Beyond Necessity

Jon Davies (Chief Executive of Wikimedia UK) gave me a 'Schools Wikipedia' CD which I gratefully accepted along with a Wikimedia UK ...

A wonderful wonderful article in The Atlantic . It speaks for itself, no further comment required.

I'm still working on the Wikipedia book, looking today at the history of the ' three revert rule ', introduced in  November 2004...

Here is the lovely example, possibly the best yet, of what I have called Wikipedia faction .  This is where some nonsense information gets a...

I have just been looking at the Wikipedia rating system. You go to the bottom of an article and click 'view ratings' to see what the...

Sounds like one of mine, but actually one of the Maverick's, over here .  Recommended, as always.

A reader has complained by email that there is too much medieval philosophy and not enough about Wikipedia. Well mate, I'm sure there a...

On 26 April 2009 – that is, two and a half years ago – an account called ‘Ivanelo’ added some material to the Wikipedia article on ‘Climate...

There is an interesting discussion here  between some of Wikipedia’s dwindling number of competent editors. The complaint is the usual one a...

Ex -climate scientist William Connolley questions  the logic of an earlier post, saying that I'm not really sure exactly what claim ab...

Someone has left on interesting note on Jimmy Wales Wikipedia talk page, about the article on the infamous French philosopher Jacques Derr...

I have commented  more than once  about erroneous information in Wikipedia becoming what Wikipedia calls a ‘reliable source’, and so turning...

I reported here about erroneous information in Wikipedia being used in reference works, thus becoming what Wikipedia calls a ‘reliable sour...

A fascinating example of how erroneous information on Wikipedia leaks out into the web, turns into citable information that can then be recy...