Dear Steve,
first impression I had on reading the wikipedia entry was: Sabotage.
I checked the German version. Even though I am not happy with it (being
a radical purist) its more or less ok. In the meantime, the actual
practice is far more developed as well as the understanding what OST is
really about (expand time and space for the force of selforganisation to
unfold) is not reflected upon.
It seems to me the next WOSonOS in October in Berlin is an opportunity
for all interested in this to post the wikipedia entry as an issue.
Maybe even in different languages (I never would suggest translating the
english version into another language), such as German, Swedish,
Chinese, Hebrew, Dutch, Italian (I am suggesting these knowing that
folks from countries where these languages are common will be at the
WOSonOS).
In general, I love wikipedia and the way that stuff is characterized
("This article contains content that is written like an advertisement.
Please help improve it by removing promotional content and inappropriate
external links, and by adding encyclopedic content written from a
neutral point of view. (July 2018) (Learn how and when to remove this
template message") gives you hints on the quality of the entry.
There seems to be no way of avoiding folks messing with an entry that
are from a different planet.
Greetings from Berlin
mmp
Am 19.02.2020 um 00:27 schrieb Steve Holyer via OSList:
Hi Ya'll,
Yesterday, I checked Wikipedia for a quick encyclopedic description of
Open Space Technology.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Space_Technology
It seems that several edits were made in the last 6 months ago or so. Up
until mid 2019 I thought the wikipedia entry was good (if lacking in
some nuance out of necessity). After changes, the current entry
describes a very unusual Open Space. The Open Space it describes is not
an Open Space that I want to be a part of.
I recognise Wikipedia is not going to be perfect, but I feel like the
current entry is actually misleading, and I think it's harmful. I'd
like to do something about that.
I'm raising this to the OSLIST because I see that Harrison, Chris
Corrigan and others were actively making edits on the Wikipedia entry
and discussing it on this list between 2008 and 2015 at least. I don'
see anyone from this community working on this now (although I could
have missed some signs). However, I know there is history and
experience here dealing with the Wikipedia ecosystem.
If it's a good use of time and energy, I can help make edits to the
page, but my question is how would we approach this as member of the
community on OSLIST? What experience and history can members here bring
to bear.
(Btw this IS my first posting to OLIST, but I've been lurking around,
and meeting different parts of
this community online and face to face.)
That's the gist of my question. A few details/examples follow my signature.
Cheers,
Steve
A few of the more outrageous details/examples (IMO)
There is text that appears to describe the sponsor introducing paid
speakers in the opening. (I don't think a circle is mentioned).
In fact, the article keeps referring to the "speakers" and the "speaking
schedule", which gives me the impression that Open Space is a talking
head conference that's simply easier to organise because you don't have
to make speaker schedules in advance.
This statement from the article seems antithetical to Open Space
Technology to me: "At the end of the best open space meetings, a
debriefing document is compiled summarizing what worked and what did not
work, so the process can go more smoothly next time ... Constant
improvement of meeting design is vital for attendees to feel taken care
of and to creating the perception of value from the meeting proceedings."
The article claims to be paraphrasing Micheal Hermann's post here at
OSWorld
https://web.archive.org/web/20150518200725/http://openspaceworld.org/wp2/what-is/
by stating: "Several meaningful outcomes can and should be specifically
built into the process (safety, trust, courtesy)". I don't Michael says
anything of the sort. Don't think he would. But if he does say it, he
doesn't say it in the post referenced by the citation.
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