The Living Encyclopedia

Jesse Walker | March 11, 2005

I'm late to note it, but the March Wired includes a smart profile of Wikipedia by Daniel Pink.

Comments

|3.11.05 @ 4:16PM|#

I'm pleased by the accuracy on subjects I know something about, such as mathematics and chemistry. Besides, how many general encyclopedias have articles on Marvin the Martian?

|3.11.05 @ 7:03PM|#

On the other hand, any topic that's remotely controversial seems to become a war of changes and reversions. Even something as esoteric as "libertarianism".

|3.11.05 @ 10:50PM|#

On the other hand, today's featured article on Charles II won't pull up in my browser.

|3.11.05 @ 10:53PM|#

Just a bad link, I guess. It does come up if you type in Charles II in the search window.