Thursday, January14, the newspaper DNA City of India published the article: ‘What lies beyond for the different Wikimedia?’ about the Wikiwars event in Bangalore, wich was held 12 and 13 of Januari.
What lies beyond for the different Wikimedia?
The two-day Wikiwars, an event that saw prominent Wiki experts gather in the city from around the world to dwell on Wiki as a medium, came to an end on Wednesday. The event was organised by the Bangalore-based Centre for Information and Society (CIS), in collaboration with the Institute of Network Cultures, Amsterdam.
Delegates from 14 countries participated. The outcome of the meeting is expected to be published in the form of a text titled, Critical Point of View. Geert Lovink from the Institute of Networks Cultures said, “We thought an international initiative with opinions from people across the globe would be a good idea. We also wanted to organise this debate outside the Wikimedia framework. The discussions, we thought, should centre on Wiki as a medium rather than be confined to Wikipedia,” Lovink said.
Eric Zimmerman, a delegate from Israel, spoke about the current research information system. “In educational institutions, Wiki is generally looked down upon as a source of information. It lacks credibility because of its anonymity. If all the material is linked to a centralised database and in turn linked back to the Wiki, the problem of credibility could be dealt with,” Zimmerman says.
Zimmerman’s was one of thirty presentations made over the last two days. Other subjects explored included ‘The Wisdom of Bots: A Critique of Self-organisation in Wikipedia’ by Stuart Geiger of Georgetown University, Washington, ‘Wikipedia: a Social Semiotic Perspective’ by Dipti Kulkarni of the department of humanities and social sciences, IIT Delhi, and ‘Beyond the English web: The Cross-lingual Wikis’ by Anas Taweieh from the Internet Society, Israel. The sole presentation from the city was made by Noopur Rawal and Srikiet Tadepalli, on ‘Problems of Authenticity in Experimental Information on the English Wikipedia’.
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