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'''Wikipedia''' is an [[internet|online]] [[wiki]]-based [[encyclopedia]] hosted and owned by the non-profit organization [[Wikimedia Foundation]] and financially supported by a $20 million annual online fundraising drive<ref>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_announces_tenth_annual_fundraising_campaign</ref>, as well as other grants. Most of Wikipedia's articles can be edited publically by both registered and anonymous editors<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=wMhBQ0WdjF4C&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>, mostly consisting of teenagers and the unemployed.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/18/sanger_forks_wikipedia/</ref> | '''Wikipedia''' is an [[internet|online]] [[wiki]]-based [[encyclopedia]] hosted and owned by the non-profit organization [[Wikimedia Foundation]] and financially supported by a $20 million annual online fundraising drive<ref>http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_announces_tenth_annual_fundraising_campaign</ref>, as well as other grants. Most of Wikipedia's articles can be edited publically by both registered and anonymous editors<ref>http://books.google.com/books?id=wMhBQ0WdjF4C&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q&f=false</ref>, mostly consisting of teenagers and the unemployed.<ref>http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/18/sanger_forks_wikipedia/</ref> | ||
| − | Critics of Wikipedia state that Wikipedia's articles contain [[systemic bias]], and that the information included within its articles are a mixture of truths, half-truths, and falsehoods. <ref name=hnn>http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/125437</ref> The nature of Wikipedia also makes it subject to spin and [[bias]], examples of which include paid [[public relations]] advocacy and inserting libellious content into the biographies of politicians for a political purpose. <ref name=hnn/> | + | Critics of Wikipedia state that Wikipedia's articles contain [[systemic bias]]<ref name=howtheleft>http://www.frontpagemag.com/2011/david-swindle/how-the-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1/</ref>, and that the information included within its articles are a mixture of truths, half-truths, and falsehoods. <ref name=hnn>http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/125437</ref> The nature of Wikipedia also makes it subject to spin and [[bias]], examples of which include paid [[public relations]] advocacy and inserting libellious content into the biographies of politicians for a political purpose. <ref name=hnn/> Wikipedia was also criticized for having a [[examples of liberal bias in Wikipedia|liberal bias]] in its articles about politics, despite of Wikipedia's "neutral point of view" policy. <ref name=howtheleft/> |
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Wikipedia is an online wiki-based encyclopedia hosted and owned by the non-profit organization Wikimedia Foundation and financially supported by a $20 million annual online fundraising drive[1], as well as other grants. Most of Wikipedia's articles can be edited publically by both registered and anonymous editors[2], mostly consisting of teenagers and the unemployed.[3]
Critics of Wikipedia state that Wikipedia's articles contain systemic bias[4], and that the information included within its articles are a mixture of truths, half-truths, and falsehoods. [5] The nature of Wikipedia also makes it subject to spin and bias, examples of which include paid public relations advocacy and inserting libellious content into the biographies of politicians for a political purpose. [5] Wikipedia was also criticized for having a liberal bias in its articles about politics, despite of Wikipedia's "neutral point of view" policy. [4]
References
- ↑ http://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Press_releases/Wikimedia_Foundation_announces_tenth_annual_fundraising_campaign
- ↑ http://books.google.com/books?id=wMhBQ0WdjF4C&pg=PA199#v=onepage&q&f=false
- ↑ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2006/09/18/sanger_forks_wikipedia/
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 http://www.frontpagemag.com/2011/david-swindle/how-the-left-conquered-wikipedia-part-1/
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 http://historynewsnetwork.org/article/125437