W4. Discuss Reagle's Chapters 1-2 - Kim Byung Chan

Wikipedia's name is a compound word for online collaboration editing tools, "wiki" and "encyclopedia." Wikipedia is not simply an online multilingual encyclopedia. Wikipedia can increase access to information through human collaboration. The longer the online debate, the greater the likelihood of a comparison with the Nazi or Hitler. Because online participants think they are the worst of each other. The stormfront member is not insulting to Hitler's comparisons, but said that users should have a warm heart in Wikipedia.
 In Wikipedia, it is necessary to criticize the positive beliefs, prudent inferences, discussions that exclude all kinds of personal attacks, and exploring positively issues.
 Wikipedia includes both text artifacts and communities that produce them. Wikipedia also has a special vision of accessibility and openness. It can be seen in the slogan that expresses itself as a free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
 The Wikimedia Foundation, a Wikipedia-based organization, said, "Imagine a world where individuals can freely share all their knowledge, that's our commitment." This vision surpassed information production. Wales proposed joining world-renowned scholars and international technology experts to create resources that are easily accessible to all students in personal, low-cost, and portable formats. Moreover, the collection of world intelligence expected to bring greater coincidence. And they hoped that this encyclopedia would bring all the intellectual wealth of the world and solve the problems of the world.
 There are tens of thousands of active contributors who are familiar with the practices and norms of Wikipedia. This includes small communities of hundreds or even tens of thousands of geographical, functional, and thematic themes. And English Wikipedia is part of a larger community of multilingual encyclopedias and Wikimedia projects. The focus of Wikipedia is on collaborative culture. Unlike other online communities, there is a very high self-reflection power. Most are uploaded to wikipedia, versioned, linked, referenced, and discussed. All members are allowed to live with Wikipedia in their daily lives. And wikipedia aims to harmonize the social relations of its members.
 All material on Wikipedia should be attributed to a trusted and published source. This is clearly important in the encyclopedia. It is also important that anyone can edit it. When you have ideas that you think should be included in Wikipedia, the best way is to post the results in a peer review journal and then document the content.
 Wikipedia's information evolves over time. And it will improve the intellectual property of people who use Wikipedia. This can help solve world problems. But those who can not use it are hard to accumulate knowledge. The information gap between those who use Wikipedia and those who can not use it will grow. I think it's right to pursue the qualitative improvement of Wikipedia, but creating a usable environment for those who can not use Wikipedia is a great help in solving it
 Third world citizens probably will not have extensive Internet access for years. Many people in Africa do not think they will be able to buy Britannica. So, Wikipedia aims to make all intellectuals on the planet freely modify, adapt, reuse or redistribute freely by giving them free licenses in the language of choice. Exactly "everyone on earth" is the goal. Wikipedia should remember that many people still do not have stable access to the Internet. Many communities already have diverse backgrounds, and diversity will increase over time. The only effective way for Wikipedia to achieve its goals is to love our work, love each other, and help, even when Wikipedia does not agree. Mutual respect and rational disagreement are essential in this incredibly entertaining project that can change the world.
 The collaborative way that Wikipedia was built attracted the attention of the world. This collaborative approach solves the difficulties caused by the relative shortage of resources that Wikipedia has in the early days. We need to continue to worry about how to culturally accommodate and interpret the increasingly wikipedia.

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