Wikipedia

Wikipedia:
a. What is Wikipedia?
     "Wikipedia is a mulitilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project, operated by the Wikimedia Foundation, a nonprofit organization."

b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece, "How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it"?
     Wikipedia, even though pages can be edited and modified by users, has a group of knowledgable individuals whose job is to research the credibilty presented on every page. As well as extended research this group of people must "put their faith in the wisdom of the crowds, they believe that by having many people watching what appears there, errors and vandalism will be weeded out, sooner rather than later."

c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation?
     As already mentioned above, the creators of Wikipedia put a lot of trust in the masses who use this website. They feel that the general public is a good judge of certain reliable information.

d. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page?
     Virtual vandalism on Wikipedia can take a number of shapes, but it almost always appears as cynical remarks, sarcasm, or false information.

e. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
     Wikiscanner was developed to check the IP address of anonymous editors. This just furthers the testing of reliabilty of information that is either unclear or controversial.

Cohen, Noam. "Wikipedia." The New York Times Learning Network.  18 Oct. 2007. Web.
     26 Oct. 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20090206friday.html.