Sunday, November 6, 2011

Wikipedia questions

A. Wikipedia is free web based encyclopedia
B. I think that as long as the right type of people are editing it and they are watching for spam and vandalism then it would be pretty reliable.
C. The article says that they put it in the wisdom of crowds. They have a group of people that watch the pages for vandalism and if they find it they repair it quickly.
D.Mr Sager left because he felt that more authority should be given to the experts.
E.It would most likely be someone or some group posting misinforming information about a topic, like if radical group thought that the information on the page wasn't what they wanted it to say and made changes to it that they felt better with.
F.That Wikipedia is among the top visited websites for information and that despite that
G.Because they have a group of volunteers that devote their time to watching the Wikipedia pages to make sure that no one vandalizes them of post spam to them, and also because the volunteers are committed to what they do.
H.If they have advertisements then they might lose some control over what is on there and also some people may think that some advertisements may influence what is written about certain topics.
I. It helps by recognizing changes that are done for the good a group, such as the radical groups i mentioned before. The wikiscanner recognizes that right away so it can be changed.

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