[WikiEN-l] UIC Journal: Evaluating quality control of Wikipedia's feature[d] articles

Amory Meltzer amorymeltzer at gmail.com
Fri Apr 16 15:38:20 UTC 2010


Three were "on the fence" so while the article may report a 55%
success rate, it also is stating a 32% failure rate.

~A



On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:33, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 16, 2010 at 11:28 AM, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Interesting; it says that of 22 articles reviewed, 12 were found to
>> not meet even Wikipedia's criteria for featured articles. The abstract
>> advises scholars not to "naively believe [Wikipedia's] assertions of
>> quality."
>>
>
> Sorry, that was incorrect - 12 of 22 *did* pass the criteria, and the
> remainder did not.
>
> ~Nathan
>
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