The Washington Post published an interesting article on Wikipedia’s role in providing information on candidates. Apparently Wiki users are arguing over things like whether Sen. McCain is a liberal or conservative, Sen. Clinton’s record as First Lady, whether Sen. Thompson’s first name should be reported as Fred or Freddy, and more.
As an online encyclopedia where users themselves are the editors (”wiki” stands for What I Know Is), there’s bound to be plenty of disputes. Its value in research is dependent upon the validity of the information. Biased authors submitting content which serves their purpose limits the usefulness. It just makes sense that more popular content will spark debate. Its a pretty interesting comment regarding online culture, really.
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