No particular week, no particular thing...just Wikipedia

Interesting article in the local paper: A UCSC professor has developed a method of examining the accuracy of information in Wikipedia. Rather than authenticating the information itself, the method bases its evaluation on the number of times the particular contributor has been corrected in past Wikipedia contributions. Variegated colors of orange indicate the author's "reputation". Idea being...the darker the orange, the less likely the information is accurate. Interesting concept, but not without its shortcomings. Read the comments following the article. I guess the bottom line is still: verify any information obtained through wiki-type articles, blogs, etc. Same thing we library types are always saying!