Moya Lázaro, Fernando.
To understand this essay it is essential to read this article: http://uvpress.blogs.uv.es/2011/08/09/03-when-knowledge-isn%E2%80%99t-written-does-it-still-count/
Wikipedia is one of the best resources internet has given. It gives so much information that it would be impossible to print out in any way; even more, that information is being renewed every second. And it is so easy to use that even an 8-year-old child uses it with ease; but all of these are not the best about Wikipedia, the best is that is free for anyone.
Wikipedia is where anyone goes when wants to find out something; students, professionals, housewives everyone who wants accurate information goes there. That is a huge responsibility for Wikipedia; the majority of the people who go to Wikipedia don’t check the information. What makes Wikipedia so reliable? People who are working there for free make very little mistakes, sometimes there is something which slips out but that is corrected immediately.
As we can read in the article, some Wikipedia members are trying to find new ways to put all the knowledge in the site. They have really good ideas but they should be done carefully. What Wikipedia has achieved could be easily lost. Wikipedia has been using a true-and-tried method successfully, but the idea of Mr. Prabhala means that this method has to be done in another way, a difficult one.
As a conclusion, I must say that I don’t believe that telephone calls or interviews are the best way to proof that information is true. The vision of the people about the same aspect is very different, for example, I make paella every week, and the way I make it differs so much than how my mother makes it that she certainly thinks that her way is the way it should be made. What I mean is that Mr. Prabhala method is a risk, but if it is done correctly it will be a huge advance in sharing information in the internet.
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http://uvpress.blogs.uv.es/2011/08/09/03-when-knowledge-isn%E2%80%99t-written-does-it-still-count/