Wikipedia, A Reliable Source?

 

Should journalists rely on Wikipedia as primary or supplementary source? The ongoing debate on the credibility of Wikipedia warms up again.
Some recent references to Wikipedia in the Tampa Tribune has stimulated an interesting discussion on Sticks of Fire blog.

Is Wikipedia an acceptable source?

, asks Sticks of Fire.
Whilst reading through the Guardian Newsblog, I noticed a post by Jane Perrone entitled St Nicholas's letter to the Wikipedians. You'll find some useful links to the ongoing controversy over Wikipedia's credibility there.

Related posts:
WIKIPEDIA Zooms Ahead

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One Blog Created 'Every Second'

 

The blogosphere is now over 30 times as big as it was 3 years ago, says a new report of the Technorati's State of the Blogosphere.

Excerpt:

• As of October 2005, Technorati is now tracking 19.6 million weblogs
• The total number of weblogs tracked continues to double about every 5 months
• The blogosphere is now over 30 times as big as it was 3 years ago, with no signs of letup in growth
• About 70,000 new weblogs are created every day
• About a new weblog is created each second
• 2% - 8% of new weblogs per day are fake or spam weblogs
• Between 700,000 and 1.3 million posts are made each day
• About 33,000 posts are created per hour, or 9.2 posts per second
• An additional 5.8% of posts (or about 50,000 posts/day) seen each day are from spam or fake blogs, on average

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