An online encyclopedia that can be edited by anyone.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”?
I think that you should always be skeptical of what is on the web. However, I think Wikipedia is a great place to start when trying to research something, and if an article has credible sources, then I think you're fine with using it. However, if there are no sources, then I would check another site afterwards.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
The people reading Wikipedia. They believe that if someone reads something that is false, if will be fixed .
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia?
He believed that experts should be the ones giving information. Not random people on the web.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page?
People editing pages for their own gain(such as businesses editing their own page to make themselves look good) People changing facts on a page because they do not like the subject, or people editing pages, attempting to be funny.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal?
That Wikipedia is quickly becoming a social norm for checking information. If people do not know something, they quickly jump on Wikipedia and look it up, allowing it to grow and become more popular.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful?
Because it is easy to access. Anyone can find anything that they need on it. Also, the pages of Wikipedia are set up to be as helpful as possible. Each article has a table of contents under a summary of the subject. Not to mention anything searched on Google normally results in a Wikipedia article being within the top five results.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising?
Advertising may create bias. If they're advertising a product, that gets bashed on their site, that makes Wikipedia look bad, and may get them in trouble with the company that paid for advertisements.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
It shows when private companies go onto their own page and edit things to make themselves look good, or cover up information they don't want the public to know.
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