Back in 2006, when Wikipedia was just 5 years old, the late Roy Rosenzweig
--  founding director of GMU's Center for History and New Media --
published an article in the Journal of American History, "Can History Be
Open Source? Wikipedia and the Future of the Past," that addressed many of
the issues and concerns raised in this thread. Rosenzweig asked: "Are
Wikipedians good historians? As in the old tale of the blind men and the
elephant, your assessment of Wikipedia as history depends a great deal on
what part you touch. It also depends, as we shall see, on how you define
'history.'" Here's the full citation and a stable link to the article via
J-Stor: Roy Rosenzweig, "Can History Be Open Source? Wikipedia and the
Future of the Past," Journal of American History, Vol. 93, No. 1 (Jun.,
2006), pp. 117-146. Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/4486062

SF

Scot French
Associate Professor
Department of History
University of Central Florida
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