When I’ve spoken about the advantages of Wikis in the past, I pointed out the benefit of having organizational/cultural knowledge documentation be very …

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When I make a substantive contribution to Wikipedia, I tend to edit “off-line” until I’m satisfied with the text, and then post it in …

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In 1999, while I was a fellow at the Berkman Center, I wrote a paper on Why the Internet is Good; in it, I noted …

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Doug Morris, recommended Shapin’s (1994) A Social History of Truth which I found very interesting in light of my interest with politeness. Shapin makes …

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It is interesting to see how the social organization and culture of Wikipedia changes as it matures. During a session at Wikimania on liability (i …

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The Neutral Point of View (NPOV) policy was much discussed at this month’s Wikimania 2006. There was, of course, my own presentation asking “Is …

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Larry Sanger, Wikipedia cofounder and present-day apostate, has a new project. In his recent article Text and Collaboration Sanger (2006tcp) makes an argument for why …

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What does the recent news of a Wikipedia CEO who is also a lawyer, an “oversight” function that makes hidden revisions to Wikipedia, and the …

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I recently completed my review and analysis of the Nupedia e-mail list archives. Since they are no longer easily accessible, I thought I would share …

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A Zen-inspired aesthetic of haiku is sabi: an insightful appreciation of the “suchness” of ordinary objects and daily events. Hass (1994:xiv) writes of this …

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