Reading 5-CAI XIAOHUA

   (1) Summary

The success of Wikipedia is the most famous example of many wiki phenomena.  "Wiki" allows logged-in users to modify their pages.  For Wikipedia, anyone can participate in editing.  The word "Wiki" means "quickly" in Hawaiian, and it also means "I know . . . ". "Wiki" has thus become the purest form of participatory creativity and intelligence sharing, and David Weinberger is writing a book on collective intelligence, which he calls "the socialization of expertise."

In new media, "wiki" and blog form the perfect complement.  Whereas blogs record unadorned and completely personal opinions, wikis directly and unequivocally allow a group of people to form a unified point of view.  The wiki's strength is in summarizing debates, but it's not for extreme opinions.

In "wikis," Wikipedia's size sets it apart.  According to Joe Kraus, co-founder and CEO of the well-known JotSpot company (a wiki software provider), among the millions of wikis, most  Designed for small, well-defined groups.  For example, team members in a company can use a wiki to collaborate on project schedules.  Wikipedia is a community, and a "community that needs to trust each other", Mr Carlos said.  Trust is easiest to form when people know each other and know what each has to contribute.  The optimal group size for humans is said to be less than 150 people, so most wikis should be small.

But Wikipedia is pretty big, and at first glance it might seem difficult to get participants to trust each other.  So how does it work?  Robert, formerly the editor-in-chief of the Encyclopedia Britannica, makes a broad point that wiki participants trust the "ambiguous semi-Darwinian" process in which entries are checked by more and more "eyeballs",  Its correctness is then "evolved".  "Would anyone really believe it?" said Mr. Robert.  He obviously didn't believe it.  For him, Wikipedia is a "trust-based encyclopedia" based on "trendy notions of community and some vague notions of information emancipation."

"In fact, the logic of semi-Darwinism is not the same as the concept of our own community," said Jimmy Wales.  He created the Wiki Foundation, Wikipedia, and some relatively lesser-known sites (such as Wiktionary, Wikinews, and Wikibooks) are all operated by this foundation.  Less than 1% of users contribute to 50% of Wikipedia's edits.  They make up hundreds of dedicated volunteers, a real community of people who know each other and care about their reputations.  In addition to "democracy" on the website, when events like John's biography arise, "nobles" (editors with higher reputations) and even "monarchs" (people like Wales) will quickly intervene.


（2）Interesting point 

Just last year, Tesla CEO Elon Musk spoke out against Wikipedia's move to limit edits to its "recession" page.  Recently, the public's definition of "recession" has become quite controversial as the Biden administration insists that the United States is not in recession.

Wikipedia, arguably the most prolific online encyclopedia on the internet, has now decided to prevent users from modifying its "declining" pages.  Before that, visitors to the site engaged in what can only be described as an "editorial war" over the definition of the term.  One Wikipedia user even edited the page to remove references to the standard definition of recession.  According to the "New York Post" report, Wikipedia's behavior has been severely criticized, and some people have accused Wikipedia of "interfering" in the Biden administration.  On July 29, Tesla CEO Elon Musk also joined the "fight", he @ Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales (Jimmy Wales), and warned him that "Wikipedia is losing its objectivity  ".  As we all know, the United States experienced the second consecutive quarter of national economic decline, and the Commerce Department said that the country's GDP fell by 0.9%.  That usually fits the traditional definition of a recession.  However, the Biden administration has refused to admit that the United States is in recession.  The country's Treasury Secretary, Janet Yellen, even forcefully explained: "This is not an economy in recession. But we are in a transitional period of slower growth, which is necessary and appropriate. We need  growing at a steady and sustainable rate."


(3)Discussion

Wikipedia says it typically puts pages in "semi-protected" mode when there's a lot of user vandalism.  When the "semi-protected" mode is enabled, unregistered users and unconfirmed or unconfirmed accounts will not be able to edit the page.  What do you think for this?

Comments

  1. YE SIQIApril 5, 2023 at 8:42 AM

    This can ensure the neutrality of the article and the verifiability of the content of the article.Wikipedia needs reliable sources to verify the authenticity of articles, and the 'semi protected' model can reduce pure nonsense and sharp remarks.

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