Kozminski University, Management in Networked and Digital Societies (MINDS) department, Jagiellonska 59, 03301 Warszawa, Poland.
Gigascience. 2019 Dec 1;8(12). doi: 10.1093/gigascience/giz139.
Wikipedia is by far the largest online encyclopedia, and the number of errors it contains is on par with the professional sources even in specialized topics such as biology or medicine. Yet, the academic world is still treating it with great skepticism because of the types of inaccuracies present there, the widespread plagiarism from Wikipedia, and historic biases, as well as jealousy regarding the loss of the knowledge dissemination monopoly. This article argues that it is high time not only to acknowledge Wikipedia's quality but also to start actively promoting its use and development in academia.
维基百科是迄今为止最大的在线百科全书,其包含的错误数量与专业来源相当,即使在生物学或医学等专业领域也是如此。然而,学术界仍然对它持怀疑态度,因为它存在的不准确类型、广泛的维基百科抄袭以及历史偏见,以及对知识传播垄断的丧失的嫉妒。本文认为,现在不仅是承认维基百科的质量的时候了,也是开始积极促进其在学术界的使用和发展的时候了。