http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/17/ny-times-reports-wikipedia-makes-some-revisions-to-its-own-editorial-policy/ A daily newsletter with resources of interest to information professionals, educators and journalists. Tue, 02 Dec 2008 21:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/17/ny-times-reports-wikipedia-makes-some-revisions-to-its-own-editorial-policy/#comment-8245 ResourceShelf » Wikipedia Story in The New Yorker and Other Issues Mon, 24 Jul 2006 21:23:44 +0000 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/17/ny-times-reports-wikipedia-makes-some-revisions-to-its-own-editorial-policy/#comment-8245 [...] + The Grain of Salt From a ResourceShelf post (May, 2006): When Mr. Wales and others say that Wikipedia should be one of many reference tools a person uses, we wonder if the typical researcher knows about or takes the time to learn about other reference tools and techniques? Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told NPR last year that Wikipedia and most other data on the web needs to be “taken with a grain of salt.” Yes, that’s good advice. Have people listened to it? Also, lots of info sources on the web and in other fee-based databases are written and organized by publishers with years of reputation, editorial review boards, and often articles signed by the author. Yes, of course, this does not preclude them at all from mistakes. Hardly. But it’s one of several tools to judge the quality of the publication. [...] [...] + The Grain of Salt From a ResourceShelf post (May, 2006): When Mr. Wales and others say that Wikipedia should be one of many reference tools a person uses, we wonder if the typical researcher knows about or takes the time to learn about other reference tools and techniques? Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales told NPR last year that Wikipedia and most other data on the web needs to be “taken with a grain of salt.” Yes, that’s good advice. Have people listened to it? Also, lots of info sources on the web and in other fee-based databases are written and organized by publishers with years of reputation, editorial review boards, and often articles signed by the author. Yes, of course, this does not preclude them at all from mistakes. Hardly. But it’s one of several tools to judge the quality of the publication. [...]

]]> http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/17/ny-times-reports-wikipedia-makes-some-revisions-to-its-own-editorial-policy/#comment-691 ResourceShelf » Death by Wikipedia: The Kenneth Lay Chronicles Sun, 09 Jul 2006 19:22:52 +0000 http://www.resourceshelf.com/2006/06/17/ny-times-reports-wikipedia-makes-some-revisions-to-its-own-editorial-policy/#comment-691 [...] For more thoughts about Wikipedia, see this recent RS post from a few three weeks ago. [...] [...] For more thoughts about Wikipedia, see this recent RS post from a few three weeks ago. [...]

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