b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”? Based on the video that we watched the other day during class, it proves that they keep an eye on who is editing their site and if it is an unknown address it is quickly looked at to be sure it is reliable.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? The individual Wikipedia editors are the ones that are in charge of this and the individuals that view the site regularly.
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? Basically because he wanted it to be more professionally input based.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? It would be in the form of inaccuraate or falsified/misleading information that was intentionally put on the site by an individual.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? That Wikipedia is a very popular website for users that need information.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? Because people use it all the time to find answers to specific topics, and wikipedia has nearly any and every topic on it.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising?
Because it could very easily distract from the page itself and the users may start going off their website onto other sites from these advertisements, plus they are a pain to deal with honestly.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
It decreases abuse because it checks the editors info to see if that person or group is reliable in facts and if they are unbiased in their view/talking points.
Source:
Cohen, Noam. "Wikipedia." New York Times. (2009): n. page. Print.
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