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Description:Chapters: Criticism of Wikipedia, Jaron Lanier, Clifford Stoll. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The major points of criticism of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, are the claims that the principle of being open for editing by everyone makes Wikipedia unauthoritative and unreliable (see Reliability of Wikipedia), that it exhibits systemic bias, and that its group dynamics hinder its goals. The Seigenthaler and Essjay incidents caused criticism of Wikipedia's reliability and usefulness as a reference. Wikipedia has also been the subject of parody and other humorous criticism. Robert McHenry, a former editor-in-chief of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, said that Wikipedia errs in billing itself as an encyclopedia, because that word implies a level of authority and accountability that he believes cannot be possessed by an openly editable reference. McHenry argues that "the typical user doesn't know how conventional encyclopedias achieve reliability, only that they do." Andrew Orlowski expressed similar criticisms, writing that the use of the term "encyclopedia" to describe Wikipedia may lead users into believing it is more reliable than it may be. Journalist and Wikipedia critic Andrew Orlowski.Academics have also criticized Wikipedia for its perceived failure as a reliable source, and because Wikipedia editors may not have degrees or other credentials generally recognized in academia. For that reason, the use of Wikipedia is not accepted in many schools and universities in writing a formal paper, and some educational institutions have banned it as a primary source while others have limited its use to only a pointer to external sources. This criticism, however, does not only apply to Wikipedia but to encyclopedias in general some university lecturers...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=50344We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Internet Critics: Criticism of Wikipedia, Jaron Lanier, Clifford Stoll. To get started finding Internet Critics: Criticism of Wikipedia, Jaron Lanier, Clifford Stoll, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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Description: Chapters: Criticism of Wikipedia, Jaron Lanier, Clifford Stoll. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 55. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: The major points of criticism of Wikipedia, an online encyclopedia, are the claims that the principle of being open for editing by everyone makes Wikipedia unauthoritative and unreliable (see Reliability of Wikipedia), that it exhibits systemic bias, and that its group dynamics hinder its goals. The Seigenthaler and Essjay incidents caused criticism of Wikipedia's reliability and usefulness as a reference. Wikipedia has also been the subject of parody and other humorous criticism. Robert McHenry, a former editor-in-chief of the Encyclopaedia Britannica, said that Wikipedia errs in billing itself as an encyclopedia, because that word implies a level of authority and accountability that he believes cannot be possessed by an openly editable reference. McHenry argues that "the typical user doesn't know how conventional encyclopedias achieve reliability, only that they do." Andrew Orlowski expressed similar criticisms, writing that the use of the term "encyclopedia" to describe Wikipedia may lead users into believing it is more reliable than it may be. Journalist and Wikipedia critic Andrew Orlowski.Academics have also criticized Wikipedia for its perceived failure as a reliable source, and because Wikipedia editors may not have degrees or other credentials generally recognized in academia. For that reason, the use of Wikipedia is not accepted in many schools and universities in writing a formal paper, and some educational institutions have banned it as a primary source while others have limited its use to only a pointer to external sources. This criticism, however, does not only apply to Wikipedia but to encyclopedias in general some university lecturers...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=50344We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with Internet Critics: Criticism of Wikipedia, Jaron Lanier, Clifford Stoll. To get started finding Internet Critics: Criticism of Wikipedia, Jaron Lanier, Clifford Stoll, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed.
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