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Peter Frishauf, Gründer des Ã?rzte-Informationsdienstes Medscape, schrieb letzte Woche über den Vorbildcharakter der Wikipedia für die Zukunft des medizinischen Publizierens:In traditional publishing, readers must wade through many articles on a subject, each written by a few experts, published at 1 moment in time. In Wikipedia you read 1 living article written by many, continually updated by many. Who needs 50 articles on avian flu when 1 will do? And Wikipedia content is often the best on the Web, which means the best anywhere. For writers, Wikipedia offers neither authorship, recognition, reward, nor punishment. Articles aren't indexed, but with Google and Yahoo!, who needs it? The motivation for writing is love of information and a desire to share it. I say a variant of Wikipedia for medicine is the future -- and it's good.(Via OA News)