At 03:49 PM 7/5/2006, you wrote:
>For an illustration of the problems with Wikipedia, read this story on Ken
>Lay's death as recorded therein.
>
>http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060705/tc_nm/enron_lay_wikipedia_dc_4

I was just reading that, and failing to understand why it was even newsworthy.

What it does clearly show, is a failing to understand the basic 
nature of Wikipedia. As one respondent to the story pointed out, 
Reuters has themselves previously issued stories too fast, and 
followed them up with multiple corrections.

I was thinking myself, after reading this, would it not be equally 
fair to now publish stories each and every day decrying that the 
various print encyclopedias don't have the fact straight on Ken Lay?


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Michael Edwards 

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