Wikipedia

whether or not Wikipedia is an open source website, one of which is: “Anonymous Source is Not the Same as Open Source,” by Randall Stross. This essay discusses how, in its current state, Wikipedia is not an open source website, due to the fact that it does not have a specific supervisor to inspect all the information on the site. Instead, Wikipedia gets its content from thousands of individual, usually anonymous, sources that, together, make up the vast encyclopedia that is Wikipedia. In the essay’s

Article writing and editing on Wikipedia tends to be a bit more difficult than writing for other websites. Wikipedia is an established encyclopedia site that prefers contributors to follow their strict guidelines. One of their most notable guidelines concerns the neutral point of view. Self promotional articles tend to glorify the good qualities of the writer and avoid the negative aspects. Therefore, writing self promotion articles is not a very good idea. In addition, there are several other sound

Despite the popular belief, writing an article on Wikipedia is subject to several rules. For example, before creating a page for a new article and a new topic, you have to make sure that the subject you tackled is either popular enough or old enough to be published. Yet there are some exceptions to this rule. It is the case for sudden events such as November 2015 Paris attacks that took place few days ago but already have a Wikipedia page.i Notability is not the only criterion to take into account

think his argument was on point. While network structure in organizations has its own set of advantages, it is not appropriate for a revolution. Gladwell presents Wikipedia as his example of a network structure within a movement. The characteristics of Wikipedia fit perfectly with the network as Gladwell describes them. While Wikipedia is very effective, it is largely leaderless , random and rapidly changing. However, this kind of “sprawling, leaderless organizational system” can not be used to make

The Wikipedia-Rorschach controversy has stirred up some debate within the field especially with regards to coaching and exposure of the Rorschach test. For this particular article, the authors examine the websites that discuss the Rorschach test and the Internet users’ reaction to the media coverage (Lindsey et al., 2015). Two studies were conducted to examine the topic and the authors found some interesting findings. In the first study, the authors researched Rorschach related information through

trusting Wikipedia as a resourceful site. They both discuss how unreliable Wikipedia has become over the years. Although Wikipedia may have started as being a reliable source, it has become a freely edited site. Both articles discuss how the site has become a major problem in the classroom. Students have become accustomed to getting all of their research on Wikipedia . By allowing Wikipedia to be an open editing source it has become unreliable . Niel Water discusses how many entries on Wikipedia have

Women in general aren’t drawn to Wikipedia. So men significantly outnumber women on this website. This means that men create most of Wikipedia’s content and Wikipedia has a gender bias. This Gender Bias effects which pages are worked on and improved. Women are perfectly capable of using Wikipedia but they don’t seem to want to. “The Wikipedia Wars” aims to shed light on this issue. It discusses this problem, past attempts to solve it, reasons why these attempts failed, and some new ideas to solve

In the Wikipedia page over the Cuban Revolution it is really interesting that Fidel and Che’s face both represent the faces of the revolution in contrast to the Fidel Castro documentary, which does not mention Che at all. One of the first things that the second paragraph mentions is the relationship between Cuba and the United States and how relations have only begun to improve recently. The Wikipedia page of the Cuban Revolutions mentions a lot of the implication of the Cuban Revolution and the

One of the issues in the search for an ASD biomarker is the heterogeneity of the condition. ASD contains a broad spectrum with individuals diagnosed located anywhere from low to high functioning. Additionally, the position that individual is placed on the spectrum is not static and an individual may move within the spectrum throughout their life. Furthermore, ASD is often described by the negative attributes of the condition such as social impairments and stereotypically behaviors instead of some

that wikipedia can be harmful to you research and also the way that wikipedia can help with your research. The article states that Wikipedia is a good source to use in the beginning stages of your research when selecting topics. Wikipedia is good for being research because it gives you a brief yet informative summary on your topic. Wikipedia can also help by giving you links to more credible articles on the particular topic that can be researching. The article also mentioned that wikipedia is also