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<P>Hello,</P>
<P>I am a graduate student at the MIT Media Lab and this summer I'm working on a
Wiki related project that uses visualization to understand how Wiki pages evolve
over time.</P>
<P>Because Wikipedia seems like such an interesting and thriving community, I
would like to know whether any of you would be available to chat with me about
how the community works and how consensus is achieved? </P>
<P>Also, I would be very appreciative of any pointers you might have to other
academic work being done on Wikipedia.</P>
<P>thanks a lot,<BR>Fernanda Viegas</P></FONT><FONT face="Tms Rmn"
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