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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During a conference on Friday, panelists from popular social network sites were asked to speculate about the future. Scott Heiferman, co-founder of Meetup, presented a …

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Those interested in Wikipedia are discussing the comparison of errors appearing in a sample of articles, reported in by Nature, of 42 article. While I …

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On October 4, 2005, I had the good fortune to meet Mike Godwin at the ITS Colloquium. Godwin is famous for his adage that as …

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In the past week the perennial question of “Can you trust the Wikipedia?” arose while I was working on the tedious – though oddly compelling for …

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Clay Shirky notes a cycle of references created by a few people with the effect of promotion: a Wikipedia article for Symphony OS is referenced …

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The Professional Lurker notes an article by the FreeRange Librarian which identifies the important role of deleting/removing material of dubious quality. This function, too …

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