'consensus' Tag

• Wikimania 2008: Wikipedia as Real Utopia with Edo Navot

  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, [...]

  posted in Conference Notes by R. Stuart Geiger

• Wikimania 2008: Wikipedia Administrators / Arbcom Panel

  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.

  posted in Conference Notes by R. Stuart Geiger

• There Is No Cabal: An Investigation into Wikipedia’s Legal Subculture

  May 31, 2007

  An investigation into the community formed by small number of Wikipedia contributors who care enough to decide how, at some level, Wikipedia is run. The work discusses identity, communication, and organizational hierarchy in this subculture.

  posted in Academic Works, Unpublished by R. Stuart Geiger