http://pointsofreference.booklistonline.com/2009/08/25/guardians-at-the-wikipedia-gate/ Front-line experts write about reference sources and trends in reference publishing and services Tue, 24 Jan 2012 16:35:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://pointsofreference.booklistonline.com/2009/08/25/guardians-at-the-wikipedia-gate/comment-page-1/#comment-287 Craig Bunch Tue, 25 Aug 2009 20:10:15 +0000 http://pointsofreference.booklistonline.com/?p=654#comment-287 I read the article this morning, too. I even considered blogging about it, but I'm glad you did. I love Wikipedia, despite its (sometimes) unreliability. I'm glad the Wikipedia editors are exerting more editorial control, despite the fact that Wikipedia then becomes less of an encyclopedia that everyone can contribute to on relatively equal terms. I guess I'd rather see the world's largest encyclopedia be more authoritative rather than more democratic. I use Wikipedia frequently, most recently last night to look up the photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper. The entry compared favorably with Cooper's bio on the Pace Wildenstein website. Each complemented the other. I read the article this morning, too. I even considered blogging about it, but I’m glad you did. I love Wikipedia, despite its (sometimes) unreliability. I’m glad the Wikipedia editors are exerting more editorial control, despite the fact that Wikipedia then becomes less of an encyclopedia that everyone can contribute to on relatively equal terms. I guess I’d rather see the world’s largest encyclopedia be more authoritative rather than more democratic. I use Wikipedia frequently, most recently last night to look up the photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper. The entry compared favorably with Cooper’s bio on the Pace Wildenstein website. Each complemented the other.

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