W4.1 March 25 — WANG YIHUA

 Summary

  The Wikipedia community is an open place where everyone participates in discussions and collaboration. It emphasizes the importance of openness, highlighting certain characteristics such as open content, transparent processes, fair treatment for all, and avoiding interference in others' activities. The author also mentions the history of the free software movement, illustrating the development of open content and Wikipedia's role within it. Overall, Wikipedia is a typical open community, demonstrating the importance and value of openness in practice.

Interesting point

  The challenge facing Wikipedia lies in striking a balance between the openness of allowing anyone to edit and the need to prevent abuse. While Wikipedia is open, it does not tolerate persistent disruptive behavior. The goal of Wikipedia is to produce a high-quality encyclopedia, which sometimes necessitates additional technical interventions to address harmful openness. While some may argue that Wikipedia permitting certain behaviors does not imply indispensability, there is a need to weigh the relationship between openness and quality, striving to maintain the principle of openness while mitigating abuse.

Discussion

  How does Wikipedia maintain its principle of openness while preventing abuse?

Comments

  1. WYRRRRMarch 30, 2024 at 6:22 AM

    Wikipedia maintains its principle of openness while preventing abuse through community-driven moderation, content policies, blocking and banning of abusive users, automated tools for vandalism detection, transparency, and education/outreach programs.

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