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Tuesday, September 01, 2009

Wikipedia to Color Code Untrustworthy Text

Wired, August 30th, 2009

Starting this fall, you’ll have a new reason to trust the information you find on Wikipedia: An optional feature called “WikiTrust” will color code every word of the encyclopedia based on the reliability of its author and the length of time it has persisted on the page.

Read more at http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/08/wikitrust/

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