Despite appearances, I do make note of the Wikipedia disaffected. A possible criticism of my work is my focus on the notion of “good faith …

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An issue related to the question of priority, noted in a previous entry, is the general historical question of causality. Priority, who first had an …

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A few days ago, while walking home from the local library, I recalled an expression I learned in a class on early Christian history: primus …

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In a draft on Wikipedia leadership I labeled the “benevolent dictator” form of leadership in open content communities as “paramount leadership.” As I turn to …

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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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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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