Algorithm Rates Trustworthiness of Wikipedia Pages

paleshadows writes "Researchers at UCSC developed a tool that measures the trustworthiness of each Wikipedia page. Roughly speaking, the algorithm analyzes the entire 7-year user-editing-history and utilizes the longevity of the content to learn which contributors are the most reliable: If your contribution lasts, you gain 'reputation,' whereas if it's edited out, your reputation falls. The trustworthiness of a newly inserted text is a function of the reputation of all its authors, a heuristic that turned out to be successful in identifying poor content. The interested reader can take a look at this demonstration (random page with white/orange background marking trusted/untrusted text, respectively; note "random page" link at the left for more demo pages), this presentation (pdf), and this paper (pdf)."

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[Anonymous Coward]

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I love the irony of a member of the uber-wealthy class telling the lower classes that they need to make some lifestyle sacrifices or they'll destroy the planet. Hah! How about you lead by example and fly coach with the rest of us dirty commoners, you smarmy douchebag!