Monday, November 23, 2009
Wikipedia Wither?
The Wall Street Journal says Volunteers Log Off as Wikipedia Ages. Wikipedia.org is the fifth-most-popular Website in the world---what would we do without it? What's interesting here is what the evolution and aging of Wikipedia may say about other online communities. As Andrew Lih, author of Wikipedia Revolution, told the WSJ, on-line communities "evolve and wither." And the question, Lih says, is "How can you maintain something that relies on an unorganized crowd?"
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"Unorganized crowed" thats so true! Everything on wikipedia can be changed around an manipulated by anyone around the world, educated or not. Even though I know this for sure, I still cant live without Wikipedia!!
yes i was wonder how "How can people maintain something that relies on an unorganized crowd?". It is true that Wekipedia is very famous among people but for me i dont realy like to use it or read any thing from because it is an uncredible source where many people can post any information.
to some people wikipedia is considered one of the important sources for researches. but if we think about it, how can we trust information which anybody can change and edit ??
to me i never think about wikipedia at all when am doing any researches because its an untrusted website.
"unorganized crowed" totally agree with this phrase !!
even though many girls rely on this source for researches, but to me it has never been a reliable one as many mentioned that
it has information that anyone can tamper with regardless of their knowledge, such information can't be trusted.
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