Esquire wikis article on Wikipedia | CNET News.com

Esquire wikis article on Wikipedia | CNET News.com

When Esquire magazine writer A.J. Jacobs decided to do an article about the freely distributable and freely editable online encyclopedia Wikipedia, he took an innovative approach: He posted a crummy, error-laden draft of the story to the site.

Talk about an impact in digital stakeholders! This is really cool. Esquire decided to do an article on Wikipedia and to do it they created their own wiki! I would think this model would hold true for other types of articles as well. I remember what one of the EMBA professors at Auburn told me at lunch one day when we were talking about the class. His class was full of professionals well qualified to teach the class (he was teaching Operations Management and had a VP of Logistics from a large rail transportation company). His goal changed from “teaching” the class to providing an environment where he would guide discussion but the students added their own insights creating a much richer teaching environment. How often do we read arcticles where the writer is just learning the basics of the story and it could benefit from a more seasoned industry professional?

29 September, 2005 |

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