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Article: Wikipedia: encyclopedia or not?(Database Review)(is a collaborative encyclopedia where anyone can write and edit articles.)
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- September 1, 2005
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Q: Why is Wikipedia like a landfill?
A: Everybody dumps on it, and it keeps getting bigger.
Yes, the library and reference book establishments love to attack Wikipedia, the collaborative encyclopedia (http://www.wikipedia.org) as a fraud, a brazen imposter that will corrupt or--worse--misinform all who use it. With all of the information on the Internet, why is this well-intentioned reference source treated so badly? Because, while most of the nonsense on the Web knows its place, Wikipedia has the chutzpah to deem itself a real encyclopedia.
Actually, Wikipedia has a dual identity. It is a collaborative Internet project, one of the grandest and ...