[WikiEN-l] Three cheers for Wikipedia's cancer info (or two and a half)

[Ray Saintonge]

Keith Old wrote:
> The researchers write in their study's abstract, to be presented at the
> current annual meeting of theAmerican Society of Clinical
> Oncology<http://chicago2010.asco.org/>:
> "Although the Wiki resource had similar accuracy and depth to the
> professionally edited database, it was significantly less readable. Further
> research is required to assess how this influences patients' understanding
> and retention."
>
>   
So instead of getting an overall bird's eye view of a subject, we end up 
with a nerd's eye view.

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