In Noam Cohen’s recent New York Times article about “The Wars of Words on Wikipedia’s Outskirts” (i.e., the recent ArbCom decision about …

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I recently noted there were some new numbers on the 100,000 feature-quality articles page. In May 2008 (based on a January assessment I believe …

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The challenge at the heart of collective action is how cooperative behavior emerges when there are apparent reasons for it not to. This is famously …

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Because I use speech recognition software (SR) I’m forced to tangle with proprietary software and formats; this provides a continuous reminder of the benefits …

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In the past few months I have received invitations to join varied Google Groups. While they are no doubt easy to set up, the (ironic …

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A brief historical essay is now available at ACM Interactions (or on my site):

“Wikipedia was an accident.” I sometimes offer this (admittedly) exaggerated claim …

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The season finale of a television series can leave me in one of three states: (1) what a sad/pitiful ending to something that was …

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In 2002 I began thinking about how to best capture and share the many web-pages and small tasks of the day. I thought of it …

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In my previous entry I commented on one of the articles in the Episteme Wikipedia issue. I thought it would also share my comments on …

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I have to agree with Sage Ross on his response to Brad Wray’s The Epistemic Cultures of Science and Wikipedia: a Comparison. Wray is …

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