I began this list in August 2013, when I wrote a series of posts in preparation for a first-year writing course focusing on Wikipedia. I started with an overview, then considered the relationships between Wikipedia and experts and between Wikipedia and universities, and wrote about controversies surrounding Wikipedia. I’ve also written several other posts about
This is the fourth in my series of posts about Wikipedia. I began with an overview and introduction, then wrote about Wikipedia and expertise. In my last post I discussed Wikipedia and universities. Today I’ll look at some criticisms of the site. Some of the entries are themselves controversial: this PDF offers a “multilingual and
This post is a continuation of my series of posts about Wikipedia. I began with a general overview, and then discussed the relationship between Wikipedia and “the expert.” Today I turn to a specific species of expert: academics. I’ll consider what academics have said about Wikipedia, survey a few books about the site, and then