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April 25, 2008

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virtual nexus

Thanks for this informative post - have you come across You Tube - The Truth According to Wikipedia,
(general, but contains strongly contrasting views)
48 minute documentary?

Manny Hernandez

Great points here, Matthew!

In the past, I have encountered some of the same issues described by John Grohol in his blog post trying to offer relevant and useful links to online diabetes support forums such as tudiabetes.com. Though initially I spent myself trying to argue my way back, I later got to the conclusion that it is their right to run their platform as they see fit.

As much as I regret the fact that the world's biggest encyclopedia is truly loosing on the potential to offer factual valuable information: I think it's very hard to argue these days over the value that support forums bring to the lives of patients ailing from any cronic condition.

So, until Wikipedia chooses to update their philosophy about these things (and in case they don't), I have decided to work with folks who actually have a process in place to make sure that all links (as long as they are pertinent and valuable) can make it to an article (or a guide, as some call it).

The best example that comes to mind is Organized Wisdom. I contributed to their Insulin Pump guide and found their process fascinating as it is not unlike working with an editor as you put together an article for a publication.

So, while I hope that Wikipedia changes its ways in regards to allowing links to online support forums, until they do, fortunately we have options.

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