- Jimmy used the term 'intentional vulnerability' to describe philosophy of wikipedia; it's just not interesting/challenging to wreck wikipedia content – no firewalls, passwords, etc to break; it is usually fixed within minutes … ho hu
- wikipedia about factual information, not opinions, so articles written collaboratively and based on consensus to ensure objectivity (neutrality) of information
- errors identified are quickly fixed (where possible)
- governance – first level openness, individuals/groups who operate to undermine can be banned, limit on reverts to prevent ‘edit wars’ – contributors encouraged to discuss and come to a consensus
- scientific journal Nature identified that wikipedia had an average of 4 errors per article, while Britannica had 3. Wikipedia asked for the list of errors and corrected all errors found by the study
- how many articles, users??
- Concept of wikipedia and wikia foundation based on people (this part is very inspiring!) – respect, consensus, collaboration, sum of all information available to every individual, global - same philosophy is driving wikia (likened to a library and community, where wikipedia is one type of publication, an encyclopedia)
- wikipedia has articles in 128 languages with at least 1000 articles (this number identifies there is a significant community in the language
- concern about students using/copying wikipedia articles in assessments - the recommendation that students use the wikipedia article as a starting point for research I thought was a good one - students would find links to other sources in the article, or find other sources themselves to verify, flesh out their information.
The panel discussion was a bit of a waste of time - there was a lot of theorising and soapboxing, but not much that you could grab hold of and say 'now that sounds like something that would work - that gels'.
The group activity after lunch was a discussion around the question of "what are the practical and philosophical challenges of sharing information?" There were some great ideas generated (I'm trying to find these as the organisers, education.au, were going to post the outcomes ... watch this space)
To listen to podcasts of the seminar go to: http://www.educationau.edu.au/jahia/Jahia/pid/439
And, the best part of the day... Chaser's War 10 Questions segment - If you view the episode you will see me behind Andrew Hansen as he asks Jimmy Wales why he looks more like a daytime soap star than a computer geek!! (see Episode 6) How cool is that!!
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