Wikipedia News
Wikipedia has been in the news a lot lately. Some of the articles are quite insightful:
- Know It All: Can Wikipedia conquer expertise? in the July 31 New Yorker.
- The Hive in the September issue of the Atlantic Monthly
Each article examines a different aspect of Wikipedia knowledge and culture, and they fit together nicely (although presumably unintentionally). Both articles are proof that traditional print media can still be relevant and coexist semi-peacefully with peer production efforts like Wikipedia. They are also excellent examples of something other than a knee-jerk defensive reaction by incumbent media to a perceived threat (e.g., this FOX news story or Britannica’s response to Nature’s article comparing Wikipedia to Brittanica).
Meanwhile, an interesting unrelated Wikipedia commentary in the blogosphere:
- Seven Wikipedia Fallacies by enfant terrible James Grimmelmann. It’s nice to see James blogging more, now that his judicial clerkship is over. (Is he still an enfant terrible now that he has finished his clerkship? Only time will tell.)