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Questioning Authority • Evaluating Wikipedia Articles

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If Wikipedia is a collaborative project open to all, why are fewer than 15 percent of the site's …

[Jon Awbrey]

February 3, 2011 (7:56 pm) Link

“Activity | Review some of Wikipedia’s content criteria, so that students understand what makes for a quality article.”

Question 1 | Do these content criteria really determine what makes for a quality article?

Question 2 | Are these content criteria the same as those used in real-world communities of inquiry?

Question 3 | Do very many Wikipedia “editors” actually follow these content criteria in practice?

It seems to me that the proposers of this activity need some lessons in how to question assumptions.

— Jon Awbrey