Wikipedia Evaluation

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Wikipedia Article Credibility

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  • References
    • Websites ( some linkes didn´t work)
    • Articles
    • studies
      • Most reliable
      • most paragraphs are referenced but not all
      • some neautral, some bias but the actual article was constructed to see both sides
      • bias not neccisarily noted in the sources but in the actual article
      • lacks flow
  • Conversations in talk
    • people making changes tell about the changes and are asking for fact checks
    • give the sources they used
    • cooperation between editors to make the article good
  • Rated
    • Part of 4 wiki projects
    • all rated start-class, high importance

Essay: Why Wikipedia Matters for Women in Sciences

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  • Learned something new
    • mostly men are editors
    • that they care to have people of all backgrounds to get a neutral opinion and a complete encyclopedia
    • Having good role models for everybody

Policies/guidlines Conflict of Interest

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  • surprises
    • how strict it is
    • only written by subjects not corperation
    • not the same as bias
    • no ads
  • Summery
    • If the subject of the article affects you personally in any way you should not write it.