Know It All

1. The author's main point in this article was that Wikipedia is still a very young vast source of information which is still unreliable. The author gives examples of how Wikipedia information can be a liability, when he stated that every can become and user and add data to its source. They have precautions which obliterate all the obscenities found in its source, but those sources don't always find everything. The author also stated that compared to the Britannica, Wikipedia has more errors.
2. In the article, the author had a great display of supporting details "Wikipedia may be the world’s most ambitious vanity press. There are two hundred thousand registered users on the English-language site, of whom about thirty-three hundred—fewer than two per cent—are responsible for seventy per cent of the work". This passage shows that the author used data as his supporting details to back up his main idea. The main idea that's being supported is the fact that a small percentage of people are speaking for the majority. The author is saying that out of the all the registered users there are only a few who actually contribute to the encyclopedia, and this few provides an even less credible source.
3. Under the aspects of visceral design, Wikipedia has the Encyclopedia Britannica beat. Since Wiki is an internet source its visual appeal can be changed all the time, whereas the Britannica can only be changed whenever it's published. As far as behavioral design, the Britannica is a more reliable source which will always function better for the user. On the other hand Wikipedia is located on the internet which is easily accessible for users. Each form of the encyclopedia has its own reflective design. Some people like to own every version of the Britannica, because it makes them look intelligent and well educated. While as others want to use Wikipedia because they feel it makes them look cool and hip to the trends.