From geert at xs4all.nl  Thu Feb 21 20:36:07 2013
From: geert at xs4all.nl (Geert Lovink)
Date: Thu, 21 Feb 2013 20:36:07 +0100
Subject: <CPOV> INC Unlike Us Social Media Reader Out Now
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From johanna.niesyto at googlemail.com  Sun Feb 24 20:21:40 2013
From: johanna.niesyto at googlemail.com (Johanna Niesyto)
Date: Sun, 24 Feb 2013 20:21:40 +0100
Subject: <CPOV> new step in wp-discussions
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hi everybody,

i am following the wp-paid-editors-discussions with great interest -
to me that's a new step that after wikpedia-watchdogs (e.g.
wikiscanner) we now see (external) wikpedia-rankings:
http://wikipedia-corporate-index.de/rankings

what do think of these recent developments? just another step of the
net economy's differentiation or a crucial question to the
wp-communities selfconceptions?

bests
johanna


(fyi: http://transnationalspaces.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/neue-stufe/)



From Mazarakis at fzi.de  Mon Feb 25 12:59:15 2013
From: Mazarakis at fzi.de (Athanasios Mazarakis)
Date: Mon, 25 Feb 2013 11:59:15 +0000
Subject: <CPOV> cpov Digest, Vol 35, Issue 2
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Nice.
</sarcasm>

Having said that: I think that rankings are (and will be) an important aspect to provide wp information in an aggregated and quick way. But I doubt, that a company can do this in an unbiased way...

Cheers,
Athanasios



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> hi everybody,
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> i am following the wp-paid-editors-discussions with great interest - to me
> that's a new step that after wikpedia-watchdogs (e.g.
> wikiscanner) we now see (external) wikpedia-rankings:
> http://wikipedia-corporate-index.de/rankings
> 
> what do think of these recent developments? just another step of the net
> economy's differentiation or a crucial question to the wp-communities
> selfconceptions?
> 
> bests
> johanna
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From hfordsa at gmail.com  Tue Feb 26 08:22:43 2013
From: hfordsa at gmail.com (Heather Ford)
Date: Tue, 26 Feb 2013 07:22:43 +0000
Subject: <CPOV> new step in wp-discussions
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On Feb 24, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Johanna Niesyto wrote:

> hi everybody,
> 
> i am following the wp-paid-editors-discussions

Do you know where these are happening these days? I found discussions around Bamkin and Klein's "outing" (e.g. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57514677-93/corruption-in-wikiland-paid-pr-scandal-erupts-at-wikipedia/) really interesting, especially since it seems like the tip of a very large iceberg on Wikipedia these days... 

> with great interest -
> to me that's a new step that after wikpedia-watchdogs (e.g.
> wikiscanner) we now see (external) wikpedia-rankings:
> http://wikipedia-corporate-index.de/rankings
> 
> what do think of these recent developments? just another step of the
> net economy's differentiation or a crucial question to the
> wp-communities selfconceptions?
> 
> bests
> johanna
> 
> 
> (fyi: http://transnationalspaces.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/neue-stufe/)
> 
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From johanna.niesyto at googlemail.com  Wed Feb 27 07:58:46 2013
From: johanna.niesyto at googlemail.com (Johanna Niesyto)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 07:58:46 +0100
Subject: <CPOV> new step in wp-discussions
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hi heather

here u find also a collection of discussions in en-wikipedia, also
including an article case:
http://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Umgang_mit_bezahltem_Schreiben/Diskussionssammlung#section_2

you are right it is the top of an iceberg and at the same time a conflict
about wikipedias self-perception.

von hier & dort gesendet
Am 26.02.2013 08:22 schrieb "Heather Ford" <hfordsa at gmail.com>:

>
> On Feb 24, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Johanna Niesyto wrote:
>
> hi everybody,
>
> i am following the wp-paid-editors-discussions
>
>
> Do you know where these are happening these days? I found discussions
> around Bamkin and Klein's "outing" (e.g.
> http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57514677-93/corruption-in-wikiland-paid-pr-scandal-erupts-at-wikipedia/)
> really interesting, especially since it seems like the tip of a very large
> iceberg on Wikipedia these days...
>
> with great interest -
> to me that's a new step that after wikpedia-watchdogs (e.g.
> wikiscanner) we now see (external) wikpedia-rankings:
> http://wikipedia-corporate-index.de/rankings
>
> what do think of these recent developments? just another step of the
> net economy's differentiation or a crucial question to the
> wp-communities selfconceptions?
>
> bests
> johanna
>
>
> (fyi: http://transnationalspaces.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/neue-stufe/)
>
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From hfordsa at gmail.com  Wed Feb 27 10:48:57 2013
From: hfordsa at gmail.com (Heather Ford)
Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2013 09:48:57 +0000
Subject: <CPOV> new step in wp-discussions
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Thanks, Johanna!

We've also come across instances of government intelligence agents as well as activists editing the encyclopedia on political events topics in the Oxford Internet Institute's workshops in the Middle East. It's interesting to consider motivation and conflict of interest in broad terms. After all, what are "good" motives vs "bad" ones? There seem to be so many grey areas...

On Feb 27, 2013, at 6:58 AM, Johanna Niesyto wrote:

> hi heather
> 
> here u find also a collection of discussions in en-wikipedia, also including an article case:
> http://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProjekt_Umgang_mit_bezahltem_Schreiben/Diskussionssammlung#section_2
> 
> you are right it is the top of an iceberg and at the same time a conflict about wikipedias self-perception.
> 
> von hier & dort gesendet
> 
> Am 26.02.2013 08:22 schrieb "Heather Ford" <hfordsa at gmail.com>:
> 
> On Feb 24, 2013, at 7:21 PM, Johanna Niesyto wrote:
> 
>> hi everybody,
>> 
>> i am following the wp-paid-editors-discussions
> 
> Do you know where these are happening these days? I found discussions around Bamkin and Klein's "outing" (e.g. http://news.cnet.com/8301-1023_3-57514677-93/corruption-in-wikiland-paid-pr-scandal-erupts-at-wikipedia/) really interesting, especially since it seems like the tip of a very large iceberg on Wikipedia these days... 
> 
>> with great interest -
>> to me that's a new step that after wikpedia-watchdogs (e.g.
>> wikiscanner) we now see (external) wikpedia-rankings:
>> http://wikipedia-corporate-index.de/rankings
>> 
>> what do think of these recent developments? just another step of the
>> net economy's differentiation or a crucial question to the
>> wp-communities selfconceptions?
>> 
>> bests
>> johanna
>> 
>> 
>> (fyi: http://transnationalspaces.wordpress.com/2013/02/24/neue-stufe/)
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> cpov mailing list
>> cpov at listcultures.org
>> http://listcultures.org/mailman/listinfo/cpov_listcultures.org
> 
> Heather Ford 
> Oxford Internet Institute Doctoral Programme 
> www.ethnographymatters.net 
> @hfordsa on Twitter
> http://hblog.org 
> 

Heather Ford 
Oxford Internet Institute Doctoral Programme 
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@hfordsa on Twitter
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