An American teenager who wrote articles on the Scots Wiki

Why does he think Wikipedia is better than other tech giants?

articles are sourced ,contributors are autonomous

invented, distorted, unsourced news

What does Jimmy Wales think of online disinformation?

This is a risk to take in free societies.

How many articles did he write?

Half of the articles published on the Scots Wiki

What examples illustrate that Wikipedia can be biased?

Creating subcategories or removing some articles = form of discrimination

Which one is not a real Wikipedia's strength?

one group of appointed moderators

What does Roman advise to people using Wikipedia ?

To use it as a first point of research

Why is WIKIPEDIA trustworhty?

contributors constantly check and edit articles+ they are sourced

What does he advise to do?

to adopt a skeptical attitude and check the sources

What is the etymology of Wikipedia?

WIKI= website anyone can edit or add content/ PEDIA = encyclopedia

Why isn't WIKIPEDIA trustworthy according to critics?

Because anyone can contribute, even people who have no knowledge at all

Why does he like contributing to Wikipedia?

because he defends free access to knowledge

How did people react to AG's story?

It was a scandal,people felt AG had vandalized and butchred the Scots Wiki.

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1
Who is AG?
An American teenager who wrote articles on the Scots Wiki
A Scottish teenager who wrote articles about US history full of mistakes
The wizard of Wikipedia
A Scottish expert in charge of correcting the Scots Wiki
2
Are the traditional encyclopedias any better in terms of neutrality?
NO
YES
3
WIKIPEDIA is an online encyclopedia with
billions of pages
hundreds of pages
dozens of pages
millions of pages
4
On WIKIPEDIA , anyone can edit or write articles
NO
YES
5
Why does he think Wikipedia is better than other tech giants?
tech giants promote free expression
articles are sourced ,contributors are autonomous
wikipedia is his baby
tech giants do not use algorithms
6
What are fake news?
what we find on social media
propaganda
invented, distorted, unsourced news
re-edited substantiated contents
7
What does Jimmy Wales think of online disinformation?
Everyone has the right to spread fake news
This is a risk to take in free societies.
It does not exist.
It scares him.
8
Which of these solutions is NOT in the list?
write a universal code of conduct
improve the reporting system
intervene in case of harassment
keeping anonymous
9
Who published a study asserting that Wikipedia is as accurate as Encyclopedia Britannica?
www.usboardofeducation.com
The New York Times
NATURE magazine
Elon Musk, first fan ever
10
Why is wikipedia not 100% neutral?
It is not wanted
It is impossible
11
What about gender discrimination for contributors?
Men are less educated and less contributing
Young contributers are harassed by older ones
Full parity, no discrimination
women are victims of sexism
12
Which one is NOT a synonym of NEUTRAL
unbiased
biased
factual
non partisan
13
How many articles did he write?
300 million articles
All of the Scots wiki articles
He didn't write but he edited.
Half of the articles published on the Scots Wiki
14
What examples illustrate that Wikipedia can be biased?
the co-founder is publicly partisan
women are too represented
Contributors give their political opinions
Creating subcategories or removing some articles = form of discrimination
15
How many articles did he work on? (in total)
dozens
millions
hundreds
thousands
16
Which one is not a real Wikipedia's strength?
open-access format
fact-checking
one group of appointed moderators
sense of social responsibility
17
What does Roman advise to people using Wikipedia ?
To use it as a first point of research
to fully trust it, it is 100%reliable.
never trust it
to contribute to it instead of criticizing it
18
Who is the Wizard of Wikipedia? (at last)
Jimmy Wales
Elon Musk (yes,again)
JK Rowling
Steven Pruitt
19
Who is Roman?
The Wizard of Wikipedia
a teenage contributor
The author of inaccurate articles in Scots
The co-founder of Wikipedia
20
Why is WIKIPEDIA trustworhty?
because contributors are paid experts
contributors constantly check and edit articles+ they are sourced
because it is an encyclopedia
Because it is democratic
21
What does he advise to do?
to quit social media
to believe in nothing
to trust friends 'posts
to adopt a skeptical attitude and check the sources
22
What is the etymology of Wikipedia?
WIKI= intelligent /PEDIA = encyclopedia
WIKI= website anyone can edit or add content/ PEDIA = encyclopedia
WIKI= based on expertise/ PEDIA = encyclopedia
WIKI=tiny/small/ PEDIA=encyclopedia
23
Why isn't WIKIPEDIA trustworthy according to critics?
because it is online
because articles are not sourced
because of its lack of transparency
Because anyone can contribute, even people who have no knowledge at all
24
Why does he like contributing to Wikipedia?
because he is a history fan
because he is paid for it
because he is unemployed
because he defends free access to knowledge
25
How did people react to AG's story?
It was immediately reported and corrected.
They ignored the story, because no one reads the Scots wiki
AG was tried for publishing fake news
It was a scandal,people felt AG had vandalized and butchred the Scots Wiki.

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