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O.P.Gobée
26-5-2008
Wiki: We, the People Publish
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Knowledge & infomation
Music, photo, video
Opinion & judgement
Trade
Social networking
Production(software)
1.1. Quality / ReliabilityQuality / Reliability
2.2. Speed of Development and Speed of Development and ProgressProgress
3.3. Distribution of Power Distribution of Power
How to judge it?
Frequency
Trust, authority, expert
Plausible
See/hear yourself
Encyclopedia Brittanica
Wikipedia, Google, Internet
+/(access orig. sources, photo,
video)
+(discussion, access
more sources)
-
+(Google page-ranking,
star-systems)
+
-
New Scientist, 22 September 2007,
Volume 195, Issue 2622, P. 28-29Jim Giles
• German Wiki:check prior to publishing by ‘trusted editors’
• English Wiki:- certified entries available, besides default- quality rating
All errors (per lemma)
Serious errors (total)
Encyclopedia Brittanica online
Wikipedia, Google, Internet
4 4
4 / lemma 3 / lemma
Internet encyclopaedias go head to head. Special report. J Giles, Nature, Vol 438, 15 Dec 2005, pp900-901
Wikipedia for students?Wikipedia for students?
• Cross-check Cross-check anyany resource resource• Web-resources:Web-resources:
– volatile nature of the web draws extra attention to volatile nature of the web draws extra attention to this needthis need
– easy access to large scores of resources easy access to large scores of resources facilitates cross-checkingfacilitates cross-checking
“it’s printed, so it must be
true”
Encyclopedia BrittanicaEncyclopedia Brittanica• exists 240 years• 4000 authors• 65000 articles
WikipediaWikipedia• exists 7 years• 75000 authors• 2.25 mln English articles, 10 mln articles in 250
languages
Masses
Masses
Masses
Printing has democratized the recipient, Internet has democratized the sender
http://www.
Knowledge & infomation
Music, photo, video
Opinion & judgement
Trade
Social networking
Production(software)
Monopolists of:Monopolists of:
• knowledge and opinion (experts)knowledge and opinion (experts)• means of distribution means of distribution
(publishers, tv, recording industry)(publishers, tv, recording industry)• means of productionmeans of production
(music, photo, film, software)(music, photo, film, software)
lose their monopoly….lose their monopoly….
Digital revolutionDigital revolution
The availability to the peopleThe availability to the people
of means for production, distribution and receipt of of means for production, distribution and receipt of knowledge, services and goods knowledge, services and goods
instead of only to a fewinstead of only to a few
Developments leading to more equal sharing of Developments leading to more equal sharing of powerpower
Magna CartaMagna Carta
French RevolutionFrench Revolution
DemocracyDemocracy
PrintingPrinting
Mass mediaMass media
Internet, Web 2.0Internet, Web 2.0
More widely accessible easier means of More widely accessible easier means of production production
ConclusionConclusion
At the price of a small loss in guarantee of reliability
an enormous increase in speed of development and
a more equal distribution of power
has been achieved
• Quality / ReliabilityQuality / Reliability• Speed of Development and ProgressSpeed of Development and Progress
• Distribution of PowerDistribution of Power
Closed source proprietary software, e.g. Microsoft, Adobe
Open Source software, e.g. Linux, OpenOffice, PHP, Apache, MySQL
production of software
ads in newspaperspersonal profile sites (e.g. FaceBook (USA), MySpace, Hyves (NL)), dating sites, career sites (Monster.com)
social networking
traditional auctions, (second-hand) shops
eBay, Marktplaats.nl (NL) anyone wanting to sell something
trade
Limited number of criticists, journalists, experts, traditional newspapers, magazines, tv and radio programs
rating-systems (e.g. stars ****) and reviews posted by anyone on sites as Amazon, Booking.com.
Numerous weblogs
judgements and opinions
Film producers, recording industryYouTube, Flickr, p2p, musicians publishing own works online
music, pictures, film
Encyclopedia, books, publishersGoogle, Wikipedia, anyone who can publish online
information and knowledge
‘Traditional era’‘Digital era’Field