User:RM395/Course/Week 02/Group4

=Group Members=
 * Tabbboooo
 * MangoDango
 * Katerwaul
 * SJRick

=Topic=

The vision of the Wikimedia Foundation (the organization behind Wikipedia) is "Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge.
 * What does this mission mean to you?
 * To what extent does Wikipedia meet or fall short of the goals implied in this statement?
 * Would you change anything about the Vision?

=Your Task=

As a group, come up with one cohesive response to the Topic and its questions. Your response should address all of the questions, but not as a mutually exclusive list (e.g. what the mission means to you is tied in with how you see Wikipedia meeting or falling short of its goals). The only communication you should have with your group members is that which takes place here on Wikipedia (not in the classroom).

=Response= This mission statement from Wikipedia means that the goal of the project is collect the knowledge of the world and present it to everyone (with an Internet connection). Wikipedia pages are heavily monitored to stop people with false information from adding to the site. This vision is important because it allows everybody to feel as if they can contribute to to a huge pool of knowledge. Even though the top 10% of the Wikipedia community make most of the edits to website, the option for other people to contribute is still there. The downfalls of this vision are the people with bad intentions who want to destroy the integrity of the site and the lack of motivation for the rest of the Wikipedia world to to contribute. With the culture of Wikipedia being that the highest contributors are putting up the majority of the content, many others do not feel the need to contribute because they feel somebody else will take care of it, and do not bother to register their own ideas (i.e., the "bystander effect").