Dear all,
I am happy to announce the preliminary Programme of the Open Knowledge Conference - OKCon 2011
http://okcon.org/2011/programme
It already includes a great variety of interesting talks and sessions. Final version will be published around June, 1st.
I am delighted to share with you a sneak preview list of speakers already confirmed their coming.
http://okcon.org/2011/speakers
You are invited to also join the pro-OKCon workshops and a screen scraping day - kind of hackathon, see more: http://okcon.org/blog
All in all we are exited and looking forward to a great Conference with all of you!
Please note: There are only 15 days left to get your early bird ticket.
http://okcon2011.eventbrite.com/
All the best
Daniel
PS: sorry for cross-posting
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Daniel Dietrich
The Open Knowledge Foundation
Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age
www.okfn.org - www.opendefinition.org
Mail: daniel.dietrich(a)okfn.org
Mobil: +49 171 780 870 3
Twitter: @ddie
Hello (and please pardon the crossposting),
I am a Ph.D. researcher at the Digital Enterprise Research Institute in Galway, Ireland. My Ph.D. topic is online discussions, specifically the reasoning and arguments people use. I am currently studying Articles for Deletion in English Wikipedia, to understand how article deletion decisions are made.
I am working on a prototype argument assistant to help newcomers understand what kinds of arguments make sense, much in the way that the Article Wizard provides guidance for creating an article. From reading discussions, I am learning what kinds of arguments people use in AfD, especially to see what comments advance the discussion. Next I need to get some perspectives from editors!
I'm looking for Wikipedians to interview about the deletion process. I envision a 30 minute skype or phone conversation. I'm interested in learning about what works well in AfD discussions, any frustrations you have with it, and why you generally do or don't !vote in AfD.
I hope to talk with Wikipedians with a wide variety of experience editing (from newcomers to EN-WP, to regular EN-WP editors, to admins, especially admins who close discussions), with people who spend little time commenting in deletion discussions, as well as those who do.
Would you be willing to talk with me? Let me know the best times for you; you can reach me at jschneider(a)pobox.com or with the info below.
-Jodi Schneider
WP:Jodi.a.schneider
skype:jodi.a.schneider
http://jodischneider.com/jodi.html
INC Reader #7
Critical Point of View: A Wikipedia Reader
Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz (eds)
For millions of internet users around the globe, the search for new
knowledge begins with Wikipedia. The encyclopedia’s rapid rise, novel
organization, and freely offered content have been marveled at and
denounced by a host of commentators. Critical Point of View moves
beyond unflagging praise, well-worn facts, and questions about its
reliability and accuracy, to unveil the complex, messy, and
controversial realities of a distributed knowledge platform.
The essays, interviews and artworks brought together in this reader
form part of the overarching Critical Point of View research
initiative, which began with a conference in Bangalore (January 2010),
followed by events in Amsterdam (March 2010) and Leipzig (September
2010). With an emphasis on theoretical reflection, cultural difference
and indeed, critique, contributions to this collection ask: What
values are embedded in Wikipedia’s software? On what basis are
Wikipedia’s claims to neutrality made? How can Wikipedia give voice to
those outside the Western tradition of Enlightenment, or even its own
administrative hierarchies? Critical Point of View collects original
insights on the next generation of wiki-related research, from radical
artistic interventions and the significant role of bots to hidden
trajectories of encyclopedic knowledge and the politics of agency and
exclusion.
Contributors: Amila Akdag Salah, Nicholas Carr, Shun-ling Chen,
Florian Cramer, Morgan Currie, Edgar Enyedy, Andrew Famiglietti,
Heather Ford, Mayo Fuster Morell, Cheng Gao, R. Stuart Geiger, Mark
Graham, Gautam John, Dror Kamir, Peter B. Kaufman, Scott Kildall,
Lawrence Liang, Patrick Lichty, Geert Lovink, Hans Varghese Mathews,
Johanna Niesyto, Matheiu O’Neil, Dan O’Sullivan, Joseph Reagle, Andrea
Scharnhorst, Alan Shapiro, Christian Stegbauer, Nathaniel Stern,
Krzystztof Suchecki, Nathaniel Tkacz, Maja van der Velden.
Colophon: Editors: Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz. Editorial
Assistance: Ivy Roberts and Morgan Currie. Copy-Editing: Cielo Lutino.
Design: Katja van Stiphout. Cover Image: Ayumi Higuchi. Priner: Ten
Klei, Amsterdam. Publisher: Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam.
Supported by: The School for Communication and Design at the Amsterdam
University of Applied Sciences (Hogeschool van Amsterdam DMCI), the
Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) in Bangalore and the Kusuma Trust.
You can download the pdf for free here: http://www.networkcultures.org/_uploads/%237reader_Wikipedia.pdf
To order a hard copy of the reader, send an email to books(a)networkcultures.org
Geert Lovink and Nathaniel Tkacz (eds), Critical Point of View: A
Wikpedia Reader, Amsterdam: Institute of Network Cultures, 2011. ISBN:
978-90-78146-13-1, paperback, 385 pages.
FYI,
Forwarding message to WikiEN-l about another stats tool.
Cheers,
Felipe.
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[WikiEN-l] yet another statistics tool
Dennis Yurichev dennis at conus.info
Mon May 2 19:55:25 UTC 2011
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Hi.
Let me introduce yet another statistics tool: here is a lists of English
Wikipedia articles created last month/week/day with most users
contributing to article within the same period.
It is somewhat similar to http://www.wikirage.com , but counts only new
articles.
http://unit1.conus.info:8080/en.wikipedia.stats/
Statistics is building using Wikipedia Recentchanges feed once per hour.
FYI,
Still on time to send posters, demos and works for Doctoral Symposium of WikiSym
2011.
Looking forward to see you next October in Mountain View.
Best,
Felipe.
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CALL FOR PAPERS - WikiSym 2011 - 7th International Symposium on
Wikis and Open Collaboration
October 3-5, 2011 | Mountain View, California
http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011
The International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration (WikiSym) is
the premier conference on open collaboration and related technologies. In
2011, WikiSym celebrates its 7th year of scholarly, technical and
community innovation in Mountain View, California at the Microsoft
Research Campus in Silicon Valley.
Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details
are available on the conference website:
http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/submitting:start
* Posters, Demos: May 13
* Doctoral Symposium: May 20
* Notification of Acceptance: June 17
The conference program will include a peer-reviewed research track, as
well as workshops, a doctoral consortium, invited keynotes and panel
speakers. Evening social events will follow, because wiki folks know the
value of a good party for sparking conversation and collaboration. As
always, Open Space, a participant-organized track will also run throughout
the conference. Many of the most innovative technology companies in the
world have a presence in Mountain View, which makes it an ideal venue for
hatching new ideas and thoughtful debate about collaborative computing
among technologists, researchers, educators, and activists.
Topics appropriate for research submissions include all aspects of the
people, tools, contexts, and content that comprise open collaboration
systems. For example:
* Collaboration tools and processes
* Social and cultural aspects of collaboration
* Collaboration beyond text: images, video, sound, etc.
* Communities and workgroups
* Knowledge and information production
* New media literacies
* Uses and impact of wikis and open resources in specific fields, such
as
- Education/Open Educational Resources
- Law/Intellectual Property
- Journalism
- Art
- Science
- Publishing
- Business
- Entertainment
In addition to research and development topics, WikiSym also invites
innovative proposals for wiki-style art and performance.
Felipe Ortega, Conference Chair
University Rey Juan Carlos
http://felipeortega.net/
Andrea Forte, Program Chair
Drexel University
http://www.andreaforte.net/