I cam across this article today: http://arxiv.org/PS_cache/cs/pdf/0702/0702140.pdf
It is a statistical analysis of Wikipedia <http://www.wikipedia.com>, looking at whether one can acheive high levels of quality in a complex and chaotic system. The conclusion is that wikipedia is demonstrating that it is a successful collaborative effort, and that the more hands you have in something, the better the chances of moving towards quality. What this tells me is that a few simple rules to bring visibility to ideas and projects help direct attention in a collaborative way and produce resiliant results. Using complex and chaotic systems are an deffective way of doing that. Sounds familiar, eh? What can we learn about control from wikipedia? Chris -- CHRIS CORRIGAN Consultation - Facilitation Open Space Technology Weblog: http://www.chriscorrigan.com/parkinglot Site: http://www.chriscorrigan.com Harvest Moon Consultants http://www.harvestmoonassociates.com * * ========================================================== [email protected] ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of [email protected]: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist
