Wednesday, December 14, 2005

Wikipedia Again

In the wake of the last note about Wikipedia, I thought I'd point out:
  1. The guy who libeled the Siegenthaler was identified and has since lost his job. However, the fact that someone could identify this guy relatively easily was a byproduct of him working in a small company and doing the work from there. To identify, say, me as the culprit would have taken a court order to Pacbell.
  2. Via BoingBoing again, a scientific study sponsored by Nature has shown that Wikipedia has about four errors for every three in the Encyclopedia Britannica.

No comments: