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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In the conclusion of my dissertation I note how in 2004 a disaffected Wikipedian told me the project had gone downhill. Ironically, a few years …

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A discussion on wikiEN-l about yet another Wikipedia alternative prompted me to wonder about the status of the GNU Free Documentation (GFDL 1.3) to …

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As I indicated when I posted a draft of a new chapter on consensus, I’ve been busily working on transforming the dissertation into a …

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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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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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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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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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