wikinotes

When did WIKIPEDIA start?
                  2001/Jimmie Wales (after a year, 20,000 articles) (EMMA)
                  Why is it called Wikipedia (Wiki= “quick” in Hawaiian) EMILY BOEHM
Was originallycalled Nupedia?— (EMILY BOEHM)

How does it work?
Anyone with access to the Internet can create their own page.  (LISA)
Army of dedicated collaborators (SOPHIA)
 Fewer than 2% of registered users are responsible for 70% of the work. (LISA)
The site lets you compare contributors by the number of edits theyhave made, and by the number of articles that have been voted to be outstanding by thecommunity. (LISA)
Hierarchy of editors—“Official Admins” (SaMMIE)
"administrator", "bureaucrat", "arbitrator", and "mediator"
Troll robots (SAMMIE)
Lockdown
Competitive: who makes the most Wikipedia edits (EMMA)
Editing wars: people argue about stuff (EMMA)
3R Policy (CHELSEA)  If someone reverted certain things on a page 3 times in one day, they were put on a 24-hour "probation" (CHARLEE)
An arbitration committee has also been named to rule on disputes. (CHELSEA)

What problems do people have with it?
Teachers telling you NOT to use it (OLIVIA) (integrity issues)
Teacher banned it (GAELEN)
Vandalism (happens mostly during school hours!)
There’s nothing stopping government officials from tampering with their own pages. (SAMMIE)
References: There's no telling what is actually true on Wikipedia, even if there are sources. (CHARLEE)…but who decides WHO is qualified???
Those with the loudest voices win (SAMMIE)
No amount of admins or trolling robots can fix everything.

Why is it special? 
Now the 6th most popuar site (in the article it says it’s the 17th) (SAMMIE)
So many topics that AREN’T in reg. encyclopedias)
B/c there’s no size limit, Wikipedia can include articles on the most banal information CHELSEA
Its Incredible innovation and passion for spreading knowledge (GAELEN)
How Wikipedia is a community (Emily; SAMMIE)
People become weary of the information they read in an encyclopedia because they have been known for errors. Wikipedia reduces that weariness because people can easily correct things or edit things once something is published. (KATIE)
Wikipedia compared to a real Encyclopedia?  (NATURE study) fares well CHELSEA
“I cannot even wrap my mind around how long it would take me to write any paper.” (EMMA)
                 

Wikipedia gives us a different relationship with “the truth”
 Let’s Go travel guides…who decides these writers are qualified?
Textbooks:  who decides these writers are qualified?
Schiff says control has been snatched from the elites, and that is work as evident in wikipedia’ss current success. (TYLER)
What about the EssJay contributor?? (GAELEN)  
The site embodies our newly casual relationship to truth” (KATIE KRAEMER)
Wikipedia is not about truth, it’s about educated opinions (Global Warming example) (KATIE)
 BEST JOURNALISM: BEST obtainable version of the truth

“Wikipedia is to Britannica as rock and roll is to easy listening, it may not be as smooth, but it scares the parents and is a lot smarter in the end.”  KATIE INCLUDED THIS QUOTE FROM SCHIFF ARTICLE