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Poor Wikipedia. Professional Golfer Fuzzy Zoeller is suing one of its contributors for a defamatory cyber-attack. And last year, television host and comedian Stephen Colbert urged his audience to vandalize a Wikipedia entry about elephants to prove the point that in a model where any user can edit encyclopedia entries, those entries are only as good as their source. Take the case of retired journalist John Seigenthaler, a former assistant to Attorney General Robert Kennedy, who was wrongfully accused of involvement in the assassination of Robert and John Kennedy by an anonymous Wikipedia contributor in 2005. Given the controversy...
Despite questions about its accuracy and criticism on other college campuses, some Harvard professors and teaching fellows have incorporated Wikipedia, the online collaborative encyclopedia, into their syllabi. “I believe Wikipedia is an excellent resource because of how low-cost it makes the process of looking for information,” wrote economics graduate student Reinier A. Schliesser in an e-mail. “When I was looking for readily available materials for our discussion-focused class, I found some of the articles in Wikipedia quite useful.” Schliesser, who teaches the sophomore economics tutorial...
...even know of Kropotkin comes courtesy of the Wikipedia entry for the "gift economy," the current term of art for this altruistic approach. Wikipedia is, of course, a prime example of the gift economy at work. Argue about its inaccuracies all you want, but the volunteer-authored online encyclopedia is on its way to becoming (if it isn't already) the world's dominant reference resource...
...website claims that it will use the same software platform as Wikipedia, the wildly popular online grassroots encyclopedia, to let users anonymously post documents and analyze them. In theory, this system will protect leakers' identities while exposing government and corporate corruption worldwide...
...passengers can enjoy chocolate treats from The Omni Parker House, Top of the Hub and the Langham Hotel’s chocolate buffet. Saturday, Jan. 20 11:30 a.m. and 12:45 p.m., continues through April Trolley Stop Store, corner of Boylston and South Charles St. Boston $75 5)Encyclopedia Britannicus Catch the exciting opening weekend performance of Britannicus, by Jean Racine and directed by Robert Woodruff at the Loeb Drama Center. This modern take on an ancient Greek myth is sure to be much more thrilling than your Greek Heroes final exam, with no study guide necessary. Saturday...