[Year 12 IT Apps] For 2016 - Evaluating data sources for the hypothesis

[Roland Gesthuizen]

In the end, the system worked and the hoax was deleted. Wikipedians are getting better at uncovering hoaxes. If it survived for so long as an obscure page without any sources, it is just hibernating until somebody pokes it with a stick or flags it for removal. There is even a wikipedia page about this:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reliability_of_Wikipedia>

Anyway don’t take the front page entirely at face-value. Here are two things that I point out to my students:

1. the discussion page shows up any controversy and the community around a topic. Often this flags issues in this topic that you need to be careful about. Just click on the talk tab.

2. the list of references and external links at the bottom are sometimes better than the article. If there are none then these should ring some alarm bells.

Many years ago I started the wikipedia page for an early native Australian cricketer. Top bloke and sportsman. The changes made to this page from my early version speaks volumes for how the "truth” about his life was changed and appropriated as the cultural context and world changed around him. Its a fascinating story i’ll share at the DLTV DigiCON conference next month to anybody who asks.

Registration is open now folks. Click here for details:
https://dltv.vic.edu.au/dltv-annual-conference-2015 <https://dltv.vic.edu.au/dltv-annual-conference-2015>

—
Roland GESTHUIZEN
http://about.me/rgesthuizen

> On 24 May 2015, at 2:20 pm, Mark <mark at vceit.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi, data-gatherers
> 
> Next year, students will need to find reliable data to support their U3O2 hypothesis.
> 
> Obviously, most will start with Wikipedia.
> 
> Here's an enlightening article you might want to acquaint them with...
> 
> http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/ <http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-intersect/wp/2015/04/15/the-great-wikipedia-hoax/>
> 
> -- 
> 
> Wikipedia says I'm handsome. Who am I to disagree?
> 
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
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