On the Podcast that I listened to about Wikipedia, the senior editor of Wired Magazine was interviewed. He discussed the new program called the Wikipedia scanner. The Wikipedia scanner was invented by a graduate student at the California Institute of Technology named Virgil Griffeth. To be able to post anything on Wikipedia, Nicolas Thompson says that you either have to leave your name or you can post anonymously. However, when you post it leaves a trace of a number that identifies your computer. Virgil Griffeth came up with two different databases.The first database is a database of all the IP addresses from several different companies. It shows all the changes that was made to the Wikipedia page.
The other database makes it to where you can go back and see that there was a change made to the Wikipedia page and you can see exactly what the changes were. Wikipedias main concern, Nicolas Thompson says, is the accuracy of their program and the source of where the changes came from. For the fact that anyone can make changes to Wikipedia and their information, it changes the way you look and use Wikipedia. Nicolas Thompson believes that because the information you make to Wikipedia can be traced back to the source it will scare companies away from making any changes to Wikipedia. He believes that the Wikipedia Scanner will be beneficial to Wikipedia and allow Wikipedia to become a better website.
To listen to the podcast about Wikipedia with Nicolas Griffeth go to:
Wikipedia Podcast and click the LISTEN button.
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