Comments on: Relying on Wikipedia http://www.monproductions.com/blogs/2005/relying-on-wikipedia/ Thoughts from the Edge of Infinity Wed, 29 Jul 2009 19:36:48 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Colonel http://www.monproductions.com/blogs/2005/relying-on-wikipedia/comment-page-1/#comment-21 Colonel Wed, 21 Dec 2005 07:03:35 +0000 http://www.monproductions.com/blogs/?p=17#comment-21 For all its negatives Wikipedia is a very powerful tool. For one thing it gives voice to those who may not have one. Your average person cannot write an entry for the Encyclopedia Britannica, but they can post in a Wiki if they have internet access. This means that there are entries on Wiki from the perspective of non-mainstream groups, such as environmentalists, activists etc and makes it a very powerful tool for those with less power. Of course as has been seen recently, it also provides a tool for persons who wish to make slanderous un biased remarks. It's not a perfect system and requires alot of good will and vigilance to keep it running smoothly. For all its negatives Wikipedia is a very powerful tool. For one thing it gives voice to those who may not have one. Your average person cannot write an entry for the Encyclopedia Britannica, but they can post in a Wiki if they have internet access.

This means that there are entries on Wiki from the perspective of non-mainstream groups, such as environmentalists, activists etc and makes it a very powerful tool for those with less power.

Of course as has been seen recently, it also provides a tool for persons who wish to make slanderous un biased remarks. It’s not a perfect system and requires alot of good will and vigilance to keep it running smoothly.

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