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

[Ilya N.]

Are any of these Articles Featured or even FAC's?

It may not exactly be fair to judge articles that aren't, because those are
always in production.

~Ilya N. (AKA User: Ilyanep)

On 10/24/05, Neil Harris <usenet at tonal.clara.co.uk> wrote:
>
> 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
>