Monday, October 15, 2007

Wiki

Two main characteristics that an effective Wikipedia entry would have are some sort of writing protection like the main page which can only be edited by administration or as in the case with Al Gore’s page http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Al_Gore
Where it is semi-protected and only registered users my change the page. This allows for better control on who can edit the page and to prevent vandalism to popular pages.
Another characteristic are clear citations on where the information on the Wikipedia entry are from. This gives credibility to the page and also offers other sources to research the topic.

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