Scott, et. al.
In a related 2006 decision
(http://www.uscfc.uscourts.gov/Opinions/Allegra/06/ALLEGRA.Campbell.pdf)
the U.S. Court of Federal Claims vacated and remanded a decision of a
Special Master in a vaccine injury case noting that the Special Master
acted in an arbitrary and capricious manner by not allowing for an
evidentiary hearing and instead placing authority in various web sites,
especially Wikipedia, despite that site's many disclaimers (page 7).
Rick McKinney
Assistant Law Librarian
Federal Reserve Board Law Library
Washington, DC 20551
rick.mckinney@frb.gov
Scott Burgh
<sgburgh@ameritec
h.net> To
Sent by: law lib <law-lib@ucdavis.edu>, CALL
owner-law-lib@ucd <call@aallnet.org>
avis.edu cc
Subject
08/20/2007 11:59 Wikipedia and authority
AM
Greetings:
With the internet, I often raise the issue to the patrons of where does the
authority of the information lie regarding issues such as credibility,
currency, and reliability. While I love Wikipedia as a starting point, the
article link here shows that a hacker's program has pinpointed origins of
Wikipedia edits to indicate that alterations to the popular online
encyclopedia have come from the CIA and the Vatican, as well as from
politicians making their entries more flattering.
Check out the story from the Sydney Morning Herald:
Thank you.
Scott Burgh
Chief Law Librarian
City of Chicago Department of Law Library
This archive was generated by hypermail 2b29 : Wed Nov 14 2007 - 20:47:00 PST