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Encyclopedic Enough?

The integration of wiki knowledge into mirror worlds would possibly satisfy our desire to capture and understand the world to a large extend. Mirror Worlds; Yes, I would like to contribute. The 80s ‘neutral’ knowledge-gathering tour took me from...

By Mareline Heijman on 10/04/10 1

To Be or Not To Be Deleted: My First Wikipedia Entry

There are 3,431,688 articles in the English Wikipedia on a dizzying range of topics. Surely there must be one on data-driven journalism, right? Well, the answer is no; an article on database journalism focuses on computer-assisted reporting, the digital...

By Catalina Iorga on 10/04/10 Comments Off

Wokipedia

After long thinking about what subject to write a Wikipedia page on I decided to keep it close to home, well not literally, but if you read my last name you’ll know what I mean. Since the Wikipedia entry...

By Jidi Guo on 10/04/10 2

Please talk to AuntieRuth55

I am a student and this means that I love Wikipedia by default. When you hear about something you know nothing about, you just go to Wikipedia. Wikipedia is like a friendly Labrador, always there when you need it....

By Marije Rooze on 10/04/10 Comments Off

Wikipedia University – designing the new student

Wikipedia University – designing the new student

The main criticism on Wikipedia is the lack of transparancy in the background of the users. How can we know whether a certain user is a professional with an academic background (which would confirm the reliability of the article)...

By Laila Koubia on 10/04/10 Comments Off

Editor Generated Content?

I am a passive Wikipediaist, and as of this weekend, I will stick with that role. I use Wikipedia mainly as a source of quick, (semi)reliable information; yet I do not share stronger bonds with this particular cyber institution....

By Agathe Wiedemair on 10/04/10 Comments Off

My first Wikipedia entry

Last friday 1st of October I published my very first Wikipedia entry ‘Howard Menger’ on the Dutch Wikipedia. The choosen topic actualy was based on a couple of simple Wikipedia-facts: First, when you want your Wiki-entry to have some...

By Xander Stolwijk on 10/04/10 Comments Off

Greek Wikipedia calls for Βοήθεια (Help)!

Greek Wikipedia calls for Βοήθεια (Help)!

Geert: "Yes, you can write your Wikipedia post in your own language" Me (not saying that aloud of course): "Finally! This is going to be a piece of cake" Well... it wasn't. Instead I could describe it like a nerve-breaking, patience-challenging...

By Ilektra Pavlaki on 10/04/10 2

Wikipedia: Propaganda or Contribution?

In 1945 Vannevar Bush already predicted an innovative new way of structuring information, a new library. Wikipedia was launched in 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger and was indeed a new initiative to...

By Elias van Hees on 10/04/10 Comments Off

A Canadian Wikipedia Adventure

When contributing to Wikipedia it is always best to stick to what you know. The concept behind the world’s largest online encyclopedia is that everyone has valuable accumulated knowledge that should be shared, on what is essentially a global...

By Ronen Shay on 10/04/10 Comments Off

Wikipedia editing: the ultimate career counseling?

Dear Wikipedia editors, did you notice that you choose a subject to edit on Wikipedia that lies in your line of interest? Because the list of Requested Articles is structured into categories, you automatically pick the subject you feel...

By Jorien De Wandeler on 10/03/10 Comments Off

Wikipedia – an Impression About the First Entry

Wikipedia – an Impression About the First Entry

On Saturday, 2nd october, I become an official member of Wikipedia community. Namely, I posted my first entry. The article is about the Multimedia City, a project I wrote about in my first blog post on Masters of Media...

By Michal Kielbasa on 10/03/10 Comments Off

Should one write: he and she or she and he?

I posted on the Spanish version of Wikipedia an item on the World March of Women, an international feminist movement. I thought it was a nice way to participate in the 3rd international Action that is taking place this...

By Cristina Reyna on 10/03/10 1

Dance Chimes on Wikipedia, no news is good news?

Dance Chimes on Wikipedia, no news is good news?

Is no news good news for Wikipedia? For this assignment it was easy to pick a topic, something I feel passionate about, Dance Chimes, invented and designed by Alfons van Leggelo. You can read my post on Wikipedia here.

By Janice Wong on 10/03/10 Comments Off

Promotion or Contribution?

Wikipedia is the biggest online encyclopedia in the world. In the English version one can find almost 3,5 million pages. With more than 640.000 pages, the Dutch version comes in the fifth place, next to Italy and Poland. So...

By Joris Pekel on 10/03/10 Comments Off

A Wikipedia Experiment

A Wikipedia Experiment

So while everyone was making an actual relevant addition to Wikipedia, I decided to try something silly. A while ago I was standing in line at a film festival when I heard two girls argue about whether they were...

By Cendy Calis on 10/03/10 1

WikiAdmin: No Recent Changes

After being asked to write a Wikipedia article I soon realised that the challenge would not be related to the technical side of things, but rather to coming up with a topic. It was difficult to think of a topic that is...

By Marte Lindstrom on 10/03/10 Comments Off

Rage Against the Machine

Rage Against the Machine

Can you only make a Wikipedia entry if your subject has been covered in the mainstream press a gazillion times? How do underground, guerilla, new subcultures or artists get exposure on Wiki? Short answer: they don’t. I referenced the...

By Natalie Dixon on 10/03/10 1

I am a Wikipedian

I am a Wikipedian

This week I posted a Wiki post on the Dutch Wikipedia website about the subject of my interest Digitized Cultural Heritage. Nothing fancy, just a small posting with some definitions and examples followed by a few links. After carefully...

By Fenneke Mink on 10/03/10 Comments Off

1 of 1.129.725 German Wikipedia articles

Since Monday the 27th September I am a new Wikipedia author and I must admit that I like it. I can’t name reasons why I didn’t try it before but now I know that I don’t want to stop...

By Anne Lukas on 10/03/10 Comments Off

Rolling up the vignettape

Rolling up the vignettape

My wikipedia entry is about an italian cartoon called “L’Omino Bufo”, in loving memory of those bizarre and hilarious strips I used to read (and enjoy to the tears) as a child. Since the available online information was very...

By Alberto Angelini on 10/03/10 Comments Off

‘Indische duinen’, my Wikipedia adventure

‘Indische duinen’, my Wikipedia adventure

Wikipedia is such a huge encyclopedia, every topic I came up with, it already existed on Wikipedia. I saw there wasn’t a topic yet about the soccer club FC Abcoude so when I wanted to start that, this message...

By Floor Broer van Dijk on 10/03/10 Comments Off

Ah Dr. Blofeld, I’ve been expecting you!

Ah Dr. Blofeld, I’ve been expecting you!

When I wrote my article in Wikipedia about Suzhou Creek Art District in Shanghai, I really hadn’t expected to encounter Dr. Blofeld coming out of hiding from his Himalayan retreat to edit my category listing! Au contraire, I had...

By Isobel Gorman on 10/02/10 1