Wikipedia = authority- October 12, 2005 Wikipedia, folksonomy, tagging I recently came across this article about tagging and folksonomies and Wikipedia by Peter Morville. It's an interesting read, but I think I take exception to this bit:Now, some old-fashioned librarians may claim that due to the pseudo-anonymous, multi-author nature of the Wikipedia, its articles have no authority. But they'd be wrong. Authority derives from the information architecture, visual design, governance, and brand of the Wikipedia, and from widespread...http://smotu.blogspot.com/2005/10/wikipedia-authority.html |