Sunday, November 7, 2010

Midterm: Wikipedia Auditing Process

It was very interesting to work with my team, Chris, John, Alex and Zach. For our wikipedia auditing midterm, we picked Grand Theft Auto series. The wikipage listed 46 sources that we latter came to find as either reliable or unreliable sources. As a group, we each part took in auditing the sources that were listed and we have come to the conclusion that news websites like ABC and CNN were deemed reliable whereas, fan websites and blogs were unreliable. I was pleased that everyone in this group contributed equally if not more - John: auditing resources, making/editing the powerpoint, research Devin Moore case, handout. Chris: auditing resources, making the powerpoint. Alex: auditing resources and finding real GTA clip. Zach: auditing resources and making the powerpoint. Me: auditing resources, create powerpoint (make it presentable), research Devin Moore case, and handout. After all the auditing process, my group has decided that Wikipedia page on GTA is not a scholarly source. Although, they have reliable information, there were many subjects where the facts were hindered by opinions, fan blogs, and bias.

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