KAPAA, HI, USA. October 5, 2011: Wikipedia, ever a work in progress, has established itself as the world’s most important repository of information, the first place to go to learn about almost anything.
Curated by dedicated contributors, behind the scenes Wikipedia works to assess the quality of information presented and fill in the gaps. One of the methods is to create “projects,” assessing the status of pages related to a specific and important topic.
Here you can look at Wikipedia: Project Hinduism. Pages are listed by popularity, so at first you might be surprised: what is George Harrison doing near the top of the list? That is because his biography is a popular page, but it is listed as a “Low Importance” entry as far as Hinduism goes — see the rightmost column.
Articles are also rated by quality. “Om,” for example, is a “Top Importance” entry with more than 77 thousand views a month, but it is listed as a C-quality article, ready for some knowledgeable Hindus to jump in and contribute.