Category Archives: Part 3: Criticisms against Wikipedia’s ecncylopaedic claim
No substitute for the library: amateurs, truthiness, vandalism, and other nonsense
Whilst Wikipedia’s palimpsestic and collaborative nature has received praise for enforcing positive Web 2.0 ideals, it has also inspired much criticism for failing to achieve the self-described encyclopaedic content. Many side with author Mark Youngblood Herring (2007:28) who condemns Wikipedia as “no … Continue reading
