Although I was unable to pull up the WIRED story or the NPR article, I was able to listen to the Podcast on the NPR article page and I say HATS OFF to Virgil Griffith and his Wikipedia Scanner. Wikipedia is now and will always be a great source of encylopedia type information for the internet user. However, the users will just have to realize that the accuracy rate may be between 85 and 90% because of the ability of others to change what is being read and said.
Now, though, those wanting to read Wikipedia have the ability to track those things which are being changed. So does this make Wikipedia less reliable? I'm not sure. I almost want to think that this would make it more reliable, because you can actually see what is being done.
You know it has always been said to have more than one source, so whether you are a Wikipedia fan or not, check your sources. There are many other sites you can use to check things out, so if Wikipedia doesn't give you what you want - TRY, TRY AGAIN!
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