Hi all, According to Wired, WikiTrust will be enabled on Wikipedia. Does anyone know anything about this?
It's also been picked up by TG Daily - http://www.tgdaily.com/content/ view/43812/140/ - which says it's already in place. Mike Begin forwarded message: > From: Keith Old <[email protected]> > Date: 31 August 2009 01:24:50 BDT > To: English Wikipedia <[email protected]> > Subject: [WikiEN-l] Wired: Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text > Reply-To: English Wikipedia <[email protected]> > > Folks, > > http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/wikitrust/ > > Wired reports: > > > *"Starting this fall, you’ll have a new reason to trust the > information you > find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called “WikiTrust” will > color code > every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its > author and > the length of time it has persisted on the page.* > > *More than 60 million people visit the free, open-access > encyclopedia each > month, searching for knowledge on 12 million pages in 260 > languages. But > despite its popularity, > **Wikipedia*<http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/wikitrust/ > www.wikipedia.org> > * has long suffered criticism from those who say it’s not reliable. > Because > anyone with an internet connection can contribute, the site is > subject to > vandalism, bias and misinformation. And edits are anonymous, so > there’s no > easy way to separate credible information from fake content created by > vandals.* > > *Now, researchers from the **Wiki Lab* <http://trust.cse.ucsc.edu/ > >* at the > University of California, Santa Cruz have created a system to help > users > know when to trust Wikipedia—and when to reach for that dusty > Encyclopedia > Britannica on the shelf. Called > **WikiTrust*<http://wikitrust.soe.ucsc.edu/index.php/Main_Page> > *, the program assigns a color code to newly edited text using an > algorithm > that calculates author reputation from the lifespan of their past > contributions. It’s based on a simple concept: The longer information > persists on the page, the more accurate it’s likely to be.* > > *Text from questionable sources starts out with a bright orange > background, > while text from trusted authors gets a lighter shade. As more > people view > and edit the new text, it gradually gains more “trust” and turns > from orange > to white."* > > More in story > > *Regards* > > ** > > *Keith* > _______________________________________________ > WikiEN-l mailing list > [email protected] > To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
