Today I found this article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kingdom_of_Mialdo
I remember reading a discution about deleting an article because it didn't have encyclopedic information. And this 13 year old kid just creates and article like this.
How is the procedure wikipedia follows to find out about crap articles and change them or remove them?
2007-08-07 09:24:06 · 9 answers · asked by kamelåså 7 in Computers & Internet ➔ Internet ➔ Wikipedia
I didn't expect such a retarded first answer :(
I know Y!A allows everybody to give opinion but...
What I want to know is how with millions of articles, they can detect things like this.
[No, I DIDN'T write the crap in the article]
2007-08-07 09:34:46 · update #1
there is crap everywhere, wikipedia is just like yahoo answers, yahoo dont log in and make sure all questions and answers are right. they let you get on with it.
Wikipedia and yahoo answers are only as good as their members, by the way wikipedia is extremely reliable for information on just about anything, but there is obviously crap there too.
2007-08-08 09:42:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
there are more than enough moderater there to check every edit or new articles posted. as soon as they started the mod system they checked all existing articles and removed the crap, and all new articles are checked. if you report or disucss an article it gotes top priority on a mod list. and also if you want to do something about it instantly, then you can edit the article to say nothing but that this article is in process to be deleted since its full of crap. if you really want a good laugh, then you can browse unencylopedia, a parody of wikipedia with only crap on it. also if you think a valuable article has been edited into crap, then you can go into the history and view historic versions of the article
2007-08-09 14:53:14 · answer #2 · answered by simpsons.megafan 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's the bad thing about it. There are no editors behind Wikipedia. Actually, you can edit any article you want. Sometimes people report errors so you'll see, next to some part of the article, a subscript reading "error". As far as I know there are no editors but some friends say there are but that they work too slowly. I don´t know, I suppose that´s the way it goes with the people's encyclopaedia made by the people.
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2016-10-09 10:34:28 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
They probably have a place in India or some other country they can avoid paying workers alot of money and just have them doublecheck all the information or maybe they just have computer programs to do the work who knows. Maybe you might get lucky and a Wikipedia employee may answer here lol
2007-08-10 17:29:46 · answer #5 · answered by barry m 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
They have moderators that make sure that each edit is a legitmate one. that is why when you somtimes see a stupid comment in a page it is usually changed back within a few minutes.
2007-08-09 18:08:07 · answer #6 · answered by Rocketman 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Do you consider it crap? For me is laughable... and certanly creates serious doubts about Wikipedia...
By the way Ja, I´m ready for your answers...
Bye,
Totús de Kaa
2007-08-07 09:51:12 · answer #7 · answered by Totús 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Maybe you wrote that article, have a nice day!
2007-08-07 09:31:48 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
i think it can't be deleted unless an admin sees it and deletes it if its nonesense
2007-08-07 17:21:43 · answer #9 · answered by acidburn 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