Reading6：XU RUOCI

1:Summary

Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia is a book published in 2010 by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. on the subject of Wikipedia and the Wikipedia community. The book is an ethnographic study of Wikipedia's history, its real-life and theoretical pioneers, and its culture including its consensus and collaborative practices, and has been described as a seminal ethnographic study of Wikipedia's culture.

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the full text, while Chapter 2 explores encyclopedias and community collaboration through practical examples. Chapters three and four discuss the reasons why Wikipedia has met expectations. Chapters five and six focus on the decision-making process in Wikipedia. The concerns about wikis are outlined by the author in Chapter 7.

 

2:Interesting point

Regel's book on Wikipedia culture accurately describes this socio-cultural and socio-technical phenomenon of Wikipedia. Although mainly an overview, it does provide some theoretical ideas about the problems Wikipedia faces when it comes to

 

3:Discussion

If you were writing a book about Wikipedia, what kind of a book would you write? (e.g. Your story with Wikipedia?)


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