[WikiEN-l] oopsie-- mainstream journalists trust Wikipedia again

[David Gerard]

On 04/10/2007, Zoney <zoney.ie at gmail.com> wrote:

> We really really need to take Wikipedia's spreading of disinformation very
> seriously. One cannot get away with solely blaming those who source
> information from Wikipedia.
> At least, if we really want Wikipedia to be an encyclopaedia rather than a
> factoid lucky-dip. Yes an encyclopaedia isn't a reliable first hand source
> for research, but it should be generally quite accurate nevertheless. The
> mistakes Britannica makes are actually worth the hoo-hah people make over
> them. It's very bad for an information source, even an informal one not for
> use in research, to have errors creeping into it. People read encyclopaedia
> articles for facts, not "maybe facts - I guess I'll check each fact".


http://quality.wikimedia.org/

It's about a lot more than the FlaggedRevisions extension.


- d.