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  • Video: Conceptions and Misconceptions Academics Hold About Wikipedia

    Friday, August 15, 2008

    The good folks at the Library of Alexandria and Kaltura have made available videos of a good number of presentations from Wikimania 2008.  Luckily, mine was one of the ones up!  So without further ado:

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  • Wikimania 2008

    Sunday, July 20, 2008

    I had the honor of attending Wikimania 2008, held in the amazing Library of Alexandria.  Here are some of the presentations I saw, with my notes.  Some of the speeches are up on the Library of Alexandria’s website, but not all.

    Opening Keynote with Egyptian Minister Ahmed Darwish

    New Paradigms for New Tomorrows with Ismail Serageldin
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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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  • Conceptions and Misconceptions Academics Hold About Wikipedia

    Friday, July 18, 2008

    As an ethnographer, I enter into communities, learn their customs, beliefs, and practices, then report back to the academy to share what I have discovered. In this presentation, I wish to do the opposite, presenting to the Wikipedian community an ethnography of academics as they relate to Wikipedia.

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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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  • Wikimania 2008

    Wednesday, July 16, 2008

    I am currently in Egypt for Wikimania 2008, which is being held this year at the Library of Alexandria. On Sunday, I will be presenting my ethnographic analysis of conceptions and misconceptions academics hold about Wikipedia. This presentation was going to be about old, computer-illiterate professors but has turned into something much more [...]

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