Observer Gives Wikipedia Glowing Report

JaxWeb writes "The UK newspaper The Observer is running an article about the open encyclopaedia Wikipedia. The article, 'Why encyclopaedic row speaks volumes about the old guard,' gives Wikipedia a glowing report and mentions some of the issues which have recently occurred regarding the project, including the need to lock the George Bush article in the run up to the election, and Ex-Britannica editor Robert McHenry's comments, as previously mentioned on Slashdot."

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Let's get this out of the way

[aendeuryu]

Might as well get the usual comments out of the way...

- Wikipedia is SOOOOO much more current than old smelly encyclopedias
- Wikipedia can be vandalized by ANYBODY
- Don't get your panties all twisted up, it's just a resource
- Donate your child's scholarship fund to wikipedia!!!1uno!!
- You know, if they were watching porn instead of listen to rap when they first thought up the name, it'd be a wompwompedia (rimshot)
- You know, I heard Elmer Fudd was disappointed that there's no entry on Ricardo Montalban's feet (rimshot)
- You know, I bet that if (poster is shot before finishing comment)
- And finally, the obligatory "Let's get this out of the way" post

again???

[marafa]

what is going on with the world?

a lot of ppl (as previously mentioned on slashdot) are disgruntled with the wikipedia. i would go so far as to claim its useless. hell even one of the cofounders of the wikipedia doesnt like it any more.

i dont use it coz i know the facts there are either skewed or biased towards those who can win "revert wars".

its just a propaganda machine, not a fact machine
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