the following two contrasting entries culled from other listservs may be of interest to those following the grail of wikipedia. ms 1. Jaron Lanier on Wikipedia, published on John Brockman's Edge site. Astute, culturally conservative piece (from a leading tech innovator). See the discussion on the article as well (Clay Shirky in particular). http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/lanier06/lanier06_index.html Joe Esposito 2. I've written a new article about Authority... http://semanticstudios.com/publications/semantics/000057.php ...that folks on this list may enjoy. Just don't show it to any old-fashioned librarians :-) Peter Morville President, Semantic Studios http://semanticstudios.com http://findability.org __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com List archives at http://lists.ufl.edu/archives/recmgmt-l.html Contact [log in to unmask] for assistance