W15. What is the future of Wikipedia? Will it exist in 20 years? 50? 100. ByoungHyun Chun(천병헌)

What is the future of Wikipedia? Will it exist in 20 years? 50? 100
Information sociology
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1. Summary

 Since 2001, Wikipedia has made many improvements. Approximately 70,000 people participated in editing in more than 100 languages. Wikipedia has become the most popular reference in the world. But now the future of Wikipedia is uncertain.

 The first reason is because smart phones appeared. Of the actual 50 news sites, 39 are more mobile than computer visitors. This change implies a challenge to Wikipedia that relied on editors sitting in front of their computers to find and discuss references through the keyboard.
 The second reason is information distortion problem. The biggest problem of Wikipedia's past and today is the crisis of credibility. Wikipedia seeks freedom because everyone can write. And anyone can access it. Subject, content, and editing were all left to the editor, and Wikipedia was able to gather massive data in a short period of time. However, information distortion is occurring as an inevitable result. In particular, for example, editing information about individuals is the most sensitive. If you post wrong information such as death, suicide, marriage, etc., online personality can damage individuals.

  On the other hand, there are no sites that can replace this Wikipedia today. So Wikipedia is still a good encyclopedia. To make this feature even better, we need to create an optimal editing environment for mobile users and consider users. And we have to carry out several campaigns to effectively communicate the good intentions of Wikipedia to people and overcome the credibility crisis, such as information distortion problems.

2. Interesting point

  I was interested in the emergence of smartphones as the reason for the uncertain future of Wikipedia. It is true that smartphones are now accessible to Wikipedia. However, the use of Wikipedia was based on computers. Previously, editors had to publish, edit, and source information from their computers. Previously, people had to sit in front of a computer to get information.
  However, with the advent of smartphones, people rely on quoting rather than editing information. They also get a lot of information from smartphones and leave Wikipedia. Changes in technology are pushing the future of Wikipedia into the labyrinth. The most frightening scenarios of Wikipedia are not disappearing overnight, but their participation, credibility and accuracy are slowly diminishing. Once these issues are resolved, Wikipedia will survive in the future. Also, the good intentions of Wikipedia are likely to be used for future research.

3. Discussion point

  Currently, Wikipedia will not disappear immediately. Editors and administrative staff at Wikipedia are doing a lot of work. For example, there is rapid feedback without space constraints, multiple campaigns, and the correction of information distortion problems. What do you think is a stumbling block to the future of Wikipedia? Or, what do you think is there any effort or development to keep Wikipedia in the future?


Comments

  1. UnknownJune 15, 2018 at 1:29 AM

    Hi, I read well, it's a very good article. Learn much I think Wippy Kiddia needs to encourage the participants more to continue to exist in the future. I think it is wise to have more participants by paying attention to not only static participants but also non-standing ones.

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