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Questioning Authority • Evaluating Wikipedia Articles

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If Wikipedia is a collaborative project open to all, why are fewer than 15 percent of the site's …

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February 4, 2011 2:31 pm Link

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I find it interesting that I brought up a pointed concern about the safety of children who deeply interact with the editing process on Wikipedia (yes, I used the “p” word). But, even though I backed my statement with concrete facts to support my concern, the New York Times moderator elected not to publish my comment. Is this because the New York Times doesn’t care about the welfare of school children, or is it that they don’t want to address the uncomfortable aspects of anonymous, unaccountable “knowledge building”? -- Gregory Kohs