Wikipedia Questions?

a. What is Wikipedia? is a web-based encyclopedia. Ran by the Wikimedia Foundation, a non-profit organisation. 

b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it? Well, according to Wikipedia it only works in practice not in theory. We are suppose to know what is valid and what isn't.

c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? Whoever is on the website watching it.

d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He said he wanted to give his authority to the "experts"

e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? At first you wouldn't be able to tell. It would look like the rest of the page however if the information was so outrageous than it would stand out.

f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? That the website it growing rapidly.

g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? I think that it is successful because it is the first site that appears when searching for information. Because Wikipedia is an "encyclopedia" people trust it to be a reliable site. The site also contains hundreds of easy to read, easy to get information on whatever subject searched.  

h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? With making 3 million and only having to pay $5,000 they see no reason in trying to advertise. Whatever they are doing is obviously working for them so why should they risk it with advertising?

i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? The authors  can remain anonymous.