"Wikipedia is about as good a source of accurate information as Britannica, the venerable standard-bearer of facts about the world around us, according to a study published this week in the journal Nature."
Where do you go when you need to know something? In this age of information and technology, there are a lot of choices out there. Which websites should you trust as reliable sources? How can we know the information they provide is accurate and true?
One of the most popular websites in the world, Wikipedia has been controversial since it's start. We've all had at least one person tell us not to trust Wikipedia, because anyone can edit it. However, does that really mean it's less accurate?
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Read the three linked articles (above and in the questions below). Answer all five questions in a comment. Do not repeat what others have already said. Contribute your own relevant, unique viewpoint to the conversation.
1. No, I already knew Wikipedia had errors.
ReplyDelete2. Wikipedia has gotten more accurate due to all the new technology.
3. Wikipedia is mostly reliable but it is not always 100%.
Ethan Burke
Deleteyea because it you every thing you think of any thing you like what they do or you can explain about technology.
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Deleteyea way to less than every thing
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Delete1.No because it is not a accurate website to be finding information
ReplyDeleteSamuel Lockett
Delete2.I think Wikipedia have a way to go. I think there are working for it to be better than it was.
ReplyDeleteSamuel Lockett
Delete1.NO because someone can easily edit it and put the wrong information.
ReplyDelete2. Wikipedia has gotten a bit more reliable since 2005 because, they check information if it is right or not and change it
3. Wikipedia isn't correct at all times so double check your information.
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Delete1. No because Wikipedia can be accessed and changed by a lot of people who may or may not know what they are talking about.
ReplyDelete2. Yes and I think think it has become more accurate since then.
3. Wikipedia says its reliability has been questioned in the past but has been tested statistically and the journal "nature" said in 2005, the scientific articles in Wikipedia came close to the level of accuracy in Encyclopedia Britannica and had about one third more errors.
corbin
Delete1. Yes, because I thought it was accurate, but apparently some of the things are not right.
ReplyDelete2. I think it is more reliable, because they could have hired more people to make sure most information is accurate.
3. Because it is open to anonymous and collaborative editing, some information may be false or misleading.
E.J. Bray
Delete3.I read about the Wikipedia and what the Wikipedia says about itself in terms of reliability and it is talking about how Wikipedia had errors and how it has been tested. Wikipedia do not consider themselves as a reliable resource.
ReplyDeleteSamuel Lockett
Delete1.No, teachers have always told me it wasn't a credible source and the article proves it.
ReplyDelete2. The article was published in 2005, and I think it has gotten more accurate.
3. They do not see their self as a reliable source, but do see themselves as a valuable jumping off point for research.
Austin Shawver
DeleteDestiny Massey
ReplyDelete1. NO, my mom is a teacher so she has told me that Wikipedia is unreliable.
2. I think Wikipedia has been trying to become more accurate since people have could them out on their faulty information.
3. Wikipedia is trying their best to become more and more accurate with new technology and them looking over the information as much as they possibly can.
2. I think Wikipedia is trying to make their information closer to the facts since people have been talking about and calling out their fact errors.
Delete3. Wikipedia is trying to become more and more accurate by having their people go through their feed and check for errors.
1. No, I have known Wikipedia already has errors and isn't entirely accurate.
ReplyDelete2. Wikipedia have been able to be more accurate with the information it provides with all the new technology we develop.
3. Wikipedia for the most part can be reliable in some ways but not always 100% accurate in every way.
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DeleteThis is hayden smitherman
Delete1.i think yes because it's the wikipedia.
2.yes so we can know how to use new technology that we develop.
3.most of the thing on wikipedia is true but some of it is not it lies every once in a while.
Zykirriah
ReplyDelete1- No because Wikipedia can be useful but it also can be accessed and changed by anybody~ wrong information.
2- I think that Wikipedia is useful in many was just be mindful of the information that you are receiving .
