2. 职称考试
  3. Wikipedia Imposes New Curbs (约束) on Editing Article Wikipedia, the famous onl...

Wikipedia Imposes New Curbs (约束) on Editing Article Wikipedia, the famous onl...

admin2020-12-24  56
问题 Wikipedia Imposes New Curbs (约束) on Editing Article Wikipedia, the famous online encyclopedia, is looking to impose more discipline with new restrictions on the editing of articles.
The latest changes come as Wikipedia tries to balance a.need for credibility and a desire for openness. While anyone can still edit entries, the site is testing pages that won't register changes until they are approved by an experienced Wikipedia editor. If the site's users respond well to the test run, the new restrictions will apply to all entries for living people in the next few weeks.
The idea is to block the kind of vandalism (故意破坏)that has damaged some pages. In one of the most recent embarrassments, US Democratic Senators Robert Byrd was prematurely declared dead by the editors. Still, Wikipedia risks discouraging legitimate editing if restrictions on changes or additions become too burdensome, keeping articles from getting better or keeping up with events.That may be especially true on more obscure pages with fewer active volunteers to approve edits timely.
Aware of the risks, Wikipedia has set the criteria for "experienced editor" status relatively low.Users who are registered for a few days can give changes, said Jay Walsh, a spokesman for the nonprofit Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the site.
A more uniform system for filtering changes on Wikipedia represents a step back from the site's original philosophy, which called for creating the collective knowledge of volunteer editors without any major restrictions.
Some observers believe Wikipedia must continue tightening editing policies if it wants to gain credibility. "I'm just waiting for the other shoe to drop," said Erie Goldman, director of the High Tech Law Institute at the Santa Clara University School of Law. "My hope is that Wikipedia still exists and is still considered a useful site," Goldman said. "But it will be at that point a very tightly controlled site. It won't have that veneer (外表) of a site that anyone can contribute to. They haven't closed the drawbridge (吊桥) . People can still get in. But it keeps going up and up and up."
Separately, the Omidyar Network, a philanthropic (博爱的，慈善的) investment group started by eBay founder Pierre Omidyar, said on Tuesday it is committing $2 million over two years to the Wikimedia Foundation. Omidyar Network's grant will support Wikimedia's goals of bringing free educational content to people around the world and supporting more people to help create that content.
Why has Wikipedia set the criteria for "experienced editor" status relatively low?（）
选项 A.Because experienced editors are rare.
B.Because a lot of people are interested in the editing of entries.
C.Because stricter criteria may discourage legitimate editing.
D.Because people receive no pay for their editing.
答案C
解析细节题。题干：为什么Wikipedia将“经验丰富的编辑”标准设定得很低?利用题干关键词experienced editor可以定位到第四段第一句，意为“意识到这一风险，维基百科把所谓的“经验丰富的编辑”标准设定得很低”。“这一风险”还得到第三段第三句找，意为“出台的限制条件会降低网民合法编辑词条的积极性”，由此可知，选项C“因为严格的标准会打击合法编辑的积极性”为正确答案。
转载请注明原文地址:https://ti.zuoweng.com/ti/u3dQKKKQ
相关试题推荐
随机试题