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Is Wikipedia done ?




      by Andrew Velarde
What is Wikipedia (1)?
• An online encyclopedia that is added to by millions worldwide
  and edited by many others to be kept accurate and highly
  informative.
What is Wikipedia (2) ?
• Wikipedia has become the world’s dominant educational
  resource, with over four million articles in the English
  language edition that reach hundreds of millions of readers.
Problems
• Wikipedia is known for not always being the most
  reliable resource because it is open to the public and
  even though its maintained nobody can guarantee
  that the page you are reading has been checked for
  wrong information.
Why it will complete 1
• Encyclopedias have a limit to what information
  can be added to it and Wikipedia has over 4
  million pages and the rate of growth has slowed
  greatly over the years
Why it will complete 2
• Once the amount of subjects added reaches
  the point where there are no more pages to
  be added activity will slow and it may become
  a reliable complete encyclopedia after its
  carefully worked through and reviewed.
Source
http://www.americanhistoryprojects.com/dow
nloads/JMH1812.PDF

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Wiki

  • 1. Is Wikipedia done ? by Andrew Velarde
  • 2. What is Wikipedia (1)? • An online encyclopedia that is added to by millions worldwide and edited by many others to be kept accurate and highly informative.
  • 3. What is Wikipedia (2) ? • Wikipedia has become the world’s dominant educational resource, with over four million articles in the English language edition that reach hundreds of millions of readers.
  • 4. Problems • Wikipedia is known for not always being the most reliable resource because it is open to the public and even though its maintained nobody can guarantee that the page you are reading has been checked for wrong information.
  • 5. Why it will complete 1 • Encyclopedias have a limit to what information can be added to it and Wikipedia has over 4 million pages and the rate of growth has slowed greatly over the years
  • 6. Why it will complete 2 • Once the amount of subjects added reaches the point where there are no more pages to be added activity will slow and it may become a reliable complete encyclopedia after its carefully worked through and reviewed.