Thursday, September 3, 2009

Wikipedia - the color code of each word of each entry based on its reliability

Wikipedia has recently announced plans for a new feature that the color code of each word of each entry based on its reliability. Please make the obvious joke ( "Do not all reliable?" Ha ha), but how we're really seems very intelligent. The option of color coding feature is called "WikiTrust" and codes of each word according to how long you've been on the page and how the author is trustworthy.

The main concern when someone talks about reliability, or Wikipedia in general is a serious lack of objectivity. Some pages become contentious battlefields that are changed daily return, and these changes are (rightly, I believe) will affect the credibility of the pages under WikiTrust. The new text begins with a bright orange background that gradually fades to white if it survives for a time, without editing.

The only place where I can see the system is not in the case of vandalism. When a seed of a teaser page with false information will be new and reliable labeling. That's good. When the correction suffered the same fate? Well, that may be bad. The hello is that changes a registered user can start with a slight orange tint easy one anonymous vandal, if they really are not treated equally.

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