Talk:Future of Wikipedia

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Potential Problems to be Explored

Unsafe @ Any Speed?

  • Need to consider the very real possibility that Wikipedia is an inherently defective social-technical product that cannot be fixed by any means even remotely feasible given the present conditions of its existence.

The Laborious Way That Decisions Are Made?

Newbies? Editing Interface

Demographics

Gender Issues

The View of Wikipedia in the Institution/Institutions?

Fleshing out references to bolster things?

Not using all of its potential?

The Quality Issue?

Deletionism and inclusionism in Wikipedia
Using Mechanical Turks for editing
gate keeper

Online harassment or defamation problem in Wikipedia?

Star wars kid
ReputationDefender
Maybe this is not a problem of Wikipedia, this is a problem in the internet generally

Solutions Looking for Problems

Getting Educational Institutions to Explicitly Participate

  • Partnership Program w/ Schools-Teachers?
    Need to identify what benefits, if any, would accrue to teachers, students, or Wikipedia by such a partnership.
    zing! Are We Ready to Use Wikipedia to Teach Writing?
  • Getting students to flag hotspots (see flagging proposal)
  • Getting students to learn about how projects like Wikipedia work
    • Clarifying how not to use Wikipedia
    • Addressing institutions' views on sources, primary and secondary
    • Addressing Wikipedian's concerns on newbies

Flagging for Engagement, Second Look

Zittrain's highlighting proposal

Firefox Add-on like DisputeFinder?

Meta!Meta! Time Frame

HW due Jan. 13, 2009

  • Go get your hands dirty in Wikipedia
  • Rank biggest Problems
  • Get Wikipedia Review guys to give us their thoughts
    • Hello and Welcome!

In-Class Presentation Thurs. Jan 21, 2009