a.What is Wikipedia? Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”? With many people watching any errors or vandalism should be caught quickly.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? They put their trust in the “wisdom of crowds.”
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He believed it should give more authority to experts. He created a new site and it does that.
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? Vandalism would look like false information.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? They reveal the encyclopedia is among the top 10 most-visited sites on the internet around the world and it is found in many types of language.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? I think it is successful because of the many people who help edit the articles.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? I believe they may not want to accept advertisers because it may take away from the credibility of the site.
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? Wikiscanner allows them to check the IP addresses of anonymous editors.
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