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Wikipedia's standard for inclusion has become its de facto standard for truth, and since Wikipedia is the most widely read online reference on the planet, it's the standard of truth that most people are implicitly using when they type a search term into Google or Yahoo. On Wikipedia, truth is received truth: the consensus view of a subject. -
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"As wonderful as it might be that the hegemony of professionals over knowledge is lessening, there is a downside: our grasp of and respect for reliable information suffers. … The new politics of knowledge that I advocate would place experts at the head of the table, but — unlike the old order — gives the general public a place at the table as well." -
2voteAnother follow up article about the Wikipedia editor, Essjay, who lied about his credentials. The article discusses Wikipedia's response, which is to verify credentials. This is causing a debate within the Wikipedia community between credentials as a basis of trust vs. quality as a basis of trust.
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2voteA follow up article about the disgraced Wikipedia administrator named Essjay. He presented himself as a tenured professor when he was really a 20 something with a BA. His contributions to the Wikipedia community were of high quality & he was very well regarded. He said he was just trying to protect his identity, but people feel betrayed b/c they based their trust initially on his credentials.
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Essjay was a trusted, credible Wikipedia editor/contributor, but it turns out that he fabricated his identity. He's not really a tenured professor but a 24 year-old who has never taught a class before. This raises questions of identity, credibility, transparency on open source collaborations such as Wikipedia. -
2voteWhile plenty of professors have complained about the lack of accuracy or completeness of entries, and some have discouraged or tried to bar students from using it, the history department at Middlebury College is trying to take a stronger, collective stand. It voted this month to bar students from citing the Web site as a source in papers or other academic work.
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