Wikipedia talk:Credibility

message: *I think wikipedia is credible as long as you can think critically of what you are reading. This page is very one sided and needs to be edited to include information supporting the credibility of wikipedia. Perhaps a section on what wikipedia does to make its articles credible.134.39.247.11 18:57, 9 November 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *Many people don't want to jeopardize their own reputation by signing something they didn't write themselves. So it is impossible to establish the same kind of credibility that the Britanica enjoys when no one would step up to the plate.  Perhaps a different system is needed.  Instead of putting their own names behind an article, these editors can give grades to each article, just like a college professor is grading a student's thesis.  These editors can give separate score with respect to accuracy, completeness etc. And they would approve an article only when the score meet their own standards.  A collective score from multiple editors would become an indicator on how good the article is. These scores can build up reader's confidence and hence credibility of wikipedia.  Again only "named" and verified editors are allowed to give grades because the scores themselves need to be credible too.  Some critics say nothing anonymous is credible, so the power to judge should be granted to known experts only.  Kowloonese 20:16, 31 March 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *This makes sense in the context of a CD-ROM version when, as in a hard copy version, Wiki should be putting out a publication which meets minimum standards of academic respectability that will stand the test of time. I will briefly repeat the line I have taken elsewhere. I favour a minimum threshold system for the on-line Wiki, i.e. once an article has reached a minimum standard agreed by a consensus less demanding than the current FA system, all proposed edits should be vetted before being allowed to go public. Thus, the "live" version of each approved page can only improve and never deteriorate. For these purposes, it does not matter whether the supervising editors with responsibility for each group of pages are identified or not so long as they have demonstrated expertise over a period of time. I suspect that the majority of the current editors are either students or have little academic track record. It would be a shame to lose the expertise that is demonstrated daily by those who do not yet have a CV that would impress. Moving to a full and open peer reviewing system which is implicitly what is being advocated here, may not be practical at this time or desirable. David91 17:10, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: *I think controlling the edit of approved articles will hinder the wikipedia progress.  The current system of controlling edits on "featured article" will give you an idea of how the system may work, just multiply that with half a million approved articles instead of just a few dozens current features. The blockage will worsen as more and more articles got approved. I proposed that the editors should be allowed to approve any selected revision.  If he disapproves the most recent changes, he can simply approve an older revision prior to the current mess.  When the current mess stablizes and after the edit war subsides, then he can approve again.  That way, the readers can tell that revision 934 and 1021 were approved, but the current revision is still taking shape.  These stamps of approval give the on-line readers the confidence that these selected revisions of articles are backed by known experts.  When it is time to take a snapshot for hard copy, only the latest approved revision will be used.  i.e. there is always a most current in-progress version of unknown quality backed by an approved credible edition.  Readers who seek credibility do not need to use the in-progress edition.  Kowloonese 21:08, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Thought flows

message: I am working on a page named Wikipedia:Better than the Best. Suggestions and comments are invited. Thanks. --Bhadani 16:09, 2 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Working on

message: This page isn't very credible as it cites no sources. Ironic, isn't it? Bob the WikipediaN (talk • contribs)  16:35, 3 May 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Credibility of this page 

message: The current page ends with the end of a sentence and then a promise of more, thus: "[...] as attaining an editorial standard. a" Result of a bad edit?  Someone with more time than me needs to check the edit history, I suspect, to see if it's been truncated at some point after a past vandalism or some-such. (I'm just passing through, no time to do it officially right now.) 178.98.198.252 (talk) 21:43, 29 April 2013 (UTC)
replies: text: There was nothing missing. An editor recently added the "a", presumably as a test edit, and I've removed it. --Bongwarrior (talk) 23:23, 5 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Truncation?