[WEB4LIB] Re: Wired article on Wikipedia

[Alain D. M. G. Vaillancourt]

Yes, quite true.  And the fact that the discussions are focused (or at
least try to be, with some help from the regulars, when they are on the
scene) on the act of writing a document (the article) makes them more
interesting for me than similar discussions on lists or blogs, or
elsewhere on the Intenet.

Alain Vaillancourt 
--- Elizabeth Thomsen <et at noblenet.org> wrote:

> And, at least for some pages, this can really be interesting.  A
> group
> will often get engaged in a serious discussion on the meaning of NPOV
> (neutral point of view) and how to make a particular article more
> balanced.  There are disagreements, particularly when religious,
> political and social topics are discussed.  People from around the
> world
> and of very different backgrounds participate, and though I have been
> thinking about issues of information and objectivity as a librarian
> for
> many years, I must say that reading these discussions has often
> really
> made me think about things in a different way.  
> 
> -- 
> Elizabeth Thomsen, Member Services Manager
> NOBLE: North of Boston Library Exchange
> Danvers MA 01923
> et at noblenet.org


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