Who writes stuff on Wikipedia?

Question

I was reading this article about watergate scandal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watergate
and i couldn't find the arthor of this article, please tell me where to find the name of the arthor.

Answer 1

There is no one "author" on Wikipedia articles. Wikipedia allows anyone to edit information on the pages. Because of this, it is impossible to find an author.

Answer 2

Just about anyone can add, edit or delete articles in Wikipedia. While this may sound like it's an easy target for abuse, that's not the case. If someone posts junk, someone else with better knowledge about the subject will invariably edit the junk out within a short period of time.



On the top of the article page, just right of the Wikipedia logo, are four tabs - Article, Discussion, Edit this Page, History. If you click on History, you'll see all the previous edits to the page. Some users are registered and you have an option to post messages for them. Other users like to remain anonymous and you can't contact them.

Answer 3

Anybody can write stuff on Wikipedia. So this means it can also be changed by anyone. Be sure to verify the facts if you are using this for a school paper. Wikipedia is a great website but the info has the possibilty of un true or exagerated.

Answer 4

You would be better served to search elsewhere if you want authentic information. Read this.



What is Wikipedia?

Added December 29, 2006

Wikipedia is a free online encyclopedia. The name is a portmanteau of the Hawaiian word for quick, "wiki", and "encyclopedia". Actively updated in over 100 languages, including constructed languages such as Esperanto, the English language Wikipedia contains over one and a half million articles.There are 11 other language editions with over 100,000 articles each, and over 50 languages with over 10,000 articles each. The lack of language barriers, and the fact that anybody with an Internet connection and a web browser can edit its contents, has Wikipedia termed as a "sum of public human knowledge." However, as in all fields of knowledge, there is much dispute over the accuracy of some information contained in Wikipedia. The encyclopedia therefore has resources dedicated the resolving such issues, and usually strives to publish all sides of any disputes.

Wikipedia was founded as an extension of the expert-written Nupedia project. However, the idea of a publicly-written collaborative encyclopedia was rejected by Nupedia's advisory board, and the project was managed independently by several top Nupedia contributors. Despite this, Wikipedia soon eclipsed Nupedia in terms of content and traffic. Within two years the Nupedia project was abandoned, and all its content was incorporated into Wikipedia. Much of today's Wikipedia staff are former Nupedia staff.

A very common criticism of Wikipedia is its inconsistent and unauthoritative submission model. The encyclopedia allows anybody to edit its pages, even anonymously. To address this issue, and to ensure quality, accurate content, all submissions and edits are moderated and regulated by a staff of regular volunteers. However, all information learned from Wikipedia should be independently verified by interested parties, and citing Wikipedia as a reference work is usually frowned upon in most academic circles. It should be noted that in 2005 the scientific publication Nature performed a comparison of the accuracy of Wikipedia and Encyclopedia Britannica, the leading print encyclopedia. It found that while the amount of errors per article in Wikipedia and Britannica were the same, the severity of errors in Wikipedia were worse. Encyclopedia Britannica suffered mostly from fact omission, whereas Wikipedia suffered from inaccurate information.



Source: http://what-is-what.com/what_is/wikipedia.html

Answer 5

There are many users (registered and anonymous IP addresses) who edit Wikipedia - there is almost never just one author to an article. You can, however, see who was the most recent User/IP to edit the article by clicking on "History" near the top of every page.



I am a Wikipedian, so I ought to know!



S.O.

Answer 6

In wikipedia famous articles are usually first put up by wikipedia and then later edited by users like us so it cant be told precisely who edited it .



If you have anything against the article or talk to editor.please

Click the Discussion tab at the top.



If you wanna modify it

Click the Edit this page. tab .

Answer 7

There are many users on Wikipedia. Everybody who uses Wikipedia is free to show what they know about one topic. So there is no one "Author" there are just millions of people trying to promote their knowledge to the world.

Answer 8

Any user can write and edit articles on wikipedia , even you can edit and write , just click on edit page of wikipedia

Answer 9

it is the internet users who visit wikipedia. it has a option to create or edit an article

Answer 10

Anyone can! thats the great part. once you write an article it becomes public domain and anyone else is also able to edit or add to what you have to say.

Answer 11

anyone can write/edit/delete post /articles on wikipedia

Answer 12

Sometimes people who have no clue, don't bet your life on the info in Wikipedia.

Answer 13

Wikipedia.org work under the GNU license agreement.

but maybe you can contact the one eidted this page or the athor by searching the history tab in the same page.

Answer 14

anyone can edit the information

that is why wikipedia is nor considered as reliable source of info

Answer 15

God. Wikipedia is all about Divine Intervention. It's pretty trippy.

Answer 16

Anybody can write stuff, and they don't have to say who they are. So the person who wrote it could know absolutely nothing at all.

Answer 17

anyone can write on wikipedia so u never know who wrote it

Answer 18

Just try Answers. com

Answer 19

wikipedians???????????????