On Tuesday, December 21, 2010, Tony Sidaway wrote:
> Reading the references Joseph Reagle's book I encountered this:
> http://blog.ericgoldman.org/archives/2006/12/wikipedia_will_1.htm
Yes, I've been thinking that it would be neat to have an online debate or
something over this, as I write in the conclusion of the book:
> Wikipedia's status as an encyclopedia was debated from the start, even by its
> founders, and continues to be thought suspect by critics, particularly when a
> new scandal erupts as they seem to do every so often. This then prompts much
> discussion. In fact, the community has discussed every conceivable aspect of
> its identity and work. As I noted at the beginning of this book, this
> conversation is frequently exasperating and often humorous, but we now know
> it is also rather pragmatic and governed by good faith norms. Indeed,
> Wikipedia is an exemplar of the reflective character of open content
> communities. And just when arguments that Wikipedia would never amount to
> anything ceased, new arguments about its imminent death took their place.
> Based on research showing that Wikipedia contribution is slowing, journalist
> Stephen Foley asks, "is Wikipedia cracking up?" \acite{Foley2009siw} In 2005,
> law professor Eric Goldman predicted Wikipedia would "fail" in 2010 (i.e.,
> close access or become spam ridden), repeated the prediction in 2006, and in
> 2009 made the claim at a conference \acite{Goldman2006wwf,Anderson2009dww}.
> (If you can still edit Wikipedia when you read this book, it is safe to
> conclude that he was wrong.)
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