Lab+9

I chose Wikipedia to see if it had aspects of transparency and functionality. The website seems to be highly functional and transparent as it has a very easy to use search engine. The search engine gives the user possible suggestions if they miss spell something and also gives the user multiple options if the word searched has multiple meanings, which demonstrates great functionality. The site is frequently updated (I checked the wikispace for Lebanon and it was last updated on this page was last modified on 5 November 2009 at 12:53. The date I accessed it was Nov 5th) this is also quite evident of high functionality. Another good sign that the site is quite functional is the fact that it does not have any advertisements. There are no pop-ups or pop-under’s to annoy the user of the site. The site also quite transparent as the site also gives out many links for views to see if they want additional information. Other evidence that Wikipedia is transparent it the fact that it has a lot of sources that help build the website, the sources are also quite viable. It uses information from the CIA world fact book among other sites in the case of information about Lebanon which is a highly accurate website. The information on Wikipedia seems to be quite un-biased and it even gives an alert if the article could possibly biased which is another indication that the website it quite transparent. The site is also well managed, as there appear to be no broken links and no grammatical or spelling errors on the site which helps show which supports the fact that the website is quite functional. In conclusion Wikipedia is great example of a site that is highly functional and transparent as it does not have any broken links, the information seems to be quite transparent, it grammatically sound and finally frequently updated.