[WikiEN-l] Wikipedia's Success Factors

[Fred Bauder]

The "infinite reach" is the big thing. Only a tiny fraction the  
population gets into it, but on a world wide scale that is a few  
thousand. We are generally not an elite, just people who especially  
enjoy this pass time. Reasons vary.

Fred

On Apr 23, 2006, at 5:17 PM, Hagen Böttcher wrote:

> Dear everybody,
>
> I am new to this list, but I need your help, as I am currently busy  
> with my
> B.A.Thesis on Wikipedia's Success Factors.
> I would very much appreciate your comments and critique on the  
> following:
>
> Wikipedia's success mainly depend on its users - the Wikipedians. In
> theory, everybody can be a Wikipedian. This thread is supposed to find
> out if the theory holds true in practice.
>
> The idea is that the Wiki-community of Wikipedians is a special group
> of people, who have special characteristcs. To account for these
> special characteristics, I have provided the following Factor
> Model:
>
> User factors: - Openness - Neutrality -
> Flat hierarchy- Computer Skills - Motivation -
>
> Knowledge factors: - Tacit & Explicit knowledge - Fast changing  
> rate - Peer
> review
>
> Technology factors: - Easy usability - Fast access - Infinite reach,
> multilingual - Flexible structure - Safe
>
> All these factors play together to accomplish the goal of succesful
> knowledge creation and knowledge sharing.
>
> See here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Success_factors
>
> Comments, feedback and own ideas are very welcome!
>
> Thank you very much in advance for your time,
> Hagen
>
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