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Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Criticism of Wikipedia—whether about its content, its online community, or its procedures and operations—covers a wide variety of topics, largely related the openness of the encyclopedia, as almost anyone can edit most articles. The project's aims have been criticized, mostly due to its approach to including or dealing with controversial content. Major concerns about Wikipedia's content include its reliability, quality of presentation and systemic bias, in particular gender bias and racial bias. The Wikipedia community and its organization are criticized for the anonymity of editors, and social stratification, all of which may give rise to abuse. Wikipedia's processes have also been criticized for making vandalism of the articles too easy. Its rules have been judged excessive.Journalist Edwin Black criticizes Wikipedia for being a mixture of "truth, half truth, and some falsehoods". Articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Journal of Academic Librarianship have criticized Wikipedia's policy on undue weight, concluding that the fact that Wikipedia explicitly is not designed to provide correct information about a subject, but rather present dominantly the majority viewpoint taken by reliable sources, may create possible omissions leading to false beliefs based on incomplete information.Journalist Oliver Kamm noted how articles are dominated by the loudest and most persistent voices, usually by a group with an "ax to grind" on the topic. An article in Education Next Journal concluded that as a resource about controversial topics, Wikipedia is notoriously subject to manipulation and spin.Wikipedia steward Dariusz Jemielniak asserts that the sheer complexity of the rules and laws governing content and editor behavior have become excessive and create a learning burden for new editors. Jemielniak suggests actively abridging and rewriting the rules and laws to fall within a fixed and reasonable limit of size and complexity to remedy their excessive complexity and size.A study by Aaron Halfaker of the University of Minnesota made in 2013 argued that Wikipedia's rules have had the unintended effect of driving away new contributors to the site.The Academic Integrity at MIT handbook for students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology states: "Wikipedia is Not a Reliable Academic Source: The bibliography published at the end of the Wikipedia entry may point you to potential sources. However, do not assume that these sources are reliable—use the same criteria to judge them as you would any other source. Do not consider the Wikipedia bibliography as a replacement for your own research.""@en }

• Criticism_of_Wikipedia abstract "Criticism of Wikipedia—whether about its content, its online community, or its procedures and operations—covers a wide variety of topics, largely related the openness of the encyclopedia, as almost anyone can edit most articles. The project's aims have been criticized, mostly due to its approach to including or dealing with controversial content. Major concerns about Wikipedia's content include its reliability, quality of presentation and systemic bias, in particular gender bias and racial bias. The Wikipedia community and its organization are criticized for the anonymity of editors, and social stratification, all of which may give rise to abuse. Wikipedia's processes have also been criticized for making vandalism of the articles too easy. Its rules have been judged excessive.Journalist Edwin Black criticizes Wikipedia for being a mixture of "truth, half truth, and some falsehoods". Articles in The Chronicle of Higher Education and The Journal of Academic Librarianship have criticized Wikipedia's policy on undue weight, concluding that the fact that Wikipedia explicitly is not designed to provide correct information about a subject, but rather present dominantly the majority viewpoint taken by reliable sources, may create possible omissions leading to false beliefs based on incomplete information.Journalist Oliver Kamm noted how articles are dominated by the loudest and most persistent voices, usually by a group with an "ax to grind" on the topic. An article in Education Next Journal concluded that as a resource about controversial topics, Wikipedia is notoriously subject to manipulation and spin.Wikipedia steward Dariusz Jemielniak asserts that the sheer complexity of the rules and laws governing content and editor behavior have become excessive and create a learning burden for new editors. Jemielniak suggests actively abridging and rewriting the rules and laws to fall within a fixed and reasonable limit of size and complexity to remedy their excessive complexity and size.A study by Aaron Halfaker of the University of Minnesota made in 2013 argued that Wikipedia's rules have had the unintended effect of driving away new contributors to the site.The Academic Integrity at MIT handbook for students at Massachusetts Institute of Technology states: "Wikipedia is Not a Reliable Academic Source: The bibliography published at the end of the Wikipedia entry may point you to potential sources. However, do not assume that these sources are reliable—use the same criteria to judge them as you would any other source. Do not consider the Wikipedia bibliography as a replacement for your own research."".