a. What is Wikipedia? According to the article, Wikipedia is a web based free encyclopedia project, that is multilingual and non profit.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?" By trusting Wikipedia we're relying on the "wisdom of crowds."
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? They hope that by having many people watching it that it will reduce errors and vandalism.
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He believed it should give more authority to experts, and created him own in which does.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? It would sound comical or absurd.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? That Wikipedia is a pretty popular website.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? It gives unlimited, and easily accessible information at ones fingertips.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? To keep it non profit.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? It helps remove information that is of self interest to the government and businesses.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?" By trusting Wikipedia we're relying on the "wisdom of crowds."
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? They hope that by having many people watching it that it will reduce errors and vandalism.
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He believed it should give more authority to experts, and created him own in which does.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? It would sound comical or absurd.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? That Wikipedia is a pretty popular website.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? It gives unlimited, and easily accessible information at ones fingertips.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? To keep it non profit.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? It helps remove information that is of self interest to the government and businesses.
I found all of my information from the following link: http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20090206friday.html
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