Microsoft in hot water over Wikipedia edits

Microsoft in hot water over Wikipedia edits - CNN.com

While Wikipedia is known as the encyclopedia that anyone can tweak, founder Jimmy Wales and his cadre of volunteer editors, writers and moderators have blocked public-relations firms, campaign workers and anyone else perceived as having a conflict of interest from posting fluff or slanting entries. So paying for Wikipedia copy is considered a definite no-no.

Ok, here comes another article link I find this one intriguing because it involves MS and Wikipedia. In the past studies have show Wikipedia to be just slightly more “unaccurate” that the established Encyclopedia Brittanica. But this seemed marginal and one would wonder if it was statistically signifcant. Anyway, Wikipedia has become a beloved source of information and this is not the first time someone or something has tried to change its content. MS would have us believe that it was trying to get it right, but who’s right do they consider right? They have a way of seeing them through Redmond glasses and they think they know more than the rest of us (IMHO). One always has to wonder about the objectivity of a MS sponsored report/white paper/correct. Anyway, perhaps you will find this interesting as well.

24 January, 2007 |

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