What Hath Wikipedia Wrought: Crowds Remaking the News by Andrew Lih Closing keynote at Wikisym 2010 in Gdansk, Poland. An update on the health of Wikipedia, its implications on the news industry and a description of a new project: Wikifactcheck.

1. What Hath Wikipedia
Wrought:
Crowds Remaking the News
Wikisym Andrew Lih
Gdansk, Poland http://andrewlih.com
July 7-9, 2010 Wikipedia/Twitter:
Fuzheado
Associate professor
University of Southern California
Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism

2. Gdansk
Why is Wikisym/Wikimania
in Gdansk?
by bored-now@flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution NC License

3. THE WIKIPEDIA REVOLUTION
U.S. $ 2 4.9 9
HOW A BUNCH OF NOBODIES
CREATED THE WORLD’S “Imagine a world in which every single person
on the planet is given free access to the sum of
GREATEST ENCYCLOPEDIA all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.”
—Jimmy Wales
With more than 2,0 0 0,0 0 0 individual articles on
everything from Aa! (a Japanese pop group) to
Zzyzx, California, written by an army of volunteer
contributors, Wikipedia is the # 8 site on the World
Wide Web. Created (and corrected) by anyone with
access to a computer, this impressive assemblage
of knowledge is growing at an astonishing rate of
more than 3 0,0 0 0,0 0 0 words a month. Now for the
How a Bunch of Nobodies
Greatest Encyclopedia
Created the World’s
first time, a Wikipedia insider tells the story of how
it all happened—from the first glimmer of an idea to
the global phenomenon it’s become.
Andrew Lih has been an administrator (a trusted
user who is granted access to technical features)
at Wikipedia for more than four years, as well as a
ANDREW LIH
regular host of the weekly Wikipedia podcast. In The
Wikipedia Revolution, he details the site’s inception
in 2 0 01, its evolution, and its remarkable growth,
while also explaining its larger cultural repercussions.
Wikipedia is not just a website; it’s a global commu-
ANDREW LIH nity of contributors who have banded together out of
a shared passion for making knowledge free.
Featuring a Foreword by Wikipedia founder Jimmy
Wales and an Afterword that is itself a Wikipedia
creation.

11. 11

12. Rundown
Wikipedia health
Impact on news
A new project
by bored-now@flickr, licensed under Creative Commons Attribution NC License

14. Wikipedia’s impact
ComScore: Top 5
Alexa: Top 6
Since 2006, overtaken
NY Times, Amazon,
Fox Interactive, eBay,
Time Warner sites
Comscore: Nov 2009 Alexa: Feb 2009
Photo by: victoriapeckham@flickr, Creative Commons

15. Wikipedia Stats
380 million unique visits a day
980 million clicks a day
Source: Wikimedia Foundation, July 2010
Photo by: victoriapeckham@flickr, Creative Commons

16. Arabic blogosphere
secular reform
Kuwait
Egypt
Levant
Brotherhood
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Images courtesy: Morningside Analytics

17. Images courtesy: Morningside Analytics

18. Images courtesy: Morningside Analytics

19. Images courtesy: Morningside Analytics

20. Arabic blogosphere
secular reform
Kuwait
Egypt
Levant
Brotherhood
Syria
Saudi Arabia
Images courtesy: Morningside Analytics

21. Images courtesy: Morningside Analytics

22. Images courtesy: Morningside Analytics

23. The Crowd at work
Given enough eyeballs,
all bugs are shallow

24. Wikipedia Culture
Norms evolving over time

25. AGF
IAR
NPOV
Gen1

26. Gen2
3RR
Dispute
resolution
RfA CSD
AGF Semi-
protection
IAR NPOV
Gen1

27. Gen2
3RR
Dispute
resolution
RfA CSD
CSD G1-12
Semi-
AGF
protection
CSD R1-3
CSD I1-8
IAR NPOV CSD C,U,T,P
Reliable BLP Unsourced
sources nontagged
Gen1 Anonymous article fair use
images
creation
No spoiler tags
Gen3

