.Reboot7: Wikipedia, Jimbo Wales.

This talk might best be titled “The Politics of Wikipedia”

* Wikipedia
* Wiktionary – new API soon
* Wikibooks – provides context
* Wikisource – public documents
* Wikiquote
* Wikimedia Commons
* Wikinews

Contrast Wikipedia with About.com

Wikipedia is NOT an emergent phenomena (well, not much); it isn’t really quasi-Darwinian.

It works because it has an interested community behind it…

Emergent models need reputation mechanisms. Users are not (that) significant. But in the Community model the Users are important.

Wikipedia doesn’t follow the 80:20 model: it is much tighter than that.

50% of all edits are done by 524 people. 75% by 1500 people.

“Rules” are implemented at a human level rather than in coding.

Free, attributed, linked distribution of all content drives users back to

Is the whole thing run on Anarchy?

Well, Democracy may not work because minorities tend to suffer. Consensus is a better route forward. The Wikipedia “aristocracy” will help people reach a consensus. The whole thing is then held together by some sort of Monarch/Visitor/Benign Dictator. This matters most when the basic aims of the organisation

Neutral point of view. NPOV. A social concept of co-operation which avoids philosophical issues.

Wikipedia runs on LAMP. Wikipedia uses, promotes and publishes OpenSource

How does it scale:
* AutoAnalysis: Writing/Stats
* Policy: Mediation, Arbitration
* Attitude: Respect/Love Users

The future:
* Tag/Category management.
* API development
* A reduction in the Tech hurdle
* OffLine Publication (3rdWorld)

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