R. Stuart Geiger

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• Wikimania 2008: New Paradigms for New Tomorrows with Ismail Serageldin

  Sunday, July 20, 2008

  Director of the Library of Alexandria, Dr. Ismail Serageldin gave a keynote speech on the first day of Wikimania 2008 titled, New Paradigms for New Tomorrows.  It was quite thoughtful and inspiring - the man is one of the most amazing individuals I have heard.  He is learned in so many different areas of academic [...]

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• Wikimania 2008: Collaborative research on Wikiversity with Cormac Lawler

  Sunday, July 20, 2008

  Collaborative research on Wikiversity by Cormac Lawler (user Cormaggio on Wikimedia projects) at the University of Manchester.  Wikiversity is a relatively young project in the Wikimedia umbrella, but I think it is a natural development and a great space to realize the potential of all the educators currently on Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, and all the [...]

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• Wikimania 2008: State of the Mediawiki

  Sunday, July 20, 2008

  State of the Mediawiki, a presentation give at Wikimania by some developers of Mediawiki and maintainers of the Wikimedia installation of it

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• Wikimania 2008: Wikipedia as Real Utopia with Edo Navot

  Sunday, July 20, 2008

  Wikipedia as Real Utopia: Governance, knowledge production, and the institutional structure of Wikipedia – Edo Navot, University of Wisconsin, Madison, Sociology. Here follows my rough transcription of his speech, followed by my comments.  The fact that his is the only presentation I have so far commented on should be taken as a sign of respect, [...]

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• Wikimania 2008: Closing Ceremony

  Sunday, July 20, 2008

  Here are my notes from the closing ceremony of Wikimania. It was really an amazing conference and I was very honored to be there.

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• Wikimania 2008: Flagged Revisions with Philipp Birken

  Sunday, July 20, 2008

  From “Flagged Revisions,” a presentation at Wikimania 2008 by Philip Birken. In my opinion, flagged revisions realize the concept of stable versions without making the article actually stable.  It is not a system of voting to approve new revisions - a new revision is approved when only one autoconfirmed user says it is [...]

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• Wikimania 2008: Wikipedia Administrators / Arbcom Panel

  Sunday, July 20, 2008

  This panel was at Wikimania 2008, and featured James Forrester, Andrew Lih, Kat Walsh, and Charles Matthews. Everyone except for Lih is or has been on the Arbitration Committee, and this turned into a discussion about admins.

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• Wikimania 2008: Content and the Internet in the (Globalized) Middle East

  Friday, July 18, 2008

  Content and the Internet in the (Globalized) Middle East, Dr. Ahmed Tantawi, Technical Director, IBM Middle East and North Africa.  Another copy of my notes from Wikimania 2008 - this was the keynote speech on the second day of the conference.  He began by warning us that, “I’ve changed this presentation, and I’ll change it [...]

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• Wikimania 2008: Education and the Wiki Paradigm: A Tug of War?

  Thursday, July 17, 2008

  This was part of the opening keynote in Wikimania 2008, given by the Egyptian Deputy Minister of Communication and IT, Hoda Baraka. Here are my notes, again without any commentary - I apologize for them not being cleaner.

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• Wikimania 2008: Opening Keynote with Egyptian Minister Ahmed Darwish

  Thursday, July 17, 2008

  The official theme or slogan for this year’s Wikimania is “the knowledge revolution that is changing wisdom.” I think this phrase – especially the difference between knowledge and wisdom – was chosen very carefully and I think it is an excellent distinction to make. This morning’s opening ceremony began with a speech from [...]

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