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Cool Links: NPR Story—“Wikipedia’s Growth Comes with Concerns”
Posted Feb 24, 2005 Print Version     Page 1
  

A recent story on National Public Radio discusses the "people's encyclopedia," Wikipedia, which, we notice, is getting a lot of attention on LMS discussion groups these days as well. NPR describes the story: "Wikipedia is a dynamic, online encyclopedia that allows users to create and edit their own entries. Volunteers then fact-check the entries to ensure accuracy. NPR's Laura Sydell reports that as Wikipedia has grown dramatically in popularity, some have begun to question its accuracy."

Click HERE to link to the NPR site and listen to the story. (Thanks to Gary Price's ResourceShelf for alerting us to this item.)

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