tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999686744433629981.post99415238336178197..comments2024-02-14T22:06:08.851-08:00Comments on Augmented Social Cognition Research Blog from PARC: Governing and authorship models at Wikipedia and BritannicaEd H. Chihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06360447323238002978noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999686744433629981.post-79463568252991169312009-02-17T12:09:00.000-08:002009-02-17T12:09:00.000-08:00"As designers of social systems, what should be th...<I>"As designers of social systems, what should be the governance model for these systems?"</I><BR/><BR/>The only model I know of which has a prayer of working is the <A HREF="http://knol.google.com/k/barry-kort/foundations-of-ethics/3iyoslgwsp412/10#Social_Contracts" REL="nofollow">Community Social Contract Model</A>.<BR/><BR/>For reasons unbeknownst to me, Wales and his loyal followers have expressly rejected that model in favor of an anachronistic <I>ad hoc</I> tribal ochlocracy.<BR/><BR/><I>"For one thing, we still know awfully little about the social dynamics in these large social systems."</I><BR/><BR/>The most insightful model I know of for <A HREF="http://wikipediareview.com/blog/20080314/worrying-about-wheel-warring-in-our-wikiwoe/" REL="nofollow">Wikipedian social dynamics</A> is the one crafted by Rene Girard.Moultonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14800784950094043498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999686744433629981.post-11637963915088790992009-02-17T07:35:00.000-08:002009-02-17T07:35:00.000-08:00Ed and Jon, Just wanted you to know that we will b...Ed and Jon, <BR/><BR/>Just wanted you to know that we will be exploring many issues related to trust and authority on the Internet, at the site:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://www.akahele.org" REL="nofollow">Akahele.org</A><BR/><BR/>We hope that influential thinkers will join the dialog there, either via Comments, or guest articles.<BR/><BR/>Gregory Kohs<BR/>(organizer of the Wikipedia Vandalism Study)Gregory Kohshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17207068772106028805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999686744433629981.post-64244770420089752832009-02-13T21:20:00.000-08:002009-02-13T21:20:00.000-08:00Ed,Re: "So what gives? Is there a right way or wro...Ed,<BR/><BR/>Re: "So what gives? Is there a right way or wrong way to constructing and compiling knowledge resources? As designers of social systems, what should be the governance model for these systems?"<BR/><BR/>Questions like these have been driving several fronts of my own studies since the mid 1980's when I attended my first colloquia on the hot new topic of "groupware".<BR/><BR/>And I find these question equally compelling today.<BR/><BR/>I started a thread in the <A HREF="http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showforum=62" REL="nofollow">Meta Discussion Forum</A> at The Wikipedia Review for the sake of discussing these questions in what I hope might be some depth.<BR/><BR/>I would be extremely gratified if you and any of your team could find time to join the discussion.<BR/><BR/>Inasmuch as it fairly well samples the same population as Wikipedia itself, the <I>Review</I> can be a chaotic environment at times, but since I'm a moderator on that subforum I think I can keep things slightly less entropic than usual.<BR/><BR/>Jon AwbreyJon Awbreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13378153853941137426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999686744433629981.post-83984841177469346352009-02-13T11:58:00.000-08:002009-02-13T11:58:00.000-08:00Ed,Re: "Why is this level of protection not extend...Ed,<BR/><BR/>Re: "Why is this level of protection not extended to all biographies of living persons on Wikipedia?"<BR/><BR/>Gregory Kohs and several other members of <I>The Wikipedia Review</I> carried out the Senator Bio study, so that statement is due to them, but it echoes one of many recommendations often heard at the <I>Review</I>, where the whole issue of "BLPs" is one of the most discussed topics.<BR/><BR/>Cf. <A HREF="http://wikipediareview.com/index.php?showforum=67" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia Review : Biographies Of Living Persons Forum</A><BR/><BR/>Jon AwbreyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999686744433629981.post-26818608946774284622009-02-13T11:32:00.000-08:002009-02-13T11:32:00.000-08:00Jon: Absolutely fascinating study. I've enjoyed r...Jon: Absolutely fascinating study. I've enjoyed reading it. I wonder about your comment: "why not extend semi-protection to all biographies of living persons?" The statement led me to think about a policy of semi-protection for any article that somehow cross over an attention threshold. This can be done automatically and easily via both view and edit statistics.Ed H. Chihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06360447323238002978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4999686744433629981.post-8785956744373592322009-02-13T10:43:00.000-08:002009-02-13T10:43:00.000-08:00A pilot study of Wikipedia Vandalism on the bios o...A pilot study of Wikipedia Vandalism on the bios of the 100 U.S. Senators can be found here:<BR/><BR/><A HREF="http://mywikibiz.com/Wikipedia_Vandalism_Study" REL="nofollow">Wikipedia Vandalism Study</A><BR/><BR/>Obviously, many more such studies need to be conducted.<BR/><BR/>Jon AwbreyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com