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== Solutions Looking for Problems ==
== Solutions Looking for Problems ==

Revision as of 20:55, 12 January 2010

Potential Problems to be Explored

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

Solutions Looking for Problems

Getting Educational Institutions to Explicitly Participate

Partnership Program w/ Schools-Teachers?
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