Algorithm Rates Trustworthiness of Wikipedia Pages
Slashdot - 31 minutes ago
paleshadows writes "Researchers at UCSC developed a tool that measures the trustworthiness of each Wikipedia page. Roughly speaking, the algorithm analyzes ...

paleshadows writes "Researchers at UCSC developed a tool that measures the trustworthiness of each Wikipedia page. Roughly speaking, the algorithm analyzes the entire 7-year user-editing-history and utilizes the longevity of the content to learn which contributors are the most reliable: If your contribution lasts, you gain 'reputation,' whereas if it's edited out, your reputation falls. The ...

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Wikipedia Entries Color-Coded to Indicate Trustworthiness
LinuxElectrons, TX - 13 minutes ago
Santa Cruz, CA – The online reference site Wikipedia enjoys immense popularity despite nagging doubts about the reliability of entries written by its ...

Santa Cruz , CA – The online reference site Wikipedia enjoys immense popularity despite nagging doubts about the reliability of entries written by its all-volunteer team.

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