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

[Laurie Savage]

I've always been dubious about the "wisdom of crowds" since seeing Leni
Riefenstahl's movie about the Nuremberg rallies.

Laurie

Laurie Savage
https://sites.google.com/a/pvgc.vic.edu.au/mr-savage/home

On 15 June 2015 at 19:59, Roland Gesthuizen <rgesthuizen at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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
>
> 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
>
> —
>
> *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/
>
> --
>
> Wikipedia says I'm handsome. Who am I to disagree?
>
> Mark Kelly
> mark AT vceit DOT com
> http://vceit.com
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