- Duguit (2006). Limits of self–organization: Peer production and "laws of quality"
People often implicitly ascribe the quality of peer–production projects such as Project Gutenberg or Wikipedia to what I call “laws” of quality. These are drawn from Open Source software development and it is not clear how applicable they are outside the realm of software. I look at examples from peer production projects to ask whether faith in these laws does not so much guarantee quality as hide the need for improvement.
in Public bookmarks by 2 users - Edge; DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism By Jaron Lanier
Edge; DIGITAL MAOISM: The Hazards of the New Online Collectivism By Jaron Lanier (tags: wikipedia, community, web2.0, networking, internet, news, science)
in Public bookmarks - Edge: WHO SAYS WE KNOW: ON THE NEW POLITICS OF KNOWLEDGE By Larry Sanger
It is particularly the aggregation of public opinion that instituted this new politics of knowledge.
in Public bookmarks - Epidemix » Why Does Wikipedia Suck on Science?
But I find that when it comes to science topics, I often find Wikipedia more of a hinderance than a help. Curious about just what epigenetics is? Figure you really should know what mitochondria do? Don’t count on Wikipedia - odds are their analysis is too pedantic for you, as it is for me.
in Public bookmarks - Jimmy Wales Will Destroy Google - 10 Zen Monkeys (a webzine)
Jimmy Wales Will Destroy Google - 10 Zen Monkeys (a webzine) (tags: development, open source, open access, toread, wikipedia)
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in Public bookmarks - news @ nature.com - Internet encyclopaedias go head to head - Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of t...
news @ nature.com - Internet encyclopaedias go head to head - Jimmy Wales' Wikipedia comes close to Britannica in terms of the accuracy of its science entries, a Nature investigation finds. (tags: encyclopedia, reference, wikipedia)
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in Public bookmarks by 2 users - Philosophers Zone - 8 July 2006 - Is a free market in ideas a good idea?
Philosophers Zone - 8 July 2006 - Is a free market in ideas a good idea? (tags: work, wikipedia, community, news, media, science)
in Public bookmarks - TED | Talks | Yochai Benkler: Open-source economics (video)
Law professor Yochai Benkler explains how collaborative projects like Wikipedia and Linux represent the next stage of human organization. By disrupting traditional economic production, copyright law and established competition, they're paving the way for
in Public bookmarks - The Hive
The Hive (tags: encyclopedia, history, web2.0, wikipedia)
Can thousands of Wikipedians be wrong? How an attempt to build an online encyclopedia touched off history’s biggest experiment in collaborative knowledge
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in Public bookmarks by 2 users - Wikipedia's Wales: Damn the advertising, full speed ahead!
Wikipedia's Wales: Damn the advertising, full speed ahead! (tags: wikipedia, business, work)
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