#1 About Wikipedia

1. Summary


Wikipedia is a vast and famous encyclopedia of online versions, composed of 290 languages (or more). It is one of the most popular sites around the world because it is composed of various languages. As it is popular, there is a lot of knowledge and information and many people visit it. While it is good to simply have a large amount of information, the free use and citation of Wikipedia seems to be a big advantage. Above all, anyone can write their (he or she) thoughts, comment, and edit can be a reason for steady growth.


2. What was interesting


The most interesting thing about learning about Wikipedia was its characteristic of openness. I felt that the information about Wikipedia described in the summary was expressed by the word ‘openness’. Before class, I thought there was an operator in Wikipedia like naver(www.naver.com) and thought that only operator had access to postings. But I was shocked to see that it was a site of collective intelligence. The steadily edited texts were poor at first, but it seemed surprising that the composition of the writings became more solid as time went by.


3. Discussion


The Information in Wikipedia has been edited and organized through the brains of many people form the past to the present. Then, I would like to ask this question.
‘Are the information in Wikipedia 100 percent reliable?'


Comments

  1. Actually, no i think.
    the information of Wikipedia is gathered by common people like us.
    In class, because each of us are thinking differently, Wiki users also write and think different each other. someone is agreed that explanations but some are not.
    All the information in Wiki is gathered each others opinion, not truth.
    So I think 100% accuracy information is not exist. just the more it is added, the more empathize and be common.

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    1. I agree with your opinion. In addition, I think that not only Wikipedia, but all the information in the world is not 100% accurate. Because it may be accurate at the present time, but it may be revealed as false information in the future when technology develops.

      So I think online encyclopedias like Wikipedia are important. It is a space where all information can be quickly updated by collective intelligence in a rapidly changing society.

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