W15 blog topic: What is the future of Wikipedia? Will it exist in 20 years? 50? 100? - Jong Hoon Park



As I have argued since the beginning of the semester, Wikipedia seems hard to maintain its reputation at least in Korea. In fact, Wikipedia was a success abroad, and it was hard to escape the hardships of Korea. It is true that this collective intelligence system is still new to our country, and the existence of alternatives such as the tree wikis may be one of the factors that has prevented our nation from succeeding. So in conclusion, the future in Korea looks uncertain. But outside of Korea, Wikipedia users are also growing, and a lot of progress is being made as many articles and materials are piling up.

So clearly, Wikipedia will exist in the future, and it will improve. However, I am very concerned about Wikipedia. Wikipedia is a nonprofit organization and is run on sponsorship. So, it seems like there will be a difficult part in the end, a financial crisis, or a hard way to encourage participants.

I personally wish Wikipedia would grow as a company. In the end, I think that the market economy in which money operates the world is the basic market principle of the world, and there are definitely many areas where there are limits if money is low and low. What do you think?

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  1. UnknownJune 16, 2018 at 6:59 AM

    I read your post well. We know that Wikipedia is currently running the site through sponsorship. But I do not know about the more specific import system. Of course, I think it may be difficult to operate the site in the future through regular sponsorship, but I think it is not good to change into a private company. I think that if it become a company, it can operate with its own interests and control those who are against their interests.

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  2. UnknownJune 17, 2018 at 7:57 AM

    If Wikipedia were to be a company, I think it would be difficult to maintain the current system. Because companies operate with the goal of creating maximum profits with minimal capital. I think Wikipedia's management of these goals will hamper Wikipedia's growth through collective intelligence.

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