W7.1 April 15 (Mon) — LI MENGRU

1. From the comments Paul Youngquist wrote for Synploke in 2011, it can be inferred that Wikipedia is not just an online reference work, but a dream and community. This view views Wikipedia as a collaborative effort representing the ideal of human collaboration and knowledge sharing. He put the development of Wikipedia in the context of history and culture, from the early encyclopedia to Wikipedia in the Internet era. This historical perspective helps to understand the development trajectory of Wikipedia and its position in the information age. The comments also mentioned the idealistic pursuit of early dreamers to view knowledge sharing and cooperation as means to achieve harmony, as well as the challenges and difficulties faced by Wikipedia in achieving this ideal.

Through this comment, I learned that Wikipedia represents a social and cultural phenomenon, an ideal pursuit of shared knowledge and collaboration. At the same time, I also gained an understanding of the historical and technological background behind Wikipedia, as well as the challenges and difficulties it faces in achieving its ideals.

2. Cory Doctorow gave a positive review of Joseph Reagle Jr.'s book "Goodwill Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia", calling it a model of popular academic work that is serious but not slow, intelligent but not dull, profound but not obscure.

He attributes the success of Wikipedia to its unique culture of integrity, which assumes that the person on the other side of the debate is equally committed to writing and maintaining high-quality, accurate encyclopedia style entries. And he argues that Reagle provides a convincing case that the most fascinating and unprecedented aspect of Wikipedia is not the encyclopedia itself, but the collaborative culture that supports it. This culture includes traits such as arguments, self reflection, fun, and seriousness, all of which are aimed at working together towards a project, even if it means setting aside personal differences.

From this comment, I learned about the cultural factors behind the success of Wikipedia and how scholars' in-depth exploration of this culture has enriched their understanding of this global knowledge sharing project.

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