wikiwars on Flickr

By serenawestra, January 25, 2010

A selection of photo’s of the wikiwars event in Bangalore can be viewed at this page.

wikiwars on livemint.com: Wiki’s worth, on a different turf

By serenawestra, January 25, 2010

Wednesday, Januari 13, Sunil Abraham posted an article on livemint.com about wikiwars. Wiki’s worth, on a different turf “An Indian duo–a programmer and a mathematician–has developed a tool to expose anonymous writers and cleanse Wikipedia of rogue editors.” Sunil Abraham Read more: livemint.com

Playcast: interview with Nishant Shah about wikiwars

By serenawestra, January 25, 2010

Playcast made a podcast about wikiwars. In the interview they speak to Nishant Shah about the position of Wikipedia in India and what happens when different knowledge production systems are coming together. The original website with the podcast can be found by clicking on this link. Playcast: Waging wikiwars, tech behind golf balls and tweeple [...]

Bangalore: picture of the wikiwars crowd

By serenawestra, January 25, 2010

DAY 2: Bangalore – Session 5: Wikipedia and the Place of Resistance

By johannaniesyto, January 23, 2010

THIS TEXT IS WRITTEN BY HEATHER FORD. The panel ‘Wikipedia and the Place of Resistance’ introduced some fascinating arguments about why people either leave Wikipedia (a perspective from US Internet Analyst, William Buetler) or why they’re not interested in Wikipedia (Yi-Ping Tsou about why Taiwan does not like Wikipedia) – and some thoughts on the [...]

DAY 2: Bangalore – Session 6: Wikipedia and the Critique of Western Knowledge Production

By johannaniesyto, January 23, 2010

THIS TEXT IS WRITTEN BY STUART GEIGER. Eric Zimmerman: Wikipedia and the Current Research Information System Zimmerman spoke about trusting Wikipedia, asking if anonymity could ever lead to trust. He pointed out that there was a key difference between information and knowledge, and asked which one Wikipedia was facilitating. As an academic and a father, [...]

DAY 1: Bangalore – Session 3: Critique Free and Open

By admin, January 18, 2010

Whereas for many Wikipedia is part of the Web 2.0 wave, it is different in that it is a non-profit organization that is funded through grants and donations. In that sense we not say that contributors are exploited for the sake of the (short term) interests venture capitalists and shareholders. In this case the ideology [...]

Wikiwars in DNA City, newspaper of Bangalore

By serenawestra, January 18, 2010

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 [...]

DAY 1: Bangalore – Session 1: Wiki Theory

By nathanieltkacz, January 17, 2010

Day one of WikiWars begins with brief opening addresses from Nishant Shah and Geert Lovink. Shung-Ling Chen The first panel titled Wiki Theory begins with Shun-Ling Chen from the Harvard Law School.  Shun-Ling is interested in comparing Wikipedia with the historical ‘republic of science’ and begins by looking at the 19th century OED. She draws [...]

DAY 2: Bangalore – Session 4: Wikipedia & Education

By johannaniesyto, January 16, 2010

THIS TEXT IS WRITTEN BY LINDA GROSS Usha Raman Usha Raman’s talk „Definitive references and disruptive locations? The wikipedia as a school teaching-learning ressource“ discussed the potential of Wikipedia as a learning resource for both teachers and students. While the internet is entering classrooms it challenges traditional learning processes by introducing a discontinuity in exisiting [...]