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        <h3>Evaluating quality control of Wikipedia's feature articles</h3>
        <div><i>David Lindsey</i></div>
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                        <h4>Abstract</h4>
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                <div>The purpose of this study was to evaluate the effectiveness of 
Wikipedia’s internal quality control mechanism, the “featured article” 
process, which assesses articles against a stringent set of criteria.  
To this end, scholars were asked to evaluate the quality and accuracy of
 Wikipedia featured articles within their area of expertise.  A total of
 22 usable responses were collected from a variety of disciplines.  Out 
of the Wikipedia articles assessed, only 12 of 22 were found to pass 
Wikipedia’s own featured article criteria, indicating that Wikipedia’s 
process is ineffective.  This finding suggests both that Wikipedia must 
take steps to improve its featured article process and that scholars 
interested in studying Wikipedia should be careful not to naively 
believe its assertions of quality.</div>
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