Wikibu.ch is a free software tool to assess the reliability of
German Wikipedia
The German Wikipedia (german: Deutschsprachige Wikipedia) is the German-language edition of Wikipedia, a free and publicly editable online encyclopedia.
Founded on March 16, 2001, it is the second-oldest Wikipedia (after the English Wikipedia) ...
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[Wikibu website (in German)]
/ref> It was released by the University of Teacher Education Bern
A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. ''University'' is derived from the Latin phrase ''universitas magistrorum et scholarium'', which ...
for use in schools to improve information literacy
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.[Nando Stöcklin: Glaubwürdigkeit von Wikipedia-Inhalten: Bibliotheken sind gefragt. Die Lernende Bibliothek 2009. Tagungsband in Churer Schriften zur Informationswissenschaften, No 33: Wissensklau, Unvermögen oder Paradigmenwechsel? p. 31-39] Since 2014 it is available as open source
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.
See also
* WikiTrust
WikiTrust is a software product, available as a Firefox Plugin, which aimed to assist editors in detecting vandalism and dubious edits, by highlighting the "untrustworthy" text with a yellow or orange background. As of September 2017, the serve ...
* Wiki-Watch
* Reliability of Wikipedia
The reliability of Wikipedia concerns the validity, verifiability, and veracity of Wikipedia and its user-generated editing model, particularly its English-language edition. It is written and edited by volunteer editors who generate online ...
Sources
External links
Wikibu website
Wikipedia reliability
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