The Truth According to Wikipedia

The Truth According to Wikipedia, also referred to as Wikis Truth Dutch Wikis Waarheid , is a Dutch documentary about Wikipedia directed by IJsbrand van Veelen. It was screened at The Next Web conference in Amsterdam onApril 2008 and broadcast by the Dutch documentary series Backlight Dutch Tegenlicht on NederlandonApril 2008. It was subsequently made available through American Public Television.

Director IJsbrand van Veelen examines questions about Wikipedia, such as whether it will harm traditional encyclopaedias, including Encyclopdia Britannica. He presents commentators who discuss the reliability of Wikipedia. Veelen also addresses the idea that information wants to be free. The documentary notes that between the period of 2006 to 2008, Wikipedia has increasingly been recognized as one of the top most popular websites, and that it often rivaled Google for those searching for information on the Internet.Individuals who are interviewed and appear as commentators in the film include Wikipedia cofounders Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger The Cult of the Amateur author Andrew Keen How Wikipedia Works author and Wikipedia editor Phoebe Ayers Swahili Wikipedia contributor Ndesanjo Macha OReilly Media chief executive officer Tim OReilly We Think author Charles Leadbeater and former Encyclopdia Britannica editorinchief Robert McHenry. ........

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