28. Gen2 Pending Gen4
changes
3RR RfA
Dispute gauntlet
resolution
CSD Flagged
CSD G1-12 revisions
Semi-
AGF
protection
CSD R1-3
CSD I1-8
IAR NPOV CSD C,U,T,P
Reliable BLP Unsourced
sources nontagged
Gen1 Anonymous article fair use
images
creation
No spoiler tags
Gen3

29. Wikipedia norms
Policies not necessarily
additive
Norms depend on entry time
into community
Photo by: User:Zzubnik, Creative Commons

30. Brad Patrick, Wikimedia
Wikipedia:Five pillars
Photo by: User:Zzubnik, Creative Commons

31. Contributors en: Wikipedia
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32. Article “supply”
• Fruit on the ground
• [[Dog]], [[Music]]
• Low hanging fruit
• [[History of England]]
• Higher hanging fruit/deletion
• [[Medical research related to low-carbohydrate diets]]

33. Articles in en: Wikipedia, Projections
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34. Hypotheses
• Human knowledge always expanding,
but...
• Steep exponential curve 2001-2005
a “catchup” phase to existing
knowledge
• Will settle into a less dramatic curve,
even linear?

35. The Singularity is Not Near: Slowing Growth of Wikipedia (PARC)

36. Articles in en: Wikipedia, Projections
Based on Chi, Suh (PARC Augmented Social Cognition group)
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37. User Friendliness
Editing and Usability

38. 90/9/1 communities
90% lurkers
9% contributors
1% hard core
Photo by: Susan NYC@flickr, Creative Commons

41. Editing/saving (WMF)
Photo by: User:Zzubnik, Creative Commons

42. Editing followthrough
• Wikitravel: only 5% of those who press
“edit” actually save
• Wikipedia: 1/5 to 2/5
• WikiHow: 30% with guided editing
• Wikia: WYSIWYG editor >> 50%
Sources: Jack Herrick, WikiHow; Erik Zachte, Wikimedia Foundation

43. Wikimania presentations
Why do Editors Leave Wikipedia? A
Survey of Casual Contributors
Howie Fung - exit interviews
Trends in Wikipedia Communities
Ronald Beelaard- activity before
leaving
Photo by: Susan NYC@flickr, Creative Commons

44. Wikimedia Usability Study
“Every user in this study struggled
to get a basic grasp of the editing
interface... largely failed to make
edits correctly without repeated
attempts and efforts”
http://usability.wikimedia.org/wiki/Usability_and_Experience_Study#Feeling_Stupid
Photo by: Susan NYC@flickr, Creative Commons

45. Losing Ground?
“But not even our youngest and
most computer savvy participants
accomplished these tasks with ease”
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2009/04/24/usability-study-results-sneak-preview/
Photo by: Stevenfruitsmaak@commons.wikimedia, Creative Commons generic 2.5

46. Example: Wikia Muppet Wiki page

47. Example: Editing in MediaWiki markup mode

48. Example: Editing in Wikia-developed WYSIWYG mode

49. Example: Editing in WYSIWYG not always possible

50. Ideas
Guillaume Paumier, Cormac Lawler,
Ariel Glenn, Panagiota Alevizou
Photo by: Susan NYC@flickr, Creative Commons

53. Scenarios
Slow steady quality decline
Pending changes, quality increase
Inability to update in timely manner
Trickling in of spam, POV, non-
neutral content

54. Wikipedia Lessons
How has “the crowd” become
part of the news process?

55. User generated content
Audience-created media
vs
Community-curated works

56. Citizen journalists
Are bloggers journalists?
Some are, most aren’t.

57. Pro-Am Journalism?
Amateur Professional
standards standards
Noncommercial
(amateur)
Commercial
(pro)

58. Pro-Am Journalism?
Amateur Professional
standards standards
Most blogs and
Noncommercial usergen
(amateur) content
Commercial
(pro)

