[Web4lib] NPR: Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation

[Gerry Mckiernan]

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Great Interview with 'Jimbo' Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia

Overview / Technicalities / Controversies 

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Jimmy Wales on the User-Generated Generation
 
Fresh Air from WHYY, April 19, 2007 · Jimmy Wales helped create
Wikipedia, the interactive online encyclopedia founded in 2001. Users
write and edit Wikipedia entries themselves; the site also has a
dedicated corps of editors. There are often "edit wars" over entries *
some, including the one headlined "2006 Lebanon War," have been edited
and then re-edited thousands of times * and Wikipedia's accuracy has
been questioned by some professors and colleges, who forbid students to
cite it as a source. But Wikipedia, with versions in 250 languages, is
one of the top 10 sites on the Internet

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