a. What is Wikipedia? a multilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia
Foundation, a nonprofit organization
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”? Not very reliable because people can put anything, its more of a base for research
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
anybody
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He left because he believed that it should give more authority to experts; he has since created
another site, Citizendium that does just that.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page?
people putting up anything not just facts
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal?
That Wikipedia is growing and expanding worldwide.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful?
I honestly have no clue...
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising?
so the creators can keep any donations
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
it weeds out mistakes and abuse
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