3-Reliable in many was just be sure .
zykirriah 2-i think that Wikipedia has became more accurate since then because some of the information from now and then is still reliable information.
Delete3- The things that Wikipedia
TJ Payton
ReplyDelete1.No, becuase the Wikipedia has so many errors that you don´t know if its accurate
2. It has been less reliable
3. It is reliable but itś not that 100%
1. Yes, because I used to think Wikipedia was reliable,but now it states that Wikipedia is not always right and that 3.86 mistakes per article is made on Wikipedia. 2. More accurate because it is professionally checked now, in the year of 2005 it was not being checked. 3. The reliability of Wikipedia is always tested, but Wikipedia states that it is not always a reliable source, the vandalism or errors that occurs on Wikipedia is quickly changed on there, but is not always noticed, but they do consider them selves as a good source for In depth information.
ReplyDeleteJakob Oglesby
ReplyDelete1.This article hasn't really changed my opinion on how reliable the Wikipedia, I grew up always hearing teachers get on to my peers for using Wikipedia instead of protected or more accurate sites.
2. I think the Wikipedia is more accurate than it was before because there are more people to correct mistakes or correct wrong information.
3.Wikipedia claims to not be reliable source but more of a starting point on finding information on a subject.
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This is Aj Mcgee
ReplyDelete1.Yes ,it does change the way that I look at wikipedia because I did not know that most of the info on it was that true.
2. I think that it has became more accurate because more and more people have been introduced to technology.
3. I think that they think better about there selves because if someone puts something bad they can block it.
3. I think that wikipedia thinks that they are a good website.
DeleteNo the study of Wikipedia did not change my opinion because I now in Wikipedia you can change the words and makes mistakes.
ReplyDelete(Shauna Murphy)
More accurate because people realize you can get on Wikipedia and change stuff.
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1. No. In my previous school, several teachers suggested we shouldn't use Wikipedia. Apparently, it can be changed by anyone, so there is some reason why people would say there is false information. If Wikipedia can easily be changed any anyone, at anytime,then that site is not the safest source to trust.
ReplyDelete2. I believe it has become less accurate. With the way people are these days, everyone easily lying or making up rumors, I think that people would change the sites on Wikipedia and post false information. In the past, people were different, so there would be more people who take more time to think and try harder to find the truth instead of someone just easily accepting ¨true¨ information. Now days, people will want to believe just about anything they will see on the internet, then you have those people going out trying to create more information that is not true.
3.I believe that what they are saying is that Wikipedia is a site that is messed with a lot and has a lot of editors that will put fake information in it, but over time, it can also be fixed where it is a source that can help people use
true information they have learned to help them.
-Marcus D. Gilliland
Wikipedia is not a reliability source. Anyone can edited Wikipedia at anytime of the day and generally uses relabel secondary source which vet data from primary sources.
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Cody Franklin
ReplyDelete1. No, Because I knew wiki wasn't 100% correct and i knew people could alter and change the wiki
2.I think Wikipedia has become more accurate because technology had a lot more room to improve.
3.The wiki said that there information was on and off like in 2005 they said that scientific articles were way off and they also said that medical and scientific articles in 2008 where accurate.
1. No because, every repot I have done the teacher has told me to not use wiki as a source because, you could edit and alter diffrent sources.
ReplyDelete2. Yes, the way technology has changed since 2005 is dramatically big.
3. Even the people that own and created wikapedia state that it is not the most reliable source. Also that they could make it more reliable but it feels more meaningful and more about diffrent interpretations. Thats what makes wikapedia stand out.
Steven Hutchinson
Delete1.i was always told by teachers not to use wikipedia so ive never got in the habit 2. but i have always over looked the factes ob the website and it all seemed like a realible source i most of the time depend on it to do most of my projects and stuff in that category so to anwser your question 3.yes i think it a reliable source and u get to see facts in other peoples interpritations about history and other things
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