DEJ #8

More seriously, they put their faith in the "wisdom of crowds," believing that by having many people watching what appears there, errors and vandalism will be weeded out, sooner rather than later

Reflection:
Knowing the way that people function, I would not put my faith in the "wisdom of crowd," and I'm guessing my teachers have felt the same way considering when doing any kind of research, they forbid the use of Wikipedia information. I understand what the company is trying to do by putting the power in the people and showing the knowledge that individuals hold, but many people think of it as joke and don't put reliable information on the articles. I understand that many of the articles are reliable and very correct, but the bias that has been instilled in me has made me turn away from any kind of Wikipedia information.

Resource:

Tosh.0	Tuesdays 10pm / 9c
Wikipedia Updates
tosh.comedycentral.com
Tosh.0 Videos Daniel Tosh Web Redemption

You may need to download Adobe Flash to view, but this is a video of a comedian, Daniel Tosh (Tosh.O), who makes a wikipedia page for his fans to make about him and it gets taken down due to the vulgar nature of what's written.


Citations:

Cohen, Noam. "Wikipedia." Times Topic Page on Wikipedia. (2009): n. page. Web. 8 Mar. 2012. http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20090206friday.html.
Tosh, Daniel, perf. "Wikipedia Updates." Tosh.O. Comedy Central: 02/03/2010 . Television. <http://tosh.comedycentral.com/video-clips/wikipedia-updates>.