Wikipedia : Not The DevilThe CurrentIt's time to end the rampant misconceptions surrounding the popular collaboratively created encyclopedia known as Wikipedia, and whether it's a citable …
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First, vandalism has been shown to be reverted virtually instantly, unnoticed vandalism being the exception. "Vandalism and inaccuracies are often reverted within a matter of minutes," write Aniket Kittur and Robert E. Kraut of Carnegie Melon [sic] University in their study ‘Harnessing the Wisdom of Crowds in Wikipedia: Quality through Coordination.' They reference several studies that have shown this effect. There are some widely circulated anecdotal cases of vandalism that went unchecked, but these are rare exceptions. The potential for vandalism is irrelevant because in most cases it is reverted quickly, if not instantly.
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