Good Faith Collaboration The Culture of Wikipedia

• Main Author: Reagle, Joseph Michael
• Format: eBook Book
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge MIT Press 2010; The MIT Press
• Edition: 1
• Series: History and Foundations of Information Science
• Subjects: Access to information; Authority; Authorship; Authorship > Collaboration > Case studies; Bureaucratization; Case studies; Coding theory and cryptology; Collaboration; Communication in learning and scholarship; Communication in learning and scholarship > Technological innovations > Case studies; Computers; Computing and Information Technology; Electronic encyclopedias; Electronic encyclopedias > Case studies; Encyclopaedias; Engineering Profession; Impact of science and technology on society; Information Technology; Information technology: general topics; Knowledge; Language Arts & Disciplines; Leadership; Legal aspects; Library & Information Science; Library and information services; Library Science; Mathematics and Science; Online social networks; Online social networks > Case studies; Philosophy & Social Aspects; Products; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; Research and information: general; Science; Science: general issues; Technological change; Technological innovations; Technology; Validity; Wikipedia; Wikis (Computer science); Wikis (Computer science) > Case studies

Wikipedia, the online encyclopedia, is built by a community--a community of Wikipedians who are expected to "assume good faith" when interacting with one another. In Good Faith Collaboration , Joseph Reagle examines this unique collaborative culture. Wikipedia, says Reagle, is not the firs...