User:Biglou cmu/WikipediaLecture

This will be a Lecture in Wiki Format!

Some questions:

What percentage of people edit Wikipedia?

How popular is Wikipedia?

Why does Wikipedia work so well?

How accurate are articles in Wikipedia?

How are disputes resolved?

How many articles are on Wikipedia? How often are they edited?

Interesting Links

Abortion

George W Bush

Online dating service

Last comic standing

History Flow: http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/projects/history_flow/index.htm

http://www2.computer.org/plugins/dl/pdf/proceedings/hicss/2007/2755/00/27550078a.pdf?template=1&loginState=1&userData=anonymousIP1225230834366

http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/papers/bryant-forte-bruckman-group05.pdf

http://research.hp.com/research/idl/papers/wikipedia/wikipedia07.pdf

Wiki Scanner: http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/

http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf

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