Technology Review has published an interesting take on the validity of Wikipedia and a look at a new tool designed to warn readers of the potential for controversy on individual articles. It’s called WikiDashboard. Developed by PARC (Palo Alto Research Center), it “provid[es] social transparency to Wikipedia” and graphically shows the percentage of edits made by individuals. The more edits made, the greater the possibility the information could be altered.
I mean, really. Who would even care about editing the page of someone like, say, George W. Bush or Rod Blagojevich?
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