Computer program assesses quality of Wikipedia entries

Wednesday, August 6, 2014 - 15:30 in Mathematics & Economics

Wikipedia the free, online collaborative encyclopedia is an important source of information. However, while the team of volunteer editors endeavors to maintain high standards, there are occasionally problems with the veracity of content, deliberate vandalism and incomplete entries. Computer scientists have now devised a software algorithm that can automatically check a particular entry and rank it according to quality.

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