Wikipedia

a. What is Wikipedia? 
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia that is world wide and fact checked by a volunteer staff.

b. How would you answer the question posed in this piece “How reliable can a source be when anyone can edit it?”? 
It is creditable because of the staff that goes there every edit and pulls out vandalism and incorrect information. 

c. Who do the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in when it comes to weeding out misinformation? 
A volunteer staff that has been voted into the community. 

d. Why did founder Larry Sanger leave Wikipedia? 
Mr. Sanger left Wikipedia, believing that it should give more authority to experts.

e. What would abuse or vandalism look like on a Wikipedia page? 
It would be highlighted as a change and taken out as soon at it was caught. 

f. What do the statistics quoted in the third paragraph of this piece reveal? 
 The encyclopedia is among the top 10 most-visited sites on the Internet around the world, aided by the fact that Google searches typically list Wikipedia entries prominently on results pages.
 
g. Why do you think Wikipedia is so successful? 
I think it is successful because of the people who car about it working on it everyday to keep it correct and in the correct hands. 

h. Why might Wikipedia’s creators not want to accept advertising? 
 Wikipedia does not accept advertising and relies instead on donations from visitors and other, indirect commercial efforts because of lack of funds being a non profit organization. 

i. How does Wikiscanner help increase the reliability of Wikipedia entries?
It quickly exposed examples of self-interested editing by prominent businesses and governments around the world.

Four ways to use Wikipedia (Never cite it!)
1. Background information.
2.Links.
3.Key Words.
4.References. 

I don't personally use Wikipedia because I was always told not to and a lot of my work so far this semester has been completely opinion or book paced. I think I could if it was a research project though. 

Teachers can use it to keep up on the world and in class as far as research papers and teaching children to use the internet for academics not just social media.