The E-Sylum:  Volume 8, Number 44, October 16, 2005, Article 28

THE WIKIPEDIA AND NUMISMATICS

Our Featured Web Site last week was a section of the
Wikipedia, an "open source" web-based encyclopedia
project. I noted that "It is a very useful site, as long as
one remembers that it is maintained by volunteers and
should not be relied upon as the final word on any
research topic."

Arthur Shippee writes: "Yes, it's maintained by volunteers
--such as yourselves. Actually, you folks might want to
think about making the Wikipedia a great numismatic site,
by editing the existing articles & adding new ones. That's
the theory behind the Wiki open-source idea. It's a very
interesting notion, and depends on the general good will
of the mass of users.

And, since lots of folks use & will use Wikipedia, they
might stumble into the numismatics areas by following links
from elsewhere, and become interested in numismatics.
Perhaps a good recruiting tool to the field."

[Well, one thing we could do here at The E-Sylum is to
at least review the numismatic content of the Wikipedia.
Here's one page chosen at random: Irish Coinage.
wikipedia.org/
Let's hear some of your comments!

We love words here at The E-Sylum, and although it's
not numismatic, readers might also want to check out this
amusing Wikipedia entry on Made-up Words in The Simpsons
television series. It's perfectly cromulent...
wiki.org
-Editor]

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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