Tag: wikipédia

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[Vidéo] A la journée “Wikipédia. Objet scientifique non indentifié” (CNRS, 5 juin 2013)

«Le chercheur, le wikipédien et le vandale»: intervention du sociologue Antonio Casilli à la Journée d’étude Wikipédia, objet scientifique non… read more [Vidéo] A la journée “Wikipédia. Objet scientifique non indentifié” (CNRS, 5 juin 2013)

Posted in digital humanities social capital social networks

The academic, the wikipedian, the vandal [Full version, updated 05.11.2012]

The French translation of this essay is available on OWNI (part 1 and part 2), as installments of my column… read more The academic, the wikipedian, the vandal [Full version, updated 05.11.2012]

Posted in Non classé

Online censorship in Berluscoland: even Wikipedia goes on strike!

You can tell that in a nation the cultural and political situation has reached a height of obscurantism when even encyclopedias go on strike.

Posted in social networks

Introducing Proveit, a new free open-source referencing tool for Wikipedia

Just a quick post to announce that Kurt Luther and his social computing crew at Georgia Tech have released Proveit, an amazing little open-source tool that allows you to find, edit, add, and cite references in Wikipedia articles! Proveit is designed specifically for Wikipedians, so all you need is a Wikipedia account. You install it once, and each time you log in – from any computer – there it is. Better than Zotero, from this point of view 😉 Plus, it works with virtually any browser, from Firefox to Chrome, from Safari to Opera. It is even said to work with Explorer – although admittedly this hardly is a plus.

Posted in social capital social networks

Scratch the surface of any vandal and you find a “regular” Wikipedia user

A database of the most vandalised Wikipedia articles has been released on the Wiki-research mailing list: a useful portrayal of the cultural interests (and cultural biases) of the entire community.

Posted in Non classé

Creative Commons or Wikipedia? Who to support?

(This is just my opinion. But in case you had to face a similar decision this might help…) It’s the… read more Creative Commons or Wikipedia? Who to support?

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A crazy idea everybody's having: using Wikipedia for health information

Laurent, M., & Vickers, T. (2009). Seeking Health Information Online: Does Wikipedia Matter? Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association,… read more A crazy idea everybody's having: using Wikipedia for health information

Posted in social networks

The end of Wikipedia as we know it

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