For those of you that haven’t yet heard of Wikipedia, it’s a very cool “free-content encyclopedia that anyone can edit.” Jon Udell decided to examine the development of an entry, in this case the Heavy metal umlaut (links to page with embedded QuickTime movie). The movie not only demonstrates the genesis of a Wikipedia entry but also shows how various people attempted to display the umlaut over the “n” in Spinal Tap, among other things. 
At 8:29, the movie is a bit long-winded, but it does showcase the power of Wikipedia’s collaborative nature. Here is the final entry in all its glory.
