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Do twenty jackasses make an expert?
By Terry Freedman
Mon, 7 Nov 2005, 07:39
I recently published an article entitled "Are we living in an insane world?",
which questioned the usefulness of textbooks created in the same way as
Wikipedia is -- and regular visitors to this website will be aware of
my views about that! (See, for example, "Just because you *can* doesn't mean you *should*".)
I've just come across a very good article dealing with the pros and cons (mainly the cons, actually) of Wikipedia published by The Register.
The title of this article comes from a quote in the article.
Interestingly enough, a writer makes a similar point as I do about the
(spurious) comparison between Wikipedia, and wiki textbooks, and open
source software; to quote the article:
"It's worth reflecting on the reason Wiki-kernel would never fly: code actually
has to work, not merely be written."
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© Terry Freedman Mon, 7 Nov 2005