Wikipedia Research

In recent decisions the Federal Court has found that Wikipedia is not a reliable form of research, at least not for doing research on immigration matters. Slaw’ers could have told them that, couldn’t we?

2006 FC 1125 (para 9)

2005 FC 261 (para 9)

So my question is: Is web 2.o concerned with authority and attribution etc.? And secondly, will it be able to satisfy the demands of the legal system with respect to these concepts?

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