Clueful words about Wikipedia from Oxford University Press Publisher Niko Pfund
“I’m actually increasingly bored by this question of whether Wikipedia is good or bad, and even more so by the easy vilification of it, a reaction often rooted in professional self-interest. After all, the Oxford English Dictionary, arguably the greatest reference work in the English language (and certainly the greatest reference work about the English language) found its origins in a wiki model, whereby scholars put out the word to English speakers far and wide that they would welcome hard evidence of the earliest appearances of English words.” - Oxford University Press Publisher Niko Pfund in the OUP blog, via Media Bistro.
Detail: He’s answering reader questions and meanwhile has outlined the pros and cons of putting e-books online, in terms of p-book sales.
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