Fwd: [wiki-research] How and Why Wikipedia Works: An Interview with Angela Beesley, Elisabeth Bauer, and Kizu Naoko - Wiki-research-l

11 Jul 2006

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In preparation of WikiSym 2006, I conducted an interview on "How and 
Why Wikipedia Works".

ABSTRACT
This article presents an interview with Angela Beesley, Elisabeth 
Bauer, and Kizu Naoko. All three are leading Wikipedia practitioners 
in the English, German, and Japanese Wikipedias and related 
projects. The interview focuses on how Wikipedia works and why these 
three practitioners believe it will keep working. The interview was 
conducted via email in preparation of WikiSym 2006, the 2006 
International Symposium on Wikis, with the goal of furthering 
Wikipedia research. Interviewer was Dirk Riehle, the chair of 
WikiSym 2006. An online version of the article provides simplified 
access to URLs.
The full text of the interview can be found here:
http://www.riehle.org/computer-science/research/2006/wikisym-2006-interview....

WikiSym 2006, the 2006 International Symposium on Wikis
General website: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
This year's Wiki Symposium brings together wiki researchers and 
practitioners in the historic and beautiful city of Odense, Denmark, 
on August 21-23, 2006. Participants will present, discuss, and move 
forward the latest advances in wiki contents, sociology, and 
technology. The symposium program offers invited talks by Angela 
Beesley ("How and Why Wikipedia Works"), Doug Engelbart and Eugene 
E. Kim ("The Augmented Wiki"), Mark Bernstein ("Intimate 
Information") and Ward Cunningham ("Design Principles of Wikis").
The research paper track presents and discusses breaking wiki 
research, the panels let you listen to and contribute to topics like 
"Wikis in Education" and "The Future of Wikis", and the workshops 
let you get active and contribute to on-going research and 
practitioner work with your peers. (Many workshops accept walk-ins, 
so it is not too late!) What's more, for the first time, we will 
have an on-going open space track (to replace BOFs) so you can get 
active and involved in an organized fashion on any wiki topic you 
like. We believe this is how to get the most out of your experience 
at WikiSym 2006!
And, of course, if you can't wait, please join our conversation on 
wiki research and practice on the symposium wiki! For the program, 
please see the program information. For an overview of time slot 
allocations, please see the time grid.
General website: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
Symposium wiki: http://ws2006.wikisym.org
2006 program: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html
Dirk Riehle, ph: +49 172 184 8755, web: http://www.riehle.org
Interested in wiki research? Please see http://www.wikisym.org !

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