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Think you know Wikipedia? You might… or you might just think you do
Up until about two weeks ago, I was a Wikipedia snob. I thought that I knew what it was and how it worked. I had looked at the site, browsed through a few entries, and edited a couple of test pages anonymously to see how easy it was to screw with the entries. I had [...]
Posted by Kim Leeder on February 27th, 2008 under Wikipedia.
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Computing Wikipedia’s Authority
Michael Jensen has predicted
In the Web 3.0 world, we will also start seeing heavily computed reputation-and-authority metrics, based on many of the kinds of elements now used, as well as on elements that can be computed only in an information-rich, user-engaged environment.
By this he means that computer programs and data mining algorithms will be [...]
Posted by Marc Meola on August 15th, 2007 under Authority, Wikipedia.
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