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RequestforThoughtsonWikipedia 4 - 07 Dec 2011 - Main.AaronChan
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Would anyone be willing to share with me his or her experience editing or creating Wikipedia entries. My first paper argues that Wikipedia's hierarchy and increasingly complex set of rules have exclusionary consequences that detract from its "openness" and "anarchism." If you're interested in helping out, here are a few questions:
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 -- DevinMcDougall - 06 Dec 2011
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>		Would it help to know that the Wikimedia Foundation, which operates Wikipedia, does not exercise editorial control over the content? This is both for legal and philosophical lessons. When I worked at the Wikimedia Foundation two summers ago, we used to get complaints all the time similar to the concerns you've noted. Most of the time, we would just direct the complaints to the community, which collectively edits Wikipedia. If anyone's entry was deleted, it was due to a moderator's judgment and that moderator is part of the community. The moderator hierarchy is democratic.

Regarding whether people are dissuaded by the technical investment to create articles, this is a main concern of the Foundation and it is actively working to improve the user experience.

I think the interesting thread of your discussion is whether editors feel a sense of ownership over their articles and whether that ownership interferes with their objectivism when it comes to new edits. The bottom of the Community Portal lists several guides for how to deal with communal editing etiquette.

-- AaronChan - 06 Dec 2011

 
 
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