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Hello,<br>
<br>
Thanks a lot for these interesting accounts. I find the one by Erik
van Bemmelen <small>(<a
href="http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2010/10/07/the-wiki-elite/">http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2010/10/07/the-wiki-elite/</a>)</small>
very interesting (my pessimistic nature always draws me to the
less-positive experiences :-) ). This is usually the experience that
holds people back from contributing to WP. Someone comes out of the
blue and say your contributions are non-notable, unverified,
violating one rule or another and so forth. While this is a natural
interaction to some extent, resulting from people's possessiveness
instinct, it has become increasingly frequent and received too much
legitimacy. For example, a good editor would take the challenge and
try to verify unverified information before asking to delete it, or,
in Erik van Bemmelen's case, would appreciated the good work rather
than start arguing about notability. But what I find particularly
interesting is Erik van Bemmelen's reaction, namely "I can take my
work and offer it to another similar website". This is exactly what
WP needs these days for its own good and for the principles that
underlie the project - competition. More free-licensed wiki-sites
should be opened with focused theme and in various languages. In
fact, when people ask me today how they can contribute to WP, I
often tell them - why won't you open your own wiki? You could set
the rules for yourself and you won't have to engage in endless
discussions about each contribution. If your material is good and
free-licensed then it is very likely that it will end up on WP, and
you will still have the original version on your own site.<br>
<br>
Dror K<br>
<br>
בתאריך 06/10/10 12:49, ציטוט Geert Lovink:
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cite="mid:9DD9016E-62C1-47FF-ACD6-130203DEA13C@xs4all.nl"
type="cite">Dear all,
<br>
<br>
over the past week nearly 60 students of mine who are following
the New Media Practices course of the New Media masters at
Mediastudies (University of Amsterdam, humanities faculty) had the
assignment to write a new Wikipedia entry. They also had to write
a blog posting about this experience on the collaborative blog
called Masters of Media. This blog was founded in September 2006
and is now in use by the fifth generation of students.
<br>
<br>
I have done similar assignments over the past years. Last year we
had 35 students.
<br>
<br>
About half the students ran into trouble, either having their
entry deleted or having to rename it, change topic and so on.
<br>
<br>
Please read their exciting reports here:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/">http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/</a>.
<br>
<br>
Another way to navigate could be the tag cloud:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/tag/wikipedia/">http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/tag/wikipedia/</a>.
<br>
<br>
Here you can find photos of the three classes:
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/about/">http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/about/</a>.
<br>
<br>
At least half of the students are from outside the Netherlands,
and more than half female.
<br>
<br>
Best, Geert
<br>
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