a. What is Wikipedia?
According to the article wikipedia describes itself as "Wikipedia is 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 incredibly, you never know who has changed what, or what their motives or knowledge is.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
Their readers.
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia?
To create a site that depends more on experts.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page?
Heavy handed bias for or against the subject of an article.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal?
That Wikipedia is highly successful and still growing.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful?
It's easy to use and access.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising?
To keep free of clutter, and to remain impartial.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
It helps make sure that those leaving information on the site is are trustworthy and unbiased.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
It helps make sure that those leaving information on the site is are trustworthy and unbiased.
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