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CNN.com - Wikipedia: The know-it-all Web site
Short article describing one individual's experiences.
www.cnn.com
Poynter Online - Wikipedia for Journalists
Proclaims that the use of Wikipedia is a good source for basic background information for journalists.
www.poynter.org
ITworld.com - Chinese censors block access to Wikipedia
Chinese censors have blocked access to Chinese Wikipedia that was created as a free and open source of information.
www.itworld.com
Wikipedia Shows Power of Cooperation
Dan Gillmor explains what a wiki is, and how Wikipedia can be a success.
weblog.siliconvalley.com
Wired News: Not Your Father's Encyclopedia
Early article that describes the advantages of an open-source encyclopedia, plus its shortcomings.
www.wired.com
Wikinfo: Critical views of Wikipedia
Provides a basic history, plus some limitations of using a wiki as an encyclopedia.
www.wikinfo.org
The Register: Wikipedia 'to Make Universities Obsolete'
Opinion article by Andrew Orlowski suggesting that Wikipedia has a long way to go before it's a stand-in for libraries and scholarly publications.
www.theregister.co.uk
The Register - Wiki-fiddlers defend Clever Big Book
Commentary by Andrew Orlowski. "Our jibe that the Wikipedia is the world's most useless encyclopedia drew precisely two angry responses. But both illustrate the condition perfectly."
www.theregister.co.uk
The Register: Wikipedia's Emergent People Fail to Impress Readers
Criticisms of Wikipedia and of arguments used by its admirers.
www.theregister.co.uk
Frozen North: How Authoritative is Wikipedia?
Blog entry. Describes the author's process of putting errors into Wikipedia and watching for corrections to them. Suggests how fact-checking needs to be improved at Wikipedia, and gives ideas for further experiments.
www.frozennorth.org
Slashdot: Wikipedia Hits Million-Entry Mark
Lovely forum discussion.
slashdot.org
USA Today: Today's Best Encyclopedia Might Surprise You
Overview of Wikipedia's growth, quality, and editing process.
www.usatoday.com
kuro5hin.org - Wikinews And The Growing Wikimedia Empire
Article and commentary about the growing group of projects which fall under the Wikimedia Foundation umbrella.
www.kuro5hin.org
kuro5hin.org - Can an Open Content Encyclopedia Thrive?
Early concerns about Wikipedia's concept.
www.kuro5hin.org
kuro5hin.org - Why Wikipedia Must Jettison Its Anti-Elitism
Wikipedia cofounder Larry Sanger writes, "Wikipedia does have two big problems, and attention to them is long overdue. These problems could be eliminated by eliminating a single root problem."
www.kuro5hin.org