WIkipedia: Reference Information in "Real-time"

I have been a "Wiki" addict for a long time but it wasn't until the recent death of Chief Justice William Rehnquist that I saw the "true" potential of Wikipedia. Within three minutes of the "FOX News Alert" wiki-users had updated his article as well as the articles on the Chief Justice.

We are finally beginning to see the real potential of the internet as a tool to have a centralized up-to-date source of information.

Reference information was being updated in real-time. We are finally beginning to see the real potential of the internet as a tool to have a centralized up-to-date source of information.