How Wikipedia Works (or Doesn’t)

July 23rd, 2007

Harvard Business School Working Knowledge: “HBS professor Andy McAfee had his doubts about Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia created and maintained by volunteers. “I just didn’t think it could yield a good outcome or a good encyclopedia. But I started consulting it and reading the entries, and I said, ‘This is amazing.’ ”

(Thanks Edana!)

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   July 24th, 2007 at 9:57 pm

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