wikiFactCheck

Utilizing the powerful Wikimedia API, our website helps prevent the spread of misinformation online. We do this by determining the validity of a statement provided by the user, and providing articles.

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Inspiration

We were inspired by the community track to welcome educated discourse in our online communities.

What it does

Our website fact checks information.

How we built it

We used VScode paired up with several coding languages such as html, css, javascript, and the axios http client.

Challenges we ran into

It was difficult to break down the English language and determine every possible way a statement could be true or false. Due to this, our program would often be inconclusive on statements, so as not to assume and further the spread of misinformation. Parsing the results of the wiki API calls was also quite challenging.

Accomplishments that we're proud of

We had very little experience in the technologies we used, so we are super proud of being able to deliver a working prototype of our fact checker.

What we learned

We each learned how to develop in new coding languages, in addition to gaining an understanding of the inner workings of interactive websites and APIs.

What's next for wikiFactCheck

We hope to further the accuracy of our fact checker and gain a better understanding of what makes a statement true or false.

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