November 30, 2004

Wiki News?

by brian_turner

Wiki strikes again – this time its Wiki News.

Apparently administrated by the same people behind the Wikipedia, the intention is that the wiki format will help remove bias from reporting – something that is claimed has happened on the the Wikipedia.

However, if there’s a problem from bias in an encyclopedia format, it’s hard to see how that can be escaped simply by forming a news arm. In fact, the allowance for user-editing in Wiki-format is almost certainly going to prove a massive challenge.

Politics is possibly the most volatile general subject area you can discuss. After all, just add one of any of the following keyphrases in an internet discussion forum, and it’s lighting a match: “homosexuality”, “abortion”, “George W Bush”, “Iraq”.

And that’s before we even get into the subject of organised groups and their own collective agendas.

Still, I wish them luck – Wiki News is certainly going to need it.

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