In articles about Wikipedia, former Britannica editor Charles Van Doren is frequently cited as saying “because the world is radically new, the ideal encyclopedia should …

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So much time in teaching is spent on trivial but time-consuming tasks. Having taught for a couple of years now, some things have gotten easier …

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I have spent much of the summer working on revising the dissertation into a book manuscript. One of the big changes is a new chapter …

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I am indebted to the help I received on comp.text.tex in formatting my dissertation and dealing with bibliography issues. When I turned to …

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I don’t often post CFPs and I won’t be able to attend WikiSym this year, but I am looking forward to reading the …

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The Wikipedia Weekly interview with Jimmy Wales turned to a topic dear to my heart: the role of Neutral Point of View in collaboration. Wales …

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If only I had something like this while working on the dissertation!

— “We here at Mead understand that as students get older and wiser, they …

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Something I learned at the W3C was that a document was never done, there are only milestones and the question of whether you have moved …

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Despite my apathy toward Scientology, I viewed the recent attacks by Anonymous with a similar indifference. I don’t view Anonymous’ attempts to bring down …

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After a presentation of my chapter on “encyclopedic anxiety” Alice Marwick recommended David Foster Wallace’s “Tense Present: Democracy, English, and the Wars Over Usage …

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