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Wikipedia Creates Concerns Aplenty About the Web's Reliability

By Shari Claire Lewis
April 27, 2006

Although the online encyclopedia Wikipedia recently added its 1 millionth English-language article, controversy over the value of its content continues. (See, eg, Randall Stross, 'Anonymous Source Is Not the Same as Open Source,' NY Times, Section 3, Page 5, March 12, 2006; 'Writing for Wikipedia,' NY Times, Letters, Section 3, March 19, 2006.) Concerns arise because Wikipedia has no single editor, and anyone (or virtually anyone) can add a new entry or edit an existing one.

Sometimes an entry can be overtly suspect, such as the recent change to the bio for a congressman that included the statement 'he likes to beat his wife and children.' See, Yuki Noguchi, 'Wikipedia's Help From the Hill,' Washington Post, A21, Feb. 9, 2006.

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