This will be a Lecture in Wiki Format!

Some questions:

• How popular is Wikipedia?
• What percentage of people edit Wikipedia?
• How many articles are on Wikipedia?
• How often are they edited?
• Why does Wikipedia work so well?
• How accurate are articles in Wikipedia?
• How are disputes resolved?
• What gets said in the talk page?

Interesting Links

• Abortion
• George W Bush
• Online dating service
• Last comic standing

• History Flow: http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/projects/history_flow/index.htm
• http://www2.computer.org/plugins/dl/pdf/proceedings/hicss/2007/2755/00/27550078a.pdf?template=1&loginState=1&userData=anonymousIP1225230834366
• http://www.cc.gatech.edu/~asb/papers/bryant-forte-bruckman-group05.pdf
• http://research.hp.com/research/idl/papers/wikipedia/wikipedia07.pdf
• WikiScanner: http://wikiscanner.virgil.gr/
• http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf

Compare these two articles: Beer Pong and Alonzo Church