a. What is Wikipedia? A site to give information about almost any topic.
b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?” It can not be as reliable as any other website that can not be edited by just one editor.
c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? They rely on each other. They rely on experts to put in the right information
d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? He left due to the governance and credibility of the Wikipedia website
e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? There is no sources to their information.
f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? There are over 2 million articles on Wikipedia today and in 280 different languages. Wikipedia is on the top 10 most-visited sites on the Internet around the world and Google searches list Wikipedia entries on almost every search.
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? Because almost every google search has a wikipedia article.
h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? Because it relies on donations instead of advertising
i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries? It scans the IP address to see if the information can be reliable.
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