Who can and who can not-edit Wikipedia?

[Night Hunter]

                     

What are the editorial guidelines governing this hugely popular online encyclopedia? You count in this basic guide.

 

What is Wikipedia?

In case you did not know ... Although unlikely!

It is a multilingual online encyclopedia a non-profit organization co-founded by Jimmy Wales and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation.

Its English version has nearly 5,000,000 articles and has an estimated 25,000,000 users.

 

Who writes the entries?

 

Anyone. It is open to all and may be modified and edited by anyone.

No emAnyone. It is open to all and May be modified and edited by anyone.

However, the administrators Wikipedia protect some direct editing pages If They believe They May be victims of "vandalism," abusive language or falsehoods.bargo, Wikipedia administrators protect some direct editing pages if they believe they may be victims of "hooliganism" language abusive or falsehoods.

 

Who checks the quality and accuracy?

 

                        

                              Anyone can contribute as editor of Wikipedia.

 

    Wikipedia is autowatch and has a community of volunteer editors to improve the quality and accuracy of the pages over time.

It is based on the principle of "wisdom of crowds". The idea is that the facts support writers who write with verifiable references and sources authorized as possible.

 

How easy is to invent?

 

Wikipedia has rules, lots of rules.

An obvious is not being dishonest.

Another is to avoid think and be faithful to verifiable facts.

But you can configure a user account with a pseudonym that allows editing anonymously.

However, the use of anonymous accounts to misrepresent or take hype are generally recognized and offensive content is often challenged or removed.

What happens when Wikipedia is used for self-promotion?

Wikipedia regulates itself relying on the "wisdom of crowds".

The shameless self-promotion is frowned upon by the community and is seen as a conflict of interest.

Anyway, as no one controls the page, soon the information can be contrasted with other less flattering.

However, examples of Wikispam, as they are called these pages are "eliminated quickly," according to the website.

                   "Someone who moves considerably to hide your IP address will probably arouse suspicion among site managers "

 

How I can be an editor?

No need to log in to the site to read or edit articles, but creating an account and logging let you create your own pages, upload content and edit without your Internet Protocol (IP) -the number that identifies a phone phone or computer in a red- visible to the public.

What happens if you get caught in bad behavior?

The nearly 1,300 Wiki administrators can usually identify the IP address of someone who publishes an article.

This can track an approximate location, which can detect suspicious patterns of behavior.

Accounts may be suspended infringing without the individuals behind them are necessarily identified.

What can not set up a new account?

 

Someone who moves considerably to hide your IP address will probably arouse suspicion among site managers "

Yes. If the IP address is different for example, from a computer to a phone or even move from place to make a edition- there is no reason why you can not configure another anonymous account and continue as before.

Plus there are plenty of services that enable Internet users to hide their IP addresses, for example, by using an encrypted virtual private network.

So how counterfeiters control information in Wikipedia?

 

Someone who moves considerably to hide your IP address will probably arouse suspicion among the site administrators.

And -of behavior patterns adopting similar user names, approaches to the issues and the type of editing-can reveal much about the motivations and personality of the editor.

Multiple accounts can generally be associated with the same individual. And we're not as anonymous as we like to believe.

In any case, any open collaboration system is always also open to abuse cases.

 

Source: BBC News.

 

 

[SiD]

Is this an old article?

 

Or did they edit it?

 

This seems to be the newest/revised copy. 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32412121

[Night Hunter]

Is this an old article?

 

Or did they edit it?

 

This seems to be the newest/revised copy. 

 

http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-32412121

In the english version is still same, edited in spanish version of BBC.. they add new info .....