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

[Steve Bennett]

On Wed, Jun 2, 2010 at 7:53 AM, Keith Old <keithold at gmail.com> 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."

Does this signal some advance in public perception of Wikipedia? At
last we leave behind the question "is it accurate", and move on to "is
it well written"?

Steve