The Wikipedia has enjoyed charmed press and its supporters’ claims of a new collaborative world are impressive. But an increasing number of critics are complaining about Wiki’s quality problems. “In theory, Wikipedia is a beautiful thing – it has to be a beautiful thing if the Web is leading us to a higher consciousness. Only it isn’t. An encyclopedia can’t just have a small percentage of good entries and be considered a success. I would argue, in fact, that the overall quality of an encyclopedia is best judged by its weakest entries rather than its best. What’s the worth of an unreliable reference work?”