Comments on: Agree to disagree http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/10/20/agree-to-disagree/ Comments, reflections and occasional brainstorms Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:34:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.4-bleeding By: Layman http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/10/20/agree-to-disagree/#comment-372 Layman Fri, 18 Nov 2005 22:42:25 +0000 http://anne.teachesme.com/2005/10/20/agree-to-disagree/#comment-372 <a></a>I have mixed thoughts on Wikipedia, but ultimately conclude it is a worthwhile endeavour. Would I want it to supplant more traditional encyclopedias? No, I think there is room for both. Traditional encyclopedia's can underemphasize interesting and perhaps well-supported alternatives to the predominant view. Wikipedia can overemphasize them to the point that the predominant view, even if well-supported by most academics, is treated as if it is just another opinion. I blogged my thoughts and experiences on the issue here: <a href="http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2005/09/my-experiences-with-wikipedia.html" rel="nofollow">http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2005/09/my-experiences-with-wikipedia.html</a> I have mixed thoughts on Wikipedia, but ultimately conclude it is a worthwhile endeavour. Would I want it to supplant more traditional encyclopedias? No, I think there is room for both.

Traditional encyclopedia’s can underemphasize interesting and perhaps well-supported alternatives to the predominant view. Wikipedia can overemphasize them to the point that the predominant view, even if well-supported by most academics, is treated as if it is just another opinion.

I blogged my thoughts and experiences on the issue here:

http://christiancadre.blogspot.com/2005/09/my-experiences-with-wikipedia.html

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