I like you idea about "vulgarization". This word implies a negative
connotation however, as if you are referring to Wikipedia articles
collectively as the wastebasket of rejected academic journal articles.
I would really like to come up with a positive sounding term for this,
because only through easily accessible and easy-to-read articles will
the Wikipedia mission be viable worldwide. I think machine translation
is already here in some sense through the widespread use of Google
translate, and I agree with you that epistemology has a crucial role
in the new politics and within personal and collective identities.
I think however, that WIkipedia has brought more to the table than the
three things you mention: hyper-textual tools, a crowd-sourced
editorial process and an open intellectual property. Wikipedia's
blackouts show that as a political entity it is becoming a force to be
reckoned with.
2013/5/28, Joe Corneli <holtzermann17(a)gmail.com>om>: