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Wikipedia institutes new editing policies for certain articles
Today CNN is reporting that Wikipedia has added a layer of oversight to articles about living people. The hope is that the extra layer of editing on these articles will help iron out inaccuracies in these articles, which often appear as the first search result for famous people’s names.
The new feature, called “flagged revisions,” requires [...]
Farewell, Microsoft Encarta
Microsoft announced today that it’s going to shutter its Encarta encyclopedia because “people today seek and consume information in considerably different ways than in years past.”
In other words, people want their encyclopedias to be like the Wikipedia, living and constantly evolving things — not a DVD-ROM.
Still, it’s a sad day for me. When I got my [...]
Information wants to be free... and expensive
Given how many electrons have been spilled of late over the “information wants to be free” versus micropayments debate, I thought it would be helpful to remember what author Stuart Brand actually (says he) said when he “coined” the phrase:
On the one hand information wants to be expensive, because it’s so valuable. The right information [...]
Wikipedia makes this world
Wikipedia’s definition of truth matters, says Technology Review contributing editor Simson Garfinkel, because of the sheer number of people who use the online encyclopedia without a second though about its accuracy.
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