Webcentral

Article summary

Webcentral, is an Australian digital services provider. It is a publicly traded company that was listed on the Australian Securities Exchange in December 1999. It provides internet domain registration, email/office applications, cloud hosting, cloud services & managed services. Founded in 1996, it was the first Australian domain name registrar.

Key claims

1. date of foundation: 1996 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
2. date of foundation: 1997 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
3. date of foundation: 2009 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95
4. release date: 2000-08-23 — source: Wikipedia · confidence 0.95

Discussion questions

1. Summarise the article in your own words. Which single claim would you verify first, and why?
2. The record states that the date of foundation is "1996". What evidence would count against this claim?
3. The record states that the date of foundation is "1997". What evidence would count against this claim?
4. The record states that the date of foundation is "2009". What evidence would count against this claim?
5. The record states that the release date is "2000-08-23". What evidence would count against this claim?
6. Which claim in this article is most likely to be revised as the sources update? How would you check its current status?
7. If two sources disagreed about one of these facts, what would you need in order to trust one over the other?

Bibliography

1. Wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?oldid=1359631715