W9. Discuss Reagle's Chapters 3-4 - Sun Bo Sim

1. Summary

Chapter 3 provides more details on the Neutral point of view and good faith discussed in the previous chapters. The author mentions the "collaborative culture", a feature that can explain Wikipedia before dealing with both of these. The author explains that collaborative work creates a common understanding that was not previously owned or shared. Collaboration creates shared meaning for a process, product, or event. For the first of the two Neutral point of view, the author says that the participant must give up trying to convince others of what is right and wrong and to focus on expressing what is generally understood about the subject. Good faith is the assumption that when people see Wikipedia editors, they should think of what they are trying to do to help Wikipedia. Chapter 4 explains the characteristics, influences, and processes of openness, which is the essence of Wikipedia.

2. Interesting Point

I was interested in bachmann's law at the beginning of chapter 4 and wanted to think about the meaning of the word. “Trolls are the driving force of Wikipedia. The worst trolls often spur the best editors into creating a brilliant article with watertight references where without the trollish escapades we would only have a brief stub.” Troll will mean people editing in Wikipedia that are either inefficient or maliciously screwing up their articles. I agree with the fact that the editors of these people call on more professional people and make the articles brilliant, and I have come to think about the Troll's ositive function. I think it is an opportunity to become more and more worthy Wikipedia by rediscovering articles that are not discovered by professionals as the wrong edits are created.

3. Discussion Point

Discussions on the scope of openness have been constantly going on, but I think it is something to keep thinking about because there are no clear answers yet. The main reason for the regulation in Wikipedia is to prevent the article from being unduly disturbed. I know that there are some cases where you use bots and block IPs to prevent them. I would like to add an additional process to the list as well. I think if you get a couple of warnings that you can perceive that your edits are adversely affecting you, such as blocking or limiting edits, malicious editing will be reduced.