set?
Of course there are lots of other information schools out there; perhaps none as focused as this one; but it would be interesting to compare their curriculum with that of other information management programs teach. I would love to think that this school is going to be on the forefront of founding a true study of information itself (generation, propagation, creativity, evolution, analysis & verification), independent of computers and the unfortunately named field of "information technology."
+sj+