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Dartmouth study suggests anonymous Wikipedia users prove most accurate

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From: University Wire
Date: 20071022
Author:Mitch Davis

Mitch Davis
University Wire
10-22-2007
(The Dartmouth) (U-WIRE) HANOVER, N.H. -- Anonymous users of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia may provide content of comparable quality to that provided by registered users, according to an April 2007 study conducted by Dartmouth College students and faculty.

The project, which grew out of an earlier study focused on trust in computing, was conceived by professor Denise Anthony, chair of the sociology department, computer science professor Sean Smith and Tim Williamson '05, a former computer science major.

The Wikipedia study analyzed the relative number ...

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