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W9. Wikipedia culture & Wikipedia in culture



Wikipedia is a website of information, an important example of collective intelligence, and has become a new culture beyond just encyclopedia. As we read in Wikipedia cultures:meetup page, so many groups are connected in Wikipedia. Also there are tons of word that teach us. In Western culture, people follow the openness of Wikipedia, or criticize, and compare it to something else: for example, their own intelligence. The characters from TV shows and dramas sometimes quote or use Wikipedia. In the book, criticism about Wikipedia appears.

The word that means Wikipedia as “culture” is probably ‘Wikiality’, and it was made by Stephen Colbert in satirical comedy show “Colbert Report” in 2006. But in fact, Stephen recommended doing negative things to Wikipedia, and in the end, articles about Wikipedia’s elephants and Africa turned inaccurate. Not only this case. Wikipedia has permeated culture deeply enough to be found in any cultural context, in politics, in comedy materials, in food information sources.

As we can see, in these examples, Wikipedia is not just an encyclopedia. As I realized in the early classes of Collective intelligence, Wikipedia is a huge group that its member from around the world collaborate and create works in democratic way. There are rules needed to generate information, there are discussions about these rules, and places to help each other. There is no criticism of others for personal benefit or trying to make someone opinion leader. In Wikipedia, everyone works personally but cooperates if necessary.

It sounds strange to me. For example, if Wikipedia is considered as a village, every village resident (Wikipedia editors) can live in the same house, eat the same meal, focus on their missions, and sometimes ask for help or help others. If there is a project, people come to participate in it. Some people do not. But no one blames them. This co-operation comes from residents’ interest, and while there is no obligation or responsibility to work (writing articles), but the village becomes abundance. (There are more and more articles.) 

And there is my question; if we say Wikipedia is a culture that influence others like Pop-culture, how we develop it for less critics?

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