_ MINNESOTA DAILY wa mie ea, Cee a Class Mont NEWS + WORLD Wiki and the U student Whether itis used for recreational reading, to determine the precise measurements for setting up beer pong or as preliminary research for a paper due the next day, Wikipedia is a necessity to many college students nationwide... Bevo By SP elder October 17,2008 Carat: putea age tap a ani cn Tmeay® mee tase ie gee te ee More in Wor» {0 ordne te Mase’ 9 Esicason propa ont Unvrst Dat conga Beran 3 5 —neter ited for ereationl eng to eerie the pre mearremens falstolere © frseingup br po ors pelininay crc for pape! dee et ‘Wien in een o many calles eens atone Picgsters force U The common complaint ofthe Web-based, collaborative encyclopedias that of Dally Pott cre. Wikipedia lows aero wat any lala ety nthe datbaeofen Wha you int ba 3. pre ion snonymously. ‘woes wih upon Peay?” ‘Although «study in late 2005 by the science journal Nature found accuracy in © tart hart any more ton ies ikipedia relatively comparable to lopedia Bitann © ite th lowest ution nik in more tan Wikipedia relatively comparable to tat of Eneclopedia Brita eleven nore tha © lean easy atordt‘This week, Wikipedia co-founder Larry Sanger is set to debut Citizendium, an online cneyclopedia thet wil sat off as clone of the fooy-ioensed Wikipedia. Inthe end, Ctizendium aims to only vaguely resemble Wikipedia, 1 wil allow general public participation, but not anonymously. 1 wil also update enties ‘unedited by the Ctizendium community from Wikipedia (Citizendium wil break from the Wikipedia mold by using experts to oversce swaths ‘ofcontent. Wikipedia does not employ the theory of expert guidance. ‘Sanger sid experts willbe asked to work shoulderto-shoulder with the general public. “To bebe to contebute to reference work when its being gently guided by ‘experts sounds much more interesting, inviting an exciting than a bunch of amateurs tying to come to some sort of consensus view about things they don't necessarily now very much abou,” he sid. ‘The concept of exper opinion holding more weight than the commen man oF ‘woman has stirred up much ofthe Wikipedia community. rofescor John Riel, an avi researcher of Wikipedia and wikis, sites that allow ‘users ofrely eit and share information, sid iil anonymous editing is etrimeatal to Wikipedia trusting the publics "powerful." “That doesnt mean shoddy work needs tobe included it's always important to ocopnizo i's excllance that we have to sek,” he suid, "But you doo slay find ‘xcallence in people with PhD.s-I would rather sook exelence than sook credentials ‘Senger sid determining expertise ina subject depends onthe subject, although ‘traditional credentials will play a large role in rating expert capacity. Latest Issue (PDF) » Maal MINNESOTA DAILYThe idee of experts and academics collaborating with the general public in & ‘ik-endeavor on such broad scale may sound novel but Sanger tried hs hand ata similar project - Nupedia Wikipedia's predecessor. Nupedia was more a freely licensed encyclopedia than a wiki and only filly completed 24 articles before it shut down. Wikis in academia Graduate Instructor Krista Kennedy said Citzendum and Wikipedia eannot be judged against eoch other as “apples to-aples” "The people who use and support Wikipedia, many do so because they believe in open souree and open access," she said. ‘Kennedy i researching Wikipedia and comparing it against an 28th century eneyelopedia, "1 don’ think thet paricular group wil be a supportive of Lary’ projet” Kennedy sald of wikipedians. "But you never know, (Cizendlum and Wikipedia) might complement each other." Sanger sald Citizendium is aiming for the utmost in credibltyand could be good starting point fr research, but students should not cit Citizendiam articles in seademi works. "Frankly, this shouldbe obvious; the fact that poople ar talking about it at any length is kind of disappointing to me," he sud, "It says something rather sobering shout the state of our eduction that we need to explain this” Clancy Ralf, University alumna and assistent professor at Fast Carolina University shared Sanger's sentiments, (On the web... od haw eign sm tee ot (piguecesromuciv uray aes ‘ostar ter ncn ace et cate (Aton ui ers plana aati Souaywnere sen