We point to Wikipedia, linux and other open-source and knowledge building endeavors as indicators that a reputation based system within a community of known users can ensure a great deal of data integrity. Furthermore, data vendor sources are signified as such and cannot be changed. You can copy, save and change data from the wikibase bt the new dataset will carry your signature as author. It should also be noted that a ready and growing supply of one-click automated data transformations means you won't need to save every transformation as a separate data attribute. This reduces the potential for errors creeping into the data. Another deterrent of bad data is the additional distance between user and the data; since you are working with objects when you copy and paste you won't miss cells - all the data is always there.
We point to Wikipedia, linux and other open-source and knowledge building endeavors as indicators that a reputation based system within a community of known users can ensure a great deal of data integrity. Furthermore, data vendor sources are signified as such and cannot be changed. You can copy, save and change data from the wikibase bt the new dataset will carry your signature as author. It should also be noted that a ready and growing supply of one-click automated data transformations means you won't need to save every transformation as a separate data attribute. This reduces the potential for errors creeping into the data. Another deterrent of bad data is the additional distance between user and the data; since you are working with objects when you copy and paste you won't miss cells - all the data is always there.