Case Study Group 5 - Wikipedia

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Wikipedia: Who’s Ed

Amin Shalikaran CGA150094

Gwee Jo-Ee CGA150100

Mohd Sayuti Shaari CGA140032

Yeap Ming Yee CGA150024

CASESTUDY |

G R O U P 5


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What is Wikipedia?

Wikipedia is a multilingual, web-based, free-content en

project supported by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Based on a model of openly editable content.

Wikipedia is written collaboratively by largely anonymo

volunteers who write without pay.


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$o% &ig is Wikipedia?

374mvisitors

70k contrib

More than

38m articlescontributed

In 290languages

6m articlesin nglish

800 ne!articles daily


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O"! Case St"d'

Griffith !al tech computation " neural systems graduate student# created a investigate the edits in Wikipedia.

$is program lead to the following findings%

&' paragraphs has been deleted from an article of (lectronic )oting that

of *iebold+s machines.

oliticians are the freuent editors. Walmart make changes to improve its image

(on /obile deleted information about its non-payment of damages to 0

3laska fishermen.

*isney+s registered computer deleted the information critical of the comp

rights management software.


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Case St"d'("estions


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Do 'o" "se Wikipedia )o! 'o"!

!esea!#h? Wh' o! %h' not?

3s we have seen, Wikipedia is the online, peer4produced encyclopedia, is one of the

discussed topics on campuses today. /uch of the academic debate turns on issues a

5are student allow to use Wikipedia for citation or not65

3ll lecturers don+t accept the Wikipedia as a resource for student researches, becaus

trust to Wikipedia. $owever, in some survey is revealed a big part of student use of W

continue we see why and how these parts of student use of Wikipedia6

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and /ichael B. (isenberg

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Othe! Reasons %h' Wikipedia is "sed

Wikipedia is a starting point for research

Wikipedia is great for getting a general

understanding of a subject before you dive

into it

9imple narrative that gives you a grasp

!an point you in the right dire

$elp when 7 have no idea whresearch paper

7t is a good presearch tool

9ome uick information on a


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Wh' Wikipedia sho"-d not /e "sed in

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Gene!a- en#'#-opedia 4 not citable information.

Anon'1it' 4 often there is no way to trace the editor.

A#ade1i# !igo! 4 contents might not meet the academic standards.

ndi2id"a-s %ith agenda 4 lopsided articles to support or disagree with certain

3anda-s 4 malicious entries created on purpose

T!"st iss"e 4 articles are written and edited by any registered user.


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What did the 4i11' Wa-es said?

No, I don't think peopleshould ite it , and I don'tthink people should citeBritannica, either... Peopleshouldn't be citing

encyclopedias in the frst place. Wikipedia and otherencyclopedias should...givegood, solid backgroundinormation to inorm yourstudies or a deeper level.

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$a2e 'o" e2e! 1ade a #hange to a Wikipedia ent!'? ) 'o

%e!e to see an o/2io"s 1istake 5in 'o"! opinion67 %o"-d

'o" take the ti1e to #hange it? Wh' o! %h' not?

Wikipedia is one of the open source software, using Co--e#ti2e nte--igen#e concept.

Wikipedia is the most popular website that been introduced by Google during research

3 good starting point for researching certain topic before further searching using reliab

7f the information is wrong, it will lead to wrong interpretations by other users.

=o date, there are more than ' million article specifically in (nglish version and 1<

users.

We will take time to correct the article

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Co--e#ti2e nte--igen#e

Form of networking enabled by the rise of communications techwhich has enabled interactivity and users generating their own c

dictionary.com#

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An'one #an edit ent!ies on Wikipedia8 Do 'o" see this

as a #"!se o! as a /-essing? E9p-ain8

7naccuracies.

Wiki wars.

/ischievous pranksters insert

offensive content.

3llowing knowledge to beon, refined and policed.

3llowing anyone to edit ashare knowledge

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na##"!a#ies?

7t is in the nature of an ever-changingwork like Wikipedia that, while somearticles are of the highest uality ofscholarship, others are admittedlycomplete rubbish.

Wikipedia fully aware of what it isand what it isn+t. 3lso, because somearticles may contain errors, we shouldnot use Wikipedia to make criticaldecisions.

3rticles in Wikipedia are not signecontributors are unpaid volunteers

Whether you claim to be a tenuredyour real name, prefer to remain por contribute without registering, y

arguments will be judged on their

Wikipedia reuire that verifiable sofor all significant claims, and Wikippermit editors to publici>e their peconclusions when writing articles.

3ll editors must follow a neutral pomust only collect relevant opinions

traced to reliable sources

Wikipedia do not expect

people to completely trustthem.

Wikipedia is only a collect


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is#hie2o"s p!ankste!s inse!t o))ensi2e #ontent?

You cannot actually change anything in Wikipedia

7t@s only possible to @add@ to it, not change it.

Wikipedia is a database with a memory designed to last as long as we can make it last.

3n article you read today is just the current draft? every time it is changed, we keep both the ne

copy of the old version.

=his allows us to compare different versions or restore older ones as needed. 3s a reader, you

the specific copy of an article you are looking at.

;ust link to the article using the 5ermanent link5 at the bottom of the left menu, and your link w

page whose contents will never change. $owever, if an article is deleted, your permanent link

for administrators.#


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Wiki Wa!s?

Well-written and educational Afeatured articles+ that turn

that way because do>ens of people contributed their e

on common and esoteric subjects, struggled to reach

consensus succeeding in most cases#.


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Con#-"sion

Wikipedia relies heavilyon community editors Will global mobile trethreaten it+s survival


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Con#-"sion

Multimedia5ca.ahandsets /or aud

video and .hoto/rom the cro!d

To understand theusers o Wikipedia and

ho it can stayrelevant

,onvince mobile net!orko.erators to !aive data char

/or users accessing iki.edia

their handsets


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Re)e!en#es

$ead, 3., " (isenberg, /. 12&2#. $ow today+s college students use Wikipedia for course-related research F

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!oomer, 3. 12&0, /ay &0#. =he Guardian. etrieved /arch 1


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