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For me, so many hares were set up running in this session that I hardly know where to start. However, one particular hare that's currently exercising me (for fairly obvious reasons!) is that of editing in the context of the freedom and control of writing on the Internet.
This was highlighted by an article about editing Wikipedia in this week’s Guardian Weekly (21.8.09, pages 32-3: ‘Wikipedia approaches its limits’, by Bobbie Johnson. The content of Wikipedia, launched by Jimmy Wales in January 2001, is now approaching 3 million articles. However, the rate of new articles and edits now appears to be slowing down significantly. Johnson reports that, according to Ed H Chi of the Palo Alto Research Center, “Wikipedia – often touted as the bastion of open knowledge online – has become, in Chi’s words, ‘a more exclusive place.’ “ This is because there’s an editorial struggle going on between two competing factions of Wikipedia editors. One faction consists of ‘elite editors’ – an inner elite who seek to control quality tightly. These are ‘deletionists’, who maintain that “Wikipedia is not a junkyard”. The other faction are ‘inclusionists’ – who believe that the more articles, the better. After all, if they’re poorly referenced or badly written, they can be improved. “Any article is better than nothing”.
Chi believes that the elitists appear to be winning. Mirroring the process of population growth, when resources become scarcer, ‘the stronger, more well-adapted part of the population starts to have more power.’
Is this a Darwinian view of Web 2.0? Or will Webs 3.0 and 4.0 enable a more democratic and collaborative form of writing? Watch this (web) space.
Reading the notes made me dizzy and I didn't follow many of the links. I wish I'd been there. Melanie's comment gives me some encouragement although I'm still unsure about how to deal with my feelings of overwhelm. I am comforted also by the ideas associated with the edge of chaos and will order a copy of Lesley Kuhn's book. Is there a discount for AMED members or just the launch offer price?
David
Andrew
For me, so many hares were set up running in this session that I hardly know where to start. However, one particular hare that's currently exercising me (for fairly obvious reasons!) is that of editing in the context of the freedom and control of writing on the Internet.
This was highlighted by an article about editing Wikipedia in this week’s Guardian Weekly (21.8.09, pages 32-3: ‘Wikipedia approaches its limits’, by Bobbie Johnson. The content of Wikipedia, launched by Jimmy Wales in January 2001, is now approaching 3 million articles. However, the rate of new articles and edits now appears to be slowing down significantly. Johnson reports that, according to Ed H Chi of the Palo Alto Research Center, “Wikipedia – often touted as the bastion of open knowledge online – has become, in Chi’s words, ‘a more exclusive place.’ “ This is because there’s an editorial struggle going on between two competing factions of Wikipedia editors. One faction consists of ‘elite editors’ – an inner elite who seek to control quality tightly. These are ‘deletionists’, who maintain that “Wikipedia is not a junkyard”. The other faction are ‘inclusionists’ – who believe that the more articles, the better. After all, if they’re poorly referenced or badly written, they can be improved. “Any article is better than nothing”.
Chi believes that the elitists appear to be winning. Mirroring the process of population growth, when resources become scarcer, ‘the stronger, more well-adapted part of the population starts to have more power.’
Is this a Darwinian view of Web 2.0? Or will Webs 3.0 and 4.0 enable a more democratic and collaborative form of writing? Watch this (web) space.
David:
Thanks for your message. I'll sort out an AMED discount tomorrow (Wednesday) and let you (all) know what it is and how to order.
Andrew
David McAra said:Reading the notes made me dizzy and I didn't follow many of the links. I wish I'd been there. Melanie's comment gives me some encouragement although I'm still unsure about how to deal with my feelings of overwhelm. I am comforted also by the ideas associated with the edge of chaos and will order a copy of Lesley Kuhn's book. Is there a discount for AMED members or just the launch offer price?
David
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