59. Pro-Am Journalism?
Amateur Professional
standards standards
Most blogs and
Noncommercial usergen
(amateur) content
Commercial
(pro)

60. Pro-Am Journalism?
Amateur Professional
standards standards
Most blogs and
Noncommercial usergen
(amateur) content
Commercial
(pro)

61. Pro-Am Journalism?
Amateur Professional
standards standards
Most blogs and
Noncommercial usergen
(amateur) content
Commercial
(pro)

62. Pro-Am Journalism?
Amateur Professional
standards standards
Most blogs and
Noncommercial usergen
(amateur) content
Commercial
(pro)

63. OpenStreetmap
Like Wikipedia of maps
Contribute GPS “trails”
and traces to project
Creative Commons
license

64. OpenStreetmap

65. OpenStreetmap - Haiti
Using:
Yahoo imagery
CIA maps
AFTER GeoEye
BEFORE
http://brainoff.com/weblog/2010/01/14/1518

66. Content Creation vs Curation
Works
Creation
Works Curation

67. Content Creation vs Curation
Works
Creation
Works Curation

68. Content Creation vs Curation
Works
Creation
Works Curation

69. Content Creation vs Curation
Works
Creation
Works Curation

70. Content Creation vs Curation
Works
Creation
Works Curation

71. Lostpedia
Wikipedia-like reference
to the popular TV show
Original research/
theories welcome!

72. Dan Gillmor
Journalism is no longer a
lecture.
It is a conversation

73. Lawrence Lessig
“weirdly totalitarian”
communications of the
20th century yields to
“read/write”

74. Leo Laporte, TWiT
Mass media is not
natural to the human
condition...
An artifact of a certain
technological age

75. Jay Rosen
The people, formerly
known as the audience

76. Information Pyramid
wisdom
knowledge
Information
data

77. Information Pyramid
?
wisdom
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports stats, weather metrics,
financial
data

78. Impact of Internet Media
?
wisdom
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather, financial
data

79. Impact of Internet Media
?
wisdom
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
commodity photos
user generated Information
multiple sources
sports, weather, financial
data

80. Journalism Values
?
wisdom
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
commodity photos
user generated Information
multiple sources
sports, weather, financial
data

81. Journalism Values
editing
?
research
storytelling wisdom
curation
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
commodity photos
user generated Information
multiple sources
sports, weather, financial
data

82. Journalism Values
editing fairness
?
research accuracy
storytelling wisdom balance
curation transparency
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
commodity photos
user generated Information
multiple sources
sports, weather, financial
data

83. Wikipedia and the News
"Trying to determine what
is going on in the world by
reading newspapers is like
trying to tell the time by
watching the second hand
of a clock."
-Ben Hecht

84. Values
What is true or credible?
Arbiters, processes,
systems

85. Working the crowd
Content...
creation vs curation

86. Citizen Journalists
CNN iReport
YouTube, Ustream.tv
Flickr, Wikimedia
Commons
Creative Commons Attribution Sharealike 3.0 Wikimedia User:Didoundp

87. Crowdsourcing - Discrete tasks
Open Streetmap
NASA Clickworkers
Guardian UK
TPM Muckraker

88. NASA Clickworkers
Volunteers,
identifying and
classifying the
age of craters
on Mars
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clickworkers

89. Clickworkers vectorizing craters
“accomplished in a week
what a single graduate
student would have
needed a year to
complete”
The Future of the Internet--And How to Stop It by Jonathan Zittrain

90. Crowdsourcing - Document dump
UK expenses scandal
(Guardian)
US DOJ attorneys
(TPM Muckraker)

91. UK Parliament expenses scandal
20,000
volunteers
comb through
PDF documents
http://www.niemanlab.org/2009/06/four-crowdsourcing-lessons-from-the-guardians-spectacular-expenses-scandal-experiment/

