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Wikipedia
The online encyclopaedia Wikipedia challenges our preconceptions about factual information.
Before Wikipedia, it was (1) ______________ as read that encyclopaedias were written by paid experts.
In other (2) ______________ , before Wikipedia, the 'reader' of an encyclopaedia had no control over the
content. Wikipedia has changed all that, as anyone is allowed to edit and add content. The idea has certainly
(3) ______________ on and, for millions of people, Wikipedia (4) ______________ a vital need.
Wikipedia's founders (5) ______________ that, on the whole, the information on the site is no less accurate than
more traditional encyclopaedias. Despite this, critics have (6) ______________ the site for its inaccuracies.
Articles on the site have certainly (7) ______________ things which are not in fact true. However, although
these have received wide media (8) ______________ , they essentially (9) ______________ the problem. Most
people have little (10) ______________ how many inaccuracies there are in traditional printed encyclopaedias
too.
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