Evaluating Websites and Wikipedia

The first time in grade school and I had to do some sort of research project the class would always go to the library and the librarians would find books for us related to our topics and tell us websites that would also help with our search. They would also have a little session explaining to us what type of websites are reliable to use for your websites. So I always had a sort of idea what looks reliable.

Just as this article says I was always taught to trust websites that end with .edu or .gov.

Even though I have been taught not to really trust websites by just searching through Google I sometimes fell into just doing a quick Google search. If I clicked a link for a site that look disorganized and I could not easily find what I was looking for I would automatically exit that page.

Design, Organization and Ease of Use

Design, organization and ease of use are important considerations. Web sites can provide useful sources of information; but if they are slow to load, difficult to navigate, search or read, then their contribution or usefulness will be diminished.

I thought it was really interesting seeing the Wikipedia article change overtime slowly. It was especially cool that it was changing minute by minute with the vandalism.

I think overall it was really cool and its amazing to see that just random people do this to all the wiki sites.