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* [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html Encyclopedia Frown] on Slate: "“The encyclopedia that anyone can edit” is at risk of becoming, in computer scientist Aaron Halfaker’s words, “the encyclopedia that anyone who understands the norms, socializes him or herself, dodges the impersonal wall of semiautomated rejection and still wants to voluntarily contribute his or her time and energy can edit.” An entrenched, stubborn elite of old-timers, a high bar to entry, and a persistent 90/10 gender gap among editors all point to the possibility that Wikipedia is going adrift.”" | * [http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/12/wikipedia_editing_disputes_the_crowdsourced_encyclopedia_has_become_a_rancorous.html Encyclopedia Frown] on Slate: "“The encyclopedia that anyone can edit” is at risk of becoming, in computer scientist Aaron Halfaker’s words, “the encyclopedia that anyone who understands the norms, socializes him or herself, dodges the impersonal wall of semiautomated rejection and still wants to voluntarily contribute his or her time and energy can edit.” An entrenched, stubborn elite of old-timers, a high bar to entry, and a persistent 90/10 gender gap among editors all point to the possibility that Wikipedia is going adrift.”" | ||
* "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary]) | * "[https://www.msu.edu/~zpneal/publications/neal-diversitysoc.pdf The (In)compatibility of Diversity and Sense of Community]" (PDF), simulations suggest group diversity is in conflict with group cohesion -- another argument for forming interest groups within large diverse communities to maintain overall cohesion ([http://www.theatlanticcities.com/neighborhoods/2013/11/paradox-diverse-communities/7614/ commentary]) | ||
* "[http://blog.systemed.net/post/11 OpenStreetMap ten years on, and why it's time for a fresh slate]", Richard Fairhurst on the role of the board in OSM: to supply the 5% of work that won't otherwise happen in an all-volunteer driven organisation. | |||
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