How do you know if what’s in Wikipedia is trustworthy? Researchers at the University of California at Santa Cruz’s WikiLab have a created a color-coded system that they believe reliably answers that question. The system, called WikiTrust, colors suspect words orange. The deeper the orange the less trustworthy the author who added the words.
Researchers measure contributors’ reputations based on how long their entries last without being revised. Showing their faith in the wiki process the researchers have—you guessed it—created a wiki to describe WikiTrust. —Andrea L. Foster
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One Response to U. of California Researchers Hold Wikipedia Authors Accountable
insomnolence - November 28, 2010 at 2:10 am
I tried to follow the wiki link; access denied