From dqamir at bezeqint.net Fri Jul 1 11:26:14 2011 From: dqamir at bezeqint.net (Dror Kamir) Date: Fri, 01 Jul 2011 12:26:14 +0300 Subject: Some more about the Arab revolutions and Wiki/Web 2.00 systems Message-ID: <4E0D92B6.8040404@bezeqint.net> Hello, Since I saw my recent blog-post about the Egyptian revolution and Wikipedia raised some interest, here is some more information about the Arab revolutions and Wiki/Web 2.00 systems: http://anduraru.wordpress.com/2011/07/01/dostor-wiki/ Dror K From dqamir at bezeqint.net Sat Jul 2 17:01:11 2011 From: dqamir at bezeqint.net (Dror Kamir) Date: Sat, 02 Jul 2011 18:01:11 +0300 Subject: Interesting observation about "protection" of Wikipedia articles against IP edits Message-ID: <4E0F32B7.6040909@bezeqint.net> Hello, I used one of the statistical analysis tools offered in the article Geert forwarded some three weeks ago "The Unfolding of Wikipedia as a Dynamic Socio ? Technical System: A Case Study of Controversy". I fed the article "Golan Heights" from en-wp into the mechanism, and found a simple yet interesting observation, and I'd like to verify it (please tell me if I've got something wrong in reading the data). http://toolserver.org/~soxred93/articleinfo/index.php?article=Golan+Heights&lang=en&wiki=wikipedia&begin=&end= The article is currently partially "protected" so that only veteran registered users can edit it. This is allegedly due to edit wars and other interruptions. And yet, statistically, the number of IP edits has always been rather low (naturally it dropped to zero after the "protection" was applied, but I mean when there was still an option for IP edits). It seems as if by "protecting" the article, the veteran editors of this article "cleared the ground" to allow themselves to edit the article "freely" without "interruptions" by others, as if saying, "all animals can edit, but some animals edit more" (sorry for the sarcasm). I suppose the justification for such "protection" is improper edits (allegedly) by some anonymous people who switch IP addresses, but then again, when you look at the relatively small number of editors to this article (many edits with rather few nicknames repeating), it makes one feel unease. I'm sure this article is not the only example. Dror K From geert at xs4all.nl Tue Jul 5 12:17:32 2011 From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink) Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 12:17:32 +0200 Subject: Ilektra Pavlaki: The Development of the Greek-language Wikipedia Message-ID: <332D90AD-426C-4E81-91B9-0D8E1AB739D7@xs4all.nl> The Development of the Greek-language Wikipedia: An interview with the general coordinator of the ?I participate in Wikipedia? campaign. By Ilektra Pavlaki Yiannis Giannarakis is the general coordinator of the ?I participate in Wikipedia? campaign, which aims at the development and enrichment of the Greek ? language Wikipedia. The initiative, launched in January 2011, is supported by the Greek-language Wikipedia community, the Greek Ministry of Education, the Greek Free/Open-Source Software Society (GFoss) and the Greek Research and Technology Network (GrNet). Here, Giannarakis talks about the collaboration between the Greek- language Wikipedia community and the agents who support the campaign, as well as the valuable ?lessons? the campaign has offered to both new and experienced users. Finally, he shares his vision concerning the future of the Greek-language Wikipedia. Read more here: http://mastersofmedia.hum.uva.nl/2011/07/05/the-development-of-the-greek-language-wikipedia-an-interview-with-the-general-coordinator-of-the-i-participate-in-wikipedia-campaign/