W4.1 March 25(Mon)——ZHANG LINYUE

   1.Summary:  

     The driving force behind Wikipedia is its trolls. According to Bachmann's Law, the worst trolls often inspire the best editors to create excellent articles and provide impeccable references. The pursuit of a universal encyclopedia aims to increase access to information for anyone eager to learn. However, the openness of Wikipedia, inspired by the Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) movement, is not a panacea for collaboration. The meaning of "open" and "anyone" is complex, as seen in the contradictions within Wikipedia's guiding principles. Despite challenges, abandoning the concept of openness entirely is not the solution.

From the perspective of developing content communities, the Wikipedia community is an interdependent group who engage in discussions and decision-making collectively, sharing practices defined and restored by the community. They possess common practices and norms, demonstrating a culture of collaboration, further understood as "pro-social," exhibiting willingness and behaviors beneficial to others. While it can be claimed as a pro-social community, whether it's genuinely open requires a better understanding of the meaning of "open." Open content communities feature characteristics such as open content, transparency, integrity, non-discrimination, and non-interference, providing an accessible and flexible type of collaboration.

Chapter Four summarizes how Wikipedia represents an open-content community, embodying the core values of providing open content and the concept of forking. However, balancing values such as transparency, integrity, non-discrimination, as well as issues like freedom of speech, personnel, and project security, can be quite challenging. Clay Shirky points out that successful open systems create conditions that both necessitate openness and threaten it, and the lack of a balanced approach between openness and closure may lead to failure. The Wikipedia community reflects a wide-ranging discussion on its values and how to balance them, aligning with key descriptive characteristics of open-content communities.

 

 

 

 

2.Interesting point:  

I think it's interesting that on Wikipedia, everyone can have a really fair and equitable exchange

 

 

3.Discussion:  

I think it's interesting that on Wikipedia, everyone can have a really fair and equitable exchange

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