[WikiEN-l] URLS of Possible Interest

[Geoffrey Burling]

The following two links I have stumbled across in the last few days, oddly
enough, seem to have some relevance to a couple of topics discussed here
lately. I pass them along for consideration & discussion by the rest of
you:

1. The NYT has been discussing the problems of using "unidentified sources"
& the effect it has on credibility. The memo at the link below reminded
me of the perenniel problem of quoting one's sources, & avoiding weasel
words of the form ``Some people believe"

http://journalism.nyu.edu/pubzone/weblogs/pressthink/2004/11/11/siegal_mem.html

2. Groklaw has a review of the book _The Wisdom of Crowds_ by James Surowiecki,
wherein he argues that when used intelligently a group of more-or-less average
people can produce more accurate results than a team of experts -- much like
a Wiki

http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20041107180408325

Geoff