92. Guardian experiences
Your workers are unpaid, so
make it fun.
Speed: use a framework, Django
Burst: have servers ready -
Amazon EC2

93. Wisdom of Crowds
(James Surowiecki)
Diversity
Independence
Decentralization
Aggregation
Photo by: victoriapeckham@flickr, Creative Commons

94. Wisdom of Crowds Online
(Derek Powazek, SXSW2009)
Small simple tasks
Large diverse groups
Design for selfishness
Result aggregation
Photo by: iskanderbenamor@flickr, Creative Commons

95. Wikinews difficulties
Complex narrative writing
Hyperlocalized knowledge
Deadline-oriented
Photo by: iskanderbenamor@flickr, Creative Commons

96. Attorneys scandal
TPM Muckraker readers
combed thru 3,000 emails
In hours, crowd ID’ed
“compromising passages”
Result: MSM news stories,
Polk Award
http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=9083501

97. Theme Park Insider
Early whistleblower site
Report accidents, first-hand
accounts, photos to TPI
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070731niles/

98. Robert Niles (Theme Park Insider)
“Crowdsouring...
will stand along the
traditional ‘big three’ of
interviews, observation and
examining documents”
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070731niles/

99. Journalism Values
editing fairness
?
research accuracy
storytelling wisdom balance
curation transparency
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather, financial
data

100. Clay Shirky
The problem is filter failure,
not information overload

101. A new model for
understanding the crowd,
creation and curation

102. Understanding
Content | Curation
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather,
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

103. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather,
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

104. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

105. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

106. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

107. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
Wikipedia
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

108. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
Wikipedia
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

109. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
Wikipedia
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

110. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

111. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

112. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker
s
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

113. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open
s Streetmap
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

114. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open
s Streetmap
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

115. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open
s Streetmap
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

116. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open
s Streetmap
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

117. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM
s Streetmap Muckraker
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

118. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM
s Streetmap Muckraker
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

119. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM
s Streetmap Muckraker
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

120. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM
s Streetmap Muckraker
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

121. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM ThemePark
s Streetmap Muckraker Insider
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

122. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM ThemePark
s Streetmap Muckraker Insider
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

123. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM ThemePark
s Streetmap Muckraker Insider
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

124. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information CNN
Wikipedia
iReport
sports, weather,
financial
data NASA
Clickworker Open TPM ThemePark
s Streetmap Muckraker Insider
attorneys
scandal
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

125. Impact of Internet Media
?
wisdom
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather, financial
data

126. News industry
Journalism not doomed but
it is shifting to a permanent
disruptive beta mode
Fortune at the top of the
pyramid

127. Journalism Values
editing fairness
?
research accuracy
storytelling wisdom balance
curation transparency
context, historical analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather, financial
data

128. Journalism’s problems
Journalism is not
stenography.
Too often it is.
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070731niles/

129. Wikipedia relevance
WP:V and WP:RS
What if the sources aren’t
checking themselves?
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070731niles/

130. Sources and facts
Military commentators
(MSNBC)
Irresponsible reporting
(FOX)
Sunday Morning talk shows
(NBC)

131. http://www.politifact.com/subjects/abc-news-week/

132. Sources and facts
Meet The Press, David
Gregory:
"People can fact-check 'Meet
the Press' every week on
their own terms."

