In an article by John Dvorak, he discusses the inherent issues with spreading knowledge through wiki sources. In a small environment with few contributors, wikis can have more accurate information but as wikis grow the information will eventually be skewed and have errors.While this may be the case in an unregulated wiki, sites like Wikipedia that have a strong oversight committee tend to override the potential errors that come about. Wikipedia may not be the most trusted source for information, but I find it extremely useful to get background information on topics that I know very little about. Where else could you find summary information that is up to date, easy to access and well formatted?
I love wikipedia. Professors generally say that wikipedia can't be used as a reliable source for information; but sometimes wikipedia seems to be the online place that has any information.
ReplyDeleteWikipedia is amazing! It is considered not a reliable source, but at the end of the page, there are sometimes links to the sites people found information on. Those links are super helpful!!
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