On 11 September 2010 04:56, Risker <[email protected]> wrote: > http://newsfeed.time.com/2010/09/07/wikipedia-entry-on-iraq-war-turned-into-actual-encyclopedia/ > > Technology writer James Bridle (website: http://shorttermmemoryloss.com/) > took the [[Iraq war]] entry....and turned it into a 12-volume > historiography, publishing every edit over five years. It's an interesting > exercise that isn't just a snapshot of how our project works, but of how > information becomes part of the cultural lexicon. Which battles to include? > How is that word spelled? How does one properly describe the impact of > various religious sects on the outcome? And can the entire war really be > reduced to "Saddam Hussein was a dickhead"? > > > Bridle raises many good points in his discussion, differentiating history > from historiography. Our "History" button is not just a means of > attributing contributions to meet license requirements: it is a window into > the manner in which our society collates, discusses, and accretes > information about historical events, shaping the way in which current and > future generations will view the world in our time. > > This article is well worth the read. > > Risker/Anne
It's an impressive example of churnalism. Original source is: http://booktwo.org/notebook/wikipedia-historiography/ Talk can be found at: http://huffduffer.com/dConstruct/25256 http://www.slideshare.net/stml/james-bridle-dconstruct-2010 -- geni _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
