Like many, I’m of two minds on Wikipedia–I love it, and I’m always a bit nervous about it. But as time goes by, I’m more and more impressed by its unique capabilities. Here’s one reason why–there is already a detailed and seemingly comprehensive page on the Montreal shooting yesterday here.
Right seemingly. Sure, I have a feeling that some details are going to be incorrect, but it’s up to us as informed readers to get that second source or confirm data in some way before we rely on it, or use it in any important way. Think of all the initial mainstream journalism accounts that have had some factual errors, especially early on in the reporting cycle.
When we see what Wikipedia can do for a general current event like this, it makes me think that the potential for Wikipedia for a source for business and other substantive researchers is still nowhere near its potential.
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