W9 After reading following materials
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Fake articles are also created on Wikipedia. For the purpose of this list, a hoax is defined as a clear and reliable current false information as fact. Nor do they allow on April Fool's Day pranks.
One way to identify a fake article is to investigate its structure and content, what other articles on Wikipedia mention (i.e., insertivity), and the functionality of the editor who created the page. In particular, fake articles are longer than legitimate articles, less likely to have links to other Wikipedia articles, references, images, or other "wiki-like" markups, and less likely to be mentioned in other Wikipedia articles before writing. It is more likely to be created from a new account with little or no other modifications.
Within approximately an hour, 90% of the fake information is deleted and only 1% lasts for more than a year.
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It's amazing that fake articles disappear so quickly. It is also interesting that 1% does not last more than a year. I knew there would be a lot of fake articles on Wikipedia. But according to the above, fake news can be quickly cleaned up by Wikipedia's midnight effect.
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Should fake news writers be punished?
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