a. Wikipedia is a free source of information. A nonprofit organization.
b. It is not 100% fool proof; however, it is an excellent place to start for gaining information.
c. They have “wisdom of crowds” and volunteers so that if someone edits something with misinformation they have people that validate what is said and then correct it if it is wrong information.
d. Larry Sanger left Wikipedia because he believed that Wikipedia should give more authority to experts. He created his own Citizendium that does just that.
e. Vandalism appears in the form of someone intentionally blanking a page of information or change the content of a page in a deliberate attempt to compromise the integrity of Wikipedia.
f. It reveals that Wikipedia will never be the one stop shop for reliable information. It is a good place to start but should never be your stopping point. In theory, it can never work because it will never be perfect. It will always have some flaws in it.
g. It successful because there are others out there that feel that a free source of information is a good thing so they all work together to make it work. Team work makes it work.
h. They don’t want to accept advertising because it is a free site they wish to rely on donations.
i. Wikiscanner scans the IP address of anonymous editors of the Wikipedia site to be easily checked. It checks for bias used through government and prominent businesses around the world.
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