Tag Archives: wikipedia

:::: what is the ‘gist’ of wikipedia?

27 Mar

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… the translingual seems invisible on the English ‘About-Page’.

:::: wikimania 2009

23 Mar

From August, 26-28, 2009 the Wikmania took place in Buenes Aires (Call for Participation). This event exists since 2005 and brings together Wikimedians from all over the world. Wikimedians contributing to projects such as Wikipedia, Wikiversity or Wikitionary gather ‘offline’ in order to exchange experiences, ideas, and research. This event is open for everyone who is interested in the projects of Wikimedia. Continue reading

:::: why wikipedia?

18 Mar

Collaboration culture implies the willingness to share information and opinions and the willingness to be open towards the communication of the ‘other’. Besides, cooperation requires „the democratic minimum of the shared ability to initiate deliberation” (Bohman). This ability I see illustrated in Wikis as another many-to-many communication application. A Wiki is a type of collaborative website, a set of linked pages that enables documents to be authored collectively. Its structure and content are open to editing and evolution.  Research on Wikipedia suggests that due to the pluralist and non-hierarchic nature of the medium, Wiki debates on the so called talk pages are often conflictual and their solution is found in ambiguity (Matei/Dobrescu). This underlines that interactions between decentred publics are rather in favour of making a common structure of dissent visible. Continue reading