a. Wikipedia is a multilingual, Web-based encyclopedia project (Cohen,2009).
b. If anyone can edit a site there is no actual control over the information being posted;therefore, it is possible for facts to be omitted and opinions to be conveyed. More importantly Wikipedia could be edited more than once per day or hour;making it impossible to verify the information from one edit to the next.
c.the creators of Wikipedia place their trust in the "wisdom of the crowds" another words, those whom use the site.
d.Larry Sanger left because he believed more authority should be given to experts.
e. I am not sure what abuse or vandalism would look like. It could be as subtle as misspelled words, incorrect information or perhaps graffiti art.
g.Wikipedia is so successful because most people do not realize it is a work in process and actually use the site as factual. It also comes up first in most instances of searches.
h. Advertisers could bias a site one way or another and also each and every site could contain advertisements.
The Wikiscanner can quickly expose examples of self interested editing.
References: Cohen, N. (2009, February 6). Wikipedia. New York Times. Retrieved from http://www.nytimes.com/learning/teachers/featured_articles/20090206friday.html
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