Thursday, May 22, 2008

How do Wikipedia from consensus?

wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia that covers just about any content you can think of.

Wikis are often used to create collaborative websites and to power community websites.

  • you browse
  • you discover
  • you research
  • you realise
  • you criticise
  • you edit
  • you change
  • you publish

Bruns (2008) explains the three characteristics that have helped make Wikipedia a success. These are:

  1. Neutral Point of View: Articles are as neutral as possible, without bias
  2. Verifiability: Readers should be able to check articles are published by a reliable source No
  3. original research: Wikipedia does not publish original though and it is not the place for personal opinion.

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