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Question 1: Nicholas Carr writes in the essay "The amorality of Web 2.0," speaking of the so-called ________ as a whole: "Implicit in the ecstatic visions of Web 2.0 is the hegemony of the amateur.
Dojo ToolkitAtom (standard)Hypertext Transfer ProtocolWeb 2.0

Question 2: Several editors to the encyclopedia added content to Lay's Wikipedia biography surmising that the death was in fact a ________, well in advance of any official determination of cause of death.
CremationEuthanasiaSuicideDeath and culture

Question 3: [61] Hoiberg focused on a need for expertise and control in an encyclopedia and cited ________ that overwhelming information could "bring about a state of intellectual enervation and depletion hardly to be distinguished from massive ignorance."
ModernismTechnologyLewis MumfordCity

Question 4: The topic in this second dispute was climate change; Nature reported that this dispute was far more protracted, and led to ________, which took three months to produce a decision.
ArbitrationMediationAlternative dispute resolutionLaw

Question 5: Jay Walsh, a spokesman for Wikipedia, flatly denied the allegations in an interview given to the ________.
The Daily TelegraphThe IndependentThe GuardianThe Times

Question 6: Given its inclusion online, Wikipedia was briefly banned by some internet providers in ________ as child pornography.
United KingdomGreat BritainScotlandEngland

Question 7: In October 2005 ________, a former call center worker from Scotland created a Wikipedia article in which he claimed to be a highly decorated war hero.
LondonUnited KingdomGlasgowAlan Mcilwraith

Question 8: ________ and Wikitruth, two web sites dedicated to criticizing Wikipedia and its leadership.
Internet Watch Foundation and WikipediaCitizendiumEssjay controversyWikipedia Review

Question 9: Wikipedia's policies state that assertions should be supported by reliable, published sources—ideally, by ________ publications.
Scientific methodScientific journalPeer reviewOpen peer review

Question 10: In the September 12, 2006 edition of the Wall Street Journal, Jimmy Wales debated with Dale Hoiberg, editor-in-chief of ________.
EncartaWikipediaPropædiaEncyclopædia Britannica
















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