Unbelievable but true - TimesOnline
and the Guardian have revealed that larger companies are editing their
entries in Wikipedia in order to brush up their public image in the
free online encyclopedia. If we are truely honest - who would not do
the same....
Wikipedia is
among the top ten of most visited websites (it has Rank 9 on Alexa).
Several times the website has been criticized for their way of editing
and in consequence of this the rather high possibility to hold
inaccurate and nonsense articles. The fact that anyone can edit
articles degrades the quality of the content and has raised the
question of the credibility of the authors.
Larry Sanger, ex co-founder of Wikipedia and new competitor, has
launched a new services about 6 months ago - his online encyclopedia
Citizendium.
The big difference to Wikipedia's service are editor experts. The
website is also open to public collaboration but volunteer
contributors don't remain anonymous. Authors have to provide their real
names and the accuracy of their articles is checked and approved by
experts. The goal of Larry Sanger was precisely to avoid all the
criticism that Wikipedia is now facing.
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