[Web4lib] The Wikipedia Gotcha -- a cosmic perspective

[Dobbs, Aaron]

Hi Marion, 

You've offered similar questions/suggestions in the discussion more than
two times; it looks like if an exploration of these possible venues is
going to happen you'll have to be the implementor.  Karen Coyle has done
something similar to your proposals for the Next Generation Catalog list
on http://futurelib.pbwiki.com/ which might serve as a model.

Personally, the email-list format (using local filing rules) works fine
for me.  I'll be interested in the resulting resource you create, as I
can see possible benefits; but I think the ease of use of email lists
will be a difficult "barrier" to surmount.

Good luck,

-Aaron
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-----Original Message-----
From: web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org
[mailto:web4lib-bounces at webjunction.org] On Behalf Of Marion
Sumerianlibrarian
Sent: Friday, February 23, 2007 10:03 AM
To: web4lib at webjunction.org; mike at indexdata.com
Subject: RE: [Web4lib] The Wikipedia Gotcha -- a cosmic perspective

Mike,

your point is so very, very true! 

yet this is a point that has been made quite a few times on the web4lib
list -- as well as at innumerable other sites and in a wide variety of
formats.

it almost seems as if no one follows the wiki thread even one or two
steps back, never mind incorporating the points that have been made
(hashed and re-hashed), before posting a consummately elegant response
on web4lib.

the issue for me becomes: how could we then proceed with an organized
discussion of the wikipedia phenomenon, and all of the interesting
questions and responses that pertain to it, in a fashion that brings new
information to the table, and moves the discussion forward in
productive, possibly creative way?

would a wiki, or a blog, be an appropriate forum for extending this
discussion among information organization professionals and students
aspiring to the profession?

marion s

--- Mike Taylor <mike at indexdata.com> wrote:

> This seems to be a sensationalised version of the truth.  The article 
> itself suggests, and some of the comments seems to confirm, that 
> Wikipedia is accessible from Middlebury College as before -- only that

> it should not be cited in academic work submitted to the college.
> Well: we all knew that already, didn't we?
> 
> And, seriously, is there anyone here who would cite _Britannica_ or 
> any other encyclopedia in an academic work?
> 
>  _/|_	
>
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