Improving Wikipedia: Educational Opportunity and Professional Responsibility

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Improving Wikipedia: Educational Opportunity and Professional Responsibility - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2009, written by Kristine L. Callis, Lindsey R. Christ, Julian Resasco, David W. Armitage, Jeremy D. Ash, Timothy T. Caughlin, Sharon F. Clemmensen, Stella M. Copeland, Timothy J. Fullman, Ryan L. Lynch, Charley Olson, Raya Pruner, Ernane H. M. Vieira-Neto, Raneve West-Singh and Emilio M. Bruna.

Overview

The rise of user-generated Internet content (i.e. ‘Web 2.0’) has resulted in dramatic changes in the way that scientific information is collected and disseminated. One notable example is Wikipedia (http://www.wikipedia.org), the user-written online encyclopedia with millions of users worldwide. In the 7 years since its inception it has become a staple of the academic community, increasingly used by faculty and students to develop lectures and study aids, research topics for papers and as a source of background information while studying or conducting research.