madcow writes “Yesterday’s times has this about how Wikipedia can be used and abused.
“Jessica Baumgart, a news researcher at Harvard University, wrote that there were librarians voluntarily working behind the scenes to check information on Wikipedia. “But, honestly,” she added, “in some ways, we’re just as fallible as everyone else in some areas because our own knowledge is limited and we can’t possibly fact-check everything.”
In an interview, she said that her rule of thumb was to double-check everything and to consider Wikipedia as only one source.””
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