Edit This Page: Is it the end of Wikipedia?

Boston Review by Evgeny Morozov | Nov. 5, 2009 (Review)

Wikipedia owes its existence to the nerdy culture of the first online discussion systems, such as Usenet; the unlikely success of moderated social sites, such as Slashdot, which was so influential in Wikipedia’s early days that the project was briefly known as “the Encyclopedia That Slashdot Built”; and the emergence of a tight community around WikiWikiWeb, the first application to use the wiki style of editing. The dotcom recession also helped by ... Full Story »

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Walter Cox
2.9
 by Walter Cox - Nov. 5, 2009

This story rambles too much to make its point. For the reader who knows nothing of Wikipedia (who might that be?), it could offer valuable insights. However it fails to ask the question in the tagline, "Is it the end of Wikipedia?" I was unable to locate discussion relevant to this question, and I was on the alert--perhaps I should study the article, but there lies my criticism.

I have been a Wikipedia editor for several years, a primary editor on perhaps ten articles and a contributor to sixty more.

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