User:DGG/R

positive factors affecting reliability

 * 1) Large number of contributors
 * 2) Varied background of contributors
 * 3) Education
 * 4) Interest
 * 5) Geography
 * 6) Language knowledge
 * 7) Specialist contributors
 * 8) WikiProjects and Workgroups
 * 9) Screening of contributions
 * 10) Recent Changes
 * 11) Edit filters
 * 12) New Pages
 * 13) Patrolled pages for Biography of Living people (forthcoming)
 * 14) Quality ratings: featured articles,...
 * 15) Blocking
 * 16) Policy on sourcing
 * 17) Policy: Not Censored
 * 18) Edit histories
 * 19) OTRS

Negative factors affecting reliability

 * 1) Concentration of editors on popular topics
 * 2) Anonymity
 * 3) Impermanence
 * 4) Pressure groups & cabals
 * 5) Cultural bias
 * 6) Recentist
 * 7) Anglocentric
 * 8) Political inclinations
 * 9) Philosophical inclinations
 * 10) Taboos