InfoAnarchy is reporting that Wikipedia, an encyclopedia whose contents are completely editable by its readers, has hit its 100,000th entry (in its English edition; content is also available in ten other languages). While you might expect such a publication to suffer from a “race to the bottom” as trolls fight to top each other, instead the content is surprisingly literate, extensive, and accurate.
As its name would indicate, Wikipedia is an example of a Wiki, a type of communally-edited Web site. Wikis have grown increasingly popular over the years, with implementations now available on most popular platforms.
Thanks to Seb’s Open Research for the pointer.
Posted by Jason Lefkowitz at January 21, 2003Ant's Eye View is edited by Jason Lefkowitz, a consultant and Web developer in Alexandria, Virginia. Got a question, comment, or concern? Let me hear it!
If you think anything I write here represents the opinions of anybody but myself, you need more help than I can give you. The opinions are all mine, folks. Nobody else's. ESPECIALLY not my employer's.
If that's too hard to understand... well, I'm sorry. There's only so much I can do. I'm not a therapist, and I'm not a miracle worker. (Unless you consider staying employed in this economy a miracle.) I wish I could help you work through your delusional belief that I'm speaking for anyone else but myself. Honestly, I do. But in the end, that's a monkey you'll have to get off your back on your own. Sorry.