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What will be our Taj Mahal of text?
A slide flashed on the screen—the Taj Mahal. The audience was initially taken by its physical beauty. But upon closer inspection, we were told, one would find much of the text of the Koran chiseled into this wonder of the … Continue reading
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Future of Text Symposium talk
Wikipedia is important to the future, and important to text. Future of Text 2016 slides Text-based, honors the legacy of text Collaborative: Hundreds of thousands of volunteers Preserves values of journalism, academia Journalists & academics resist the pull – to … Continue reading
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Open Innovation Communities (for AOM)
Some thoughts and links about Wikipedia, to support the Professional Development Workshop led by Joe Cox at the 2016 Academy of Management annual meeting. What is Wikipedia? Wikipedia is the largest, and most widely read, publication in history; but perhaps … Continue reading
French Wikipedians discuss conflict of interest, paid editing
Editor’s note: Readers of this blog may be familiar with the ongoing controversies around paid editing on the English language Wikipedia. (See here for our past writings on the topic.) Wikipedia editors struggle with a number of issues around paid … Continue reading
Wikipedia: Six hopes for the next 15 years
This post was originally published on Medium.com. Wikipedia is an unheralded crown jewel of the Internet. And today, it turns 15! Founded before current titans like Facebook and YouTube (and even before predecessors like MySpace and Friendster), Wikipedia has shown … Continue reading
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Wikimedia Foundation’s strong step toward good governance
The Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) today took an important step toward running its finances in a more transparent and accountable way. Luis Villa, the WMF’s Senior Director of Community Engagement, explained (see video clip below, ~10 minutes) how the organization had incorporated a … Continue reading
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Announcing 15 for 15: Perspectives on Wikipedia’s Quinceañera
Here at Wiki Strategies, we are excited to celebrate Wikipedia’s 15th birthday on January 15, 2016. January also marks my 10 year anniversary as a Wikipedian. Wikipedia is the world’s most extensive platform for collaboration, as well as being the … Continue reading
Grants and transparency: Wikimedia Foundation should follow standards it sets
I wrote and edited a number of grant proposals and reports on behalf of the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) from 2009 to 2011. In that role, I participated in a number of staff discussions around restricted grants, and transparency in the … Continue reading
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Wikimedia Foundation ousts community-elected Trustee
Today, the Wikimedia Foundation’s ten member Board of Trustees voted to oust one of its members. (Updated links: see these two email list threads: one initiated by Dr. James Heilman, the other initiated by Board chair Patricio Lorente. The Wikipedia … Continue reading
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Conflict of interest and expertise
How can we best engage experts in the project of building and improving Wikipedia? This question has guided my work, and that of Wiki Strategies, for many years. When the Wikimedia Foundation hired me in 2009, it was to take on that … Continue reading
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