Wikipedia Story

1. What did wiki software allow Web users to do that the Mosaic browser did not? The Mosaic browser did not allow people to edit web pages. However, Wiki had the ability to let people edit the web pages.
2. What do blogs and wikis have in common? Blogs encouraged user generated content and that is what Wiki is based off of to involve user generated content in web pages. That is what Wiki's and Blogs have in common.
3. What problem did a young Jimmy Wales find with the World Book Encyclopedia? The problem he found was that there was a lot of things in it but not everything. That's what he wanted to fix.
4. How was Jimmy Wales inspired by the World Book Encyclopedia to create Wikipedia? He was inspired by stickering his encyclopedia that his mom bought him. He did this to update the original encyclopedia which is what Wikipedia is, people can edit the original content on the web page. 
5. How have encyclopedias inspired you in your own life? Encyclopedias as books have not had much of an impact on my life but Wikipedia has. Wikipedia has helped me with many projects in school and just random thoughts on things i wondered about.
6. Why did Nupedia fail? Nupedia failed because there was only one dozen articles published and there was 150 in drafts which shows how long the process is.
7. How did wiki software change the ideas behind Nupedia? Wiki software changed the ideas behind Nupedia by allowing the general public to modify pages with no review by staff.
8. What is “ crowdsourcing?” Crowd-sourcing means to obtain any information into a particular task by enlisting the services of a number of people either paid or unpaid.
9. What do you think about the concept of “any fool in the world” being able to write articles for Wikipedia? I believe he means that wikipedia will become biased a website and people will edit things to fool around.
10. Do agree with the idea that “total idiots” could edit Wikipedia and of that being a good thing? Explain. No I don't believe the idea of "total idiots" editing Wikipedia could be a good thing. I don't believe this is a good thing because it will provide false information and not many people would use it.
11. Why do you think Wikipedia grew so fast and became so popular in such a short amount of time? I think Wikipedia grew so fast and became so popular in such a short amount of time because it was made clear Nupedia had no connection to Wikipedia.
12. Do you believe Sanger’s elitist attitude was a good thing or a bad thing for Wikipedia? I believe Sanger's elitist attitude was a good thing because the Wikipedia community proved him wrong.
13. What did you learn from the anecdote about the Wikipedia article on Einstein going to Albania for a passport in 1935? I learned that people with correct  information can correct other peoples  statements helping balance out the information.
14. Explain this quote from the article: “I can’t imagine who could have written such detailed guidelines other than a bunch of people working together...It’s common in Wikipedia that we’ll come to a solution that’s really well thought out because so many minds have had a crack at improving it.” The article written by a bunch of  people helps  spread a neutral viewpoint of things such as world hunger.
15. The author of the article states that Wikipedia “grew organically.” What does he mean by that? I think that the author of the article means that the Wikipedia site grew by  the people of the community contributing to help develop and grow. 
16. How has Wikipedia “been the greatest collaborative knowledge project in history?” 
17. Based on your own opinion and experience with Wikipedia, do you agree with the above statement or disagree with it? Explain.
18. What does the author mean by “wiki-crack?” The author  means its a rush of "dopamine" that goes to the brain's pleasure center. The happens when the person makes an intelligent edit and it immediately appears in a Wikipedia article.
19. Based on the article, do you believe Wikipedia is a reliable source of information? I still don't believe Wikipedia is reliable source of information because of the amount of teachers  who tell me to use a more reliable source.
20. Do you believe its possible for a 16-year-old from New Jersey to write “insightful” Wikipedia articles? I do believe its possible for a 16-year-old from New Jersey to write an "insightful" Wikipedia article but the article would need to be revised and proof read by a teacher with great knowledge of the subject.
21. How do you feel about basing your own research on something a 16-year-old wrote on Wikipedia? I would  feel a little iffy on basing my research on something a 16 yr old wrote because, I would always have doubt on whether or not my information is correct.
22. What does Jimmy Wales mean by this mission statement: “Imagine a world in which every single person on the planet is given free access to the sum of all human knowledge?”
23. Do you agree or disagree with this mission statement?
24. Do you think Wikipedia has succeeded in its mission?
25. Do you agree or disagree that ordinary people, people without degrees, can “be part of the process of creating and distributing knowledge?” I believe that people with out a degree shouldn't be a part of the the process because it can be credible site if they weren't. 
26. Based on your reading of the article, would you yourself use Wikipedia for your academic research? No I would not use Wikipedia for my academic research because other people could falsify the information of the topic I am looking at. I would rather get my information from a trusted site written by someone with credibility.
27. Would you yourself like to write and/or edit Wikipedia articles in order to be “a part of the process  of creating and distributing knowledge?” Why or why not?  I would not like to write or edit Wikipedia articles because I believe I would not have all the correct information and wouldn't want to give misleading information.