“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.
