WIKIPEDIA The Free Encyclopedia

[zanch]

I just wanna share this site to you guys. Really informative site. Nalaman ko lang ito few weeks ago kasi. hehehe You can search for anything and contribute some articles din.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page

[mikaztro]

Yup! Try typing in the search box "vitara club of the philippines".

[mikey177]

Yes, it's a good and informative site. It's one of the references my kids use when they have homework, since we don't have a set of encyclopedias at home.

[mantoy]

yep ok yan complte info ibibigay sa yo. libre pa. unlike the site of brittanica.

[bon]

Best of all, since it's wiki-based, anybody can add or edit entries in real-time.

[DoctorDoom]

Best of all, since it's wiki-based, anybody can add or edit entries in real-time.

That's exactly its own weakness - there is no guarantee the infos there are accurate. Sure, there are peer reviews but Wikipedia itself says it cannot guarantee the "correctness" of the information there.

Quality-based systems must have some form of "control" and "regulation" certified by a governing body. Something Wikipedia does not have. So you just have to believe what is written in Wikipedia "at your own risk".

[bon]

That's exactly its own weakness - there is no guarantee the infos there are accurate. Sure, there are peer reviews but Wikipedia itself says it cannot guarantee the "correctness" of the information there.

Quality-based systems must have some form of "control" and "regulation" certified by a governing body. Something Wikipedia does not have. So you just have to believe what is written in Wikipedia "at your own risk".

That's true as well. It is actually possible to deface pages and post profanity. However, Wikipedia is not unmoderated. It may take a while for mods (or other users) to notice "graffiti" (esp. in more obscure entries), but for the most part, Wikipedia's a good starting point for research - which is what an encyclopedia is for. No one would do all of his research based purely on an encyclopedia, which is meant to offer broad-stroke info on the widest possible variety of projects.

Wikipedia's weakness is also its greatest strength. Where else can you find an encyclopedia where entries concerning current events (e.g., "New Orleans" or "Katrina" are updated daily, sometimes hourly)?

When Tim Berners-Lee - a physicist at CERN (one of the world's premier nuclear physics labs, in Switzerland) invented the World Wide Web's hypertext markup language, his intent was to allow his co-scientists to easily conduct peer reviews of each other's research, to allow easily collaboration and critiquing. Static web pages were not his intent. The Wiki projects, esp. Wikipedia, are an attempt to bring back the Web to its original collaborative origins.

[DoctorDoom]

It is actually possible to deface pages and post profanity. However, Wikipedia is not unmoderated. It may take a while for mods (or other users) to notice "graffiti" (esp. in more obscure entries)

The thing that you should REALLY be concerned about in Wikipedia, are the INTELLIGENT GRAFFITI'S. Because they are very hard to catch.

Example, something like this is possible: "On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walk on the moon followed by Michael Collins and together they planted the American flag near the Lunar Module." ---- when in fact, it was Edwin Aldrin who walked with Neil Armstrong on the moon. Michael Collins was up there in orbit and never landed on the moon.

These are the kind of graffitis that can easily find their way to Wikipedia because entries there are written by complete strangers whose credibility cannot be ascertained or verified. Unlike in Encyclopaedia Britannica.

That is why you cannot sue Wikipedia for false information.

[gearspeed]

Nung nagreresearch ako para sa mga assignment ko sa minor subjects dati sa school ito ang ginamit ko..

[mikey177]

DoctorDoom raised a valid point about the need for Wikipedia owners to be vigilant about the content posted on their site.

In any event, if one is doing a real important project, that person should cross-check his references and gather data from more than one source.

However, for grade school stuff, Wikipedia suffices most of the time.

OT: Another online encyclopedia that one might find useful is MSN Encarta, although some of the articles are only available to paying subscribers.

[mikaztro]

The thing that you should REALLY be concerned about in Wikipedia, are the INTELLIGENT GRAFFITI'S. Because they are very hard to catch.

Example, something like this is possible: "On July 20, 1969, Neil Armstrong walk on the moon followed by Michael Collins and together they planted the American flag near the Lunar Module." ---- when in fact, it was Edwin Aldrin who walked with Neil Armstrong on the moon. Michael Collins was up there in orbit and never landed on the moon.

These are the kind of graffitis that can easily find their way to Wikipedia because entries there are written by complete strangers whose credibility cannot be ascertained or verified. Unlike in Encyclopaedia Britannica.

That is why you cannot sue Wikipedia for false information.

Yup I agree and that's where people like you come-in. It is a free encylopedia and their main intention there is to bring back the info to the people where it really does belong. We as conscious readers can correct erroneous entries for that matter in a jiffy. By the way, graffitis can escape in the eyes of the ordinary readers but not to the arbitrators. Graffiti creators can do what they want in the site but the Wiki team will verify their authenticity, give propoer notice to the writter of such inadequate or sub-standard form of information. Their IPs are also logged for security purposes.

[mantoy]

the tagalog version:

http://tl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unang_Pahina

[EL Chicane]

Anak ng tinapay, pati PINOY BIG BROTHER nasa Wikipedia na rin. :twak:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pinoy_Big_Brother

[EL Chicane]

Can you tell if a Wikipedia article was written by a Pinoy? See below.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seona_Dancing

[DoctorDoom]

Here's another information driven website. Good for your kids' history lessons. Nice thing about this site is that it's multimedia-driven, not merely text-driven.

http://www.archive.org/

[DoctorDoom]

[SIZE=2]Man Apologizes After Fake Wikipedia Post[/SIZE]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. - A man who posted false information on an online encyclopedia linking a prominent journalist to the Kennedy assassinations says he was playing a trick on a co-worker.

Brian Chase, 38, ended up resigning from his job and apologizing to John Seigenthaler Sr., the former publisher of the Tennessean newspaper and founding editorial director of USA Today.

"I knew from the news that Mr. Seigenthaler was looking for who did it, and I did it, so I needed to let him know in particular that it wasn't anyone out to get him, that it was done as a joke that went horribly, horribly wrong," Chase was quoted as saying in Sunday editions of The Tennessean.

Chase said he didn't know the free Internet encyclopedia called Wikipedia was used as a serious reference tool.

The biography he posted, which has since been replaced, falsely stated that Seigenthaler was linked to the Kennedy assassinations and had lived in the Soviet Union from 1971 to 1984.

The entry motivated Seigenthaler to write an op-ed piece for USA Today blasting Wikipedia's credibility. He described himself as a close friend of Robert Kennedy and said he had worked with President Kennedy. He said "the most painful thing was to have them suggest that I was suspected of their assassination."

Seigenthaler said he doesn't plan to pursue legal action against Chase.

He also said he doesn't support more regulations of the Internet, but he said that he fears "Wikipedia is inviting it by its allowing irresponsible vandals to write anything they want about anybody."

Chase said he created the fake online biography in May as a gag to shock a co-worker who was familiar with the Seigenthaler family. He resigned as an operations manager at a Nashville delivery company as a result of the debacle.

[nugundam93]

naku. ehehehehe.

yari pala former teammate ko, siya naglagay ng last entry dito:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rene_Requiestas

[Satio]

::::::Wikipedia plans stable version to stem 'abuse' ::::::

http://news.inq7.net/breaking/index....story_id=60471