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Jimmy Wales Says Students 'Should Use' Wikipedia
An anonymous reader writes "The BBC has up an article chatting with Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Wales views the Wikipedia site as an educational resource, and apparently thinks teachers who downplay the site are 'bad educators'. '[A] perceived lack of authority ... has drawn criticism from other information sources. Ian Allgar of Encyclopedia Britannica maintains that, with 239 years of history and rigorous fact-checking procedures, Britannica should remain a leader in authoritative, politically-neutral information. Mr Allgar pointed out the trustworthy nature of paid-for, thoroughly-reviewed content, and noted that Wikipedia is still prone to vandalism.'"
> It's really not that hard to spot vandalism on Wikipedia
Sure, if the article is about any topic that's remotely controversial, you can assume by default it's been vandalized. Or at least riddled with crappy weasel-worded assertions everywhere.
Wikipedia's a decent resource for sciences I expect geeks afflicted with terminal Male Answer Syndrome to actually know about. Everything else is a crapshoot, minus the shoot.
Done with slashdot, done with nerds, getting a life.