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Evolving Governance and Media Use in Wikipedia: A Historical Account

Friday, January 23, 2009

In an age of information overload, the history of Wikipedia’s co-evolving media use and governance model gives us a powerful lesson regarding the way in which the development of social structures and media technologies are fundamentally interrelated in the digital era.

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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: 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: 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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