Wikipedia

A. Wikipedia is a multilingual, web based encyclopedia project,operated by the Wikimedia Foundation. B. I agree with the article when it discuses how to trust its reliability when anyone can edit it. Wikipedia puts its trust in the wisdom of the crowds, which means, they trust the people to post what their research tells them is true. It is almost based on the "honor system" and they expect the general public to only post things that are true. C. Again, they put their trust in the crowds to be able to detect what is vandalism and what is true. D. Mr. Sanger left because he felt Wikipedia should give more authority to experts. E. If vandalism appears on a Wikipedia page, it will be red and highlighted so the proof readers can easily spot it. F. The statistics reveal that Wikipedia works and people all over the world are not only using it for a starting point for research but that people are also posting what they find during their research so anyone can have access to it. G. I think Wikipedia is so successful because it gives people information right at their fingertips and helps guide research. If you have a question concerning the topic you are reading about, you can post the question right on the discussion page and someone will help you understand and guide you to more information. H. I think if they start accepting advertising, that opens a whole new can of worms in terms of people thinking they are in charge and can change things. I. Wikiscanner can quickly expose the IP addresses of self-interested editing by prominent businesses and governments. This tool is basically used so people can't control what other people say about their business.