On Mon, Dec 20, 2010 at 11:19 PM, Tony Sidaway <[email protected]> wrote: > Joseph Reagle's book on Wikipedia culture reviewed by Cory Doctorow > > http://www.boingboing.net/2010/12/20/good-faith-collabora.html > > Could be useful if you still haven't worked out what to get the > internet nerd in your life for Christmas.
I note with interest this conclusion: > "Ultimately, Reagle offers a compelling case that Wikipedia's most > fascinating and unprecedented aspect isn't the encyclopedia itself -- rather, > it's the collaborative culture that underpins it: brawling, self-reflexive, > funny, serious, and full-tilt committed to the project, even if it means > setting aside personal differences. Reagle's position as a scholar and a > member of the community makes him uniquely situated to describe this culture." The implicit commentary on changes in en over the last few years is too obvious to spell out. -- gwern http://www.gwern.net _______________________________________________ WikiEN-l mailing list [email protected] To unsubscribe from this mailing list, visit: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikien-l
