If anyone doubts the power of user-generated encyclopaedia, Wikipedia, this video is for you. Social media blog davefleet.com points to a clip showing the first two hours of development of the entry on US Airways Flight 1549, which crash-landed in the Hudson River last week. The page was created within minutes of the plane landing in the river.
We're now at the point where "Wikipedia" has entered our vocabulary alongside "Google" and "YouTube" as commonly-used terms (I use all three websites so often that I completely take them for granted). It's essential to remember precisely where Wikipedia's content originates, and that its veracity is far from guaranteed, but Wikipedia's goal of creating a free database of knowledge for everyone is truly admirable.
This video is a startling reminder of its growing power.
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