133. WikiFactCheck.org
Adapt the fact checking
culture of Wikipedia,
{{citationneeded}}
http://www.ojr.org/ojr/stories/070731niles/

134. Kevin Drum: Bush v Kerry

135. Kevin Drum: Bush v Kerry

137. WikiFactCheck.org
Garbage in, garbage out
Templates/examples exist
Apply the wiki method/
community

138. Understanding
Content | Curation
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather,
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

139. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information
sports, weather,
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

140. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information Wikipedia
sports, weather,
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

141. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information Wikipedia
sports, weather,
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

142. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information Wikipedia
sports, weather,
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

143. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information Wikipedia
sports, weather,
WikiFactCheck
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

144. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information Wikipedia
sports, weather,
WikiFactCheck
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

145. Understanding
Content Curation
Crowd/
Audience
Content | Curation Corporate/
Govt
...
wisdo
m
context, historical
analysis
knowledge
press releases, live coverage,
photos
Information Wikipedia
sports, weather,
WikiFactCheck
financial
data
Credit: Andrew Lih, University of Southern
California

146. WikiFactCheck.org
Garbage in, garbage out

147. Andrew Lih
andrew@andrewlih.com
THE WIKIPEDIA REVOLUTION
Twitter: Fuzheado
cle disc ussion view sourc e history U.S. $ 2 4.9 9
pedia Revolution HOW A BUNCH OF NOBODIES
pedia, the free encyclopedia CREATED THE WORLD’S “Imagine a world in which every single person
navigation, search on the planet is given free access to the sum of
s article is about the book. For the different, similar terms related to Wikipedia, see
GREATEST ENCYCLOPEDIA all human knowledge. That’s what we’re doing.”
—Jimmy Wales
ipedia (terminology).
Wikipedia’s non-encyclopedic visitor introduction, see Wikipedia:About.
With more than 2,0 0 0,0 0 0 individual articles on
Revolution (pronunciation ) is the story of the free, [1] multilingual ency-
roject supported by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. The website’s name
everything from Aa! (a Japanese pop group) to
anteau of the words wiki (a technology for creating collaborative websites) and Zzyzx, California, written by an army of volunteer
dia. Wikipedia’s 1 0 million articles have been written collaboratively by volun- contributors, Wikipedia is the # 8 site on the World
nd the world, and almost all of its articles can be edited by anyone who can Wide Web. Created (and corrected) by anyone with
Wikipedia website. [2] Launched in 2 0 0 1 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger, [3] it access to a computer, this impressive assemblage
y the largest and most popular[1] general reference work on the Internet. [4][5][6] of knowledge is growing at an astonishing rate of
edia Revolution traces Wikipedia’s phenomenal success back to its roots, and more than 3 0,0 0 0,0 0 0 words a month. Now for the
How a Bunch of Nobodies
Greatest Encyclopedia
Created the World’s
e people who have contributed to its stated mission of giving every single person
first time, a Wikipedia insider tells the story of how
s to the sum of all human knowledge.
it all happened—from the first glimmer of an idea to
the global phenomenon it’s become.
e Introduction to The Wikipedia Revolution Andrew Lih has been an administrator (a trusted
edia founder, Jimmy Wales user who is granted access to technical features)
at Wikipedia for more than four years, as well as a
ANDREW LIH
regular host of the weekly Wikipedia podcast. In The
ow, it’s hard not to use the Internet without experiencing Wikipedia in Wikipedia Revolution, he details the site’s inception
s and surfing. It has become an incredibly useful Internet resource in in 2 0 01, its evolution, and its remarkable growth,
nguages. Yet when you use Wikipedia, you may not understand the while also explaining its larger cultural repercussions.
phy behind it. Wikipedia is not just a website; it’s a global commu-
book tells the story of how Wikipedia began and evolved from a traditional
pedia into the intricate global community that it is today. ANDREW LIH nity of contributors who have banded together out of
a shared passion for making knowledge free.
ISBN: 978-1-4013-0371-6
Featuring a Foreword by Wikipedia founder Jimmy
Wales and an Afterword that is itself a Wikipedia
creation.

148. What Hath Wikipedia
Wrought:
Crowds Remaking the News
Wikisym Andrew Lih
Gdansk, Poland http://andrewlih.com
July 7-9, 2010 Wikipedia/Twitter:
Fuzheado
Associate professor
University of Southern California
Annenberg School for Communication and
Journalism