[WikiEN-l] "Can you trust Wikipedia?"

[Neil Harris]

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