Author: Andrew Dalby
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Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0956205208
Publisher: Siduri Books
Features:
Edition:
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN: 0956205208
Publisher: Siduri Books
Features:
The World and Wikipedia: How we are editing reality
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author andrew dalby format hardback language english publication year 25 09 2009 subject the world ideas culture general interest subject 2 popular culture media general interest title the world and wikipedia how we are editing reality author dalby andrew publisher siduri books publication date oct 31 2009 pages 256 binding hardcover dimensions 6 00 wx 9 25 hx 0 75 d isbn 0956205208 subject computers internet world wide web description wikipedia as a social phenomenon as well as an intellectua. Download The World and Wikipedia computer ebooks
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author andrew dalby format hardback language english publication year 25 09 2009 subject the world ideas culture general interest subject 2 popular culture media general interest title the world and wikipedia how we are editing reality author dalby andrew publisher siduri books publication date oct 31 2009 pages 256 binding hardcover dimensions 6 00 wx 9 25 hx 0 75 d isbn 0956205208 subject computers internet world wide web description wikipedia as a social phenomenon as well as an intellectua
The World and Wikipedia: How we are editing reality, ISBN-13: 9780956205209, ISBN-10: 0956205208
Take any article on Wikipedia. Who wrote it? Where did it come from? Now take a closer look at those unconvincing, badly written sentences in the middle. Why did someone add them? How long will it be before someone else deletes them? And how many people will have read them before they are removed? Five years ago such questions didn't matter; Wikipedia was one source among many, and no one took it very seriously. Two years ago they hardly mattered, because the newspapers said Wikipedia couldn't be trusted, and there was always a more 'reliable' source to check later. But suddenly, these questio
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Who wrote it? Where did it come from? Now take a closer look at those unconvincing, badly written sentences in the middle. Why did someone add them? How long will it be before someone else deletes them? And how many people will have read them before they are removed? Five years ago such questions didn't matter; Wikipedia was one source among many, and no one took it very seriously. Two years ago they hardly mattered, because the newspapers said Wikipedia couldn't be trusted, and there was always a more 'reliable' source to check later. But suddenly, these questions really do matter
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