Why not Sign it? Addressing the Flaws of Wikipedia
I realize I never touched on an interesting point by Berinstein. With regards to Wikipedia, she questions why individuals are not forced to sign their contributions. Berinstein states that it would make the site more authentic as the author would be help responsible for what they posted. By signing their work, an author would be forced to own their own text.
I think that Berinstein’s idea is very intriguing. While the intention of holding individuals responsible for their contributions is admirable, there is no way to do it. How would Wikipedia ensure that contributors sign their work? Even if they did, how would they ensure authors sign with their real name? While Berinstein has good intentions to solve an obvious problem, it is simply not possible or realistic.
I think the simple solution is to teach kids information and critical thinking skills so that they will be able to recognize good and bad sources of information be it on the internet or elsewhere.
Probably unsigned because in its first iteration anyone could and did edit.
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