W5 Blog Topic : Can we trust Wikipedia?

I was quite skeptical before about trusting Wikipedia. The face that anyone can edit made me think of that we can't trust everyone's information and their knowledge. However, the more I use Wikipedia, the more I think Wikipedia is pretty reliable. Since I started eddting Wikipedia pretty much every week, someone wrote a message on my talk page about my editing. He kind of pointed out my mistakes which I had made while editing, but it was more like advices I would say. That was impressive because I did feel that Wikipedia is alive and people in it are constantly not only adding information, but also checking if the information is correct. They are voluntarily eager to do further to make Wikipedia better place such as giving an advice to a new Wikipedian. I am not sure how many percentage of information is correct in information is right now, but I can certainly say that it will be getting more and more. Also, what else could we use instead of Wikipedia which is changing itself? Would an encyclopedia which almost never changes or is hard to update enough to be an alternative to rely on?

Week4

 1. Wikipedia is a place that people communicate and making different kind of views. However, neutral point of view is necessary in wikipedia. Collaboration of people's thoughts make a new means of culture in this centry of web.

2. There were some movements trying to make encyclopedia before wikipedia was created. Although some may have failed, wikipedia is still growing and building up the sources.

3. Mentioned in this article, about Encyclopedia Britannica, is it broader than Wikipedia? Does it have more information than wiki? Once, when I was on web researching, the results from Britannica came out. I could read about the research little bit because I had to charge. So, I couldn't find out not many of sources from there.

week4

1. summarize in your own words of materials you read

I summarized this reading to 3part. first, Wikipedia is both a community and an encyclopedia. it's mixture of community and culture. second, Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization. they tell human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. finally, wikipedia is a free and open source encyclopedia. and they has the inspiration about that.

2. Mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned

I am interesting about wikipedia' means. I read "“Wiki wiki” means “super fast” in the Hawaiian language, and Ward Cunningham chose the name for his collaborative WikiWikiWeb software in 1995 to indicate the ease with which one could edit pages. " I don't think this means before read.

3. Question, concern, Discussion angle

I want "Predicting the Future, Reading the Past" means. I understand "Reading the Past" and " "making the present" but I don't undertand "Predicting the Future". how it predict future?  

Week 4 assignment -sehyun oh

Week4 - sehyun oh

1) although Wikipedia is useful, popular, and permits nearly anyone to contribute,
the site is only the most visible artifact of an active community. Unlike previous reference works that stand on library shelves distanced from the institutions, people, and discussions from which they arose, Wikipedia is both a community and an encyclopedia.
Also it shows collaborative culture. It is important fact to understand Wikipedia.

2) After I read it I was surprised about birth of Wikipedia and another point of Wikipedia.
   Also it's impressed that many ancestors tried to make many encyclopedia before Wikipedia. After Wikipedia was born, people in the world can discuss themselves on the web and make information on Wikipedia.  So as I said, it shows collaborative culture in Wikipedia.


3) I was curious when I read chapter 1-2. Is this right that Wikipedia reached the top of encyclopedia in the world?   I think Wikipedia is currently developing and there are lots of mistakes until now. Of course, many people can discuss on the Wikipedia and they correct things. But I don't think Wikipedia is the top of encyclopedia yet.

[Week4] English Reading in Information Sociology – Understanding Wikipedia

1. summarize in your own words of materials you read

- The common goal of making enyclopedia is try to solve the problem of that what we called jig-saw puzzle and bring all the scattered and ineffective mental wealth of our world into something like a common understanding.

- In this reason, every encyclopedia remains open to corrective criticism. By doing so we can makes neutral point of view.

2. Mention of any new, interesting,  or unusual items learned

- Before the birth of Wikipedia, there are many try to make encylcopidia such as otlet’s permanent encyclopedia/ Wells’s World Brain/ Bush’s memex/ Nelson’s xanadu/ Project Gutenberg /  Interpedia project / Nupedia / GNUPedia.

- The specific terms that “realization of the universal encyclopedic vision” is regarded as success of wikipedia. We usually talk about vison, blueprint, plan, etc which is just remained.However Wikipedia try to aquire that and finally they did it. That point is compulsory required point to us including all kinds of company or any other kinds of group.

3.  Question, concern, Discussion angle

- According to chapter 2, we can know that there are also many encyclopedia whther concrete figure or not and Wikipedia is final stage of try to make encyclopedia for human being. In this point, we can debate “Is wikipedia reach to higher level of encyclopeida or is there any more factor, direction of improvement to high quality encyclopedia?

week3

Blog topic : Why do you think people use Wikipedia? Why do others write for it?

 Wikipedia have system for people all over the world. many people can edit wikipedia at any time, and anywhere. and they support many language. so inconvenience is minimized

Personal user can study interest field using wikipedia. They can get new information and remedy mistakes information that they have been.

Nation and company user offer information to people all over the world. other nation people attract their attention. and It is making easy approach nation and company to attraction. 

Week3

[Week3] Blog topic : Why do you think people use Wikipedia? Why do others write for it?

Maybe people wants to share their knowledge or give a present. Some people like to give a present. Gift Economy, I would like to compare with Wikipedia. When they give a present(knowledge), some people that received the present, they will try to give present(writing articles). By using Wikipedia, people socialize. Who wouldn't like a present? So, with this circumstance people make articles automatically(?) with their will.

In my experience, I didn't know why people write for the wikipedia and use. I was not a person who use Wikipedia frquently. Almost none. Whenever I asked people question about subjects I don't know, people would say, 'Google it!' 9 people out of 10 would recommand google. At that time, I didn't know anything about wikipedia. Nobody mentioned me Wikipedia. I thought google has an encyclopedia, and that was Wikipedia. Wikipedia solved vocabularies that I'm not familiar with.

Week2

Week2

1) Wikipedia is a place that people share and communicatie their thoughts and knowledge. They are seeking for a unique encyclopedia which people all over the would can talk about thier own culture. They make people to edit articles with thier own will with this message 'anyone can edit'. 

2) In my opinion, Wikipedia is very smart. I searched for the Wikipedia's history. They started officially in 2000. Wikipedia is more than encyclopedia. In my experience, when I tried to edit about Beautiful Store and other articles, I had a  very difficult time when editing. Some people in the world text me and gave me some opinions about solving problem. Even though we don't know each other, we could talk and even work on the project. Facebook is now an important? and the network service that most people use. I think Wikipedia has a similar roll to Facebook. It's 'sharing and networking each other'. They talk.

3) I found some similiarities between Wikipedia and Facebook. Is there any tool or part that Wiki has about social? networking?? (except talk page. I think some people can make friends in talk page;socializing)

[Week3] English Reading in Information Sociology – Understanding Wikipedia

Blog topic : Why do you think people use Wikipedia? Why do others write for it?

There is variety of reasons for why people participate in editing on Wikipedia. As we saw the material that in our class, Wikipedia users use Wikipedia for killing time or just joyful. Or there are the people who use Wikipedia for their intellectual satisfaction like us. Even some one may use freely Wikipedia as a encyclopedia that is main purpose of Wikipedia. Today I would like to talk about why more and more people use Wikipedia.

I would like to comparative Wikipedia for market. The market was established for sharing something. In the ancient time when money didn’t came out yet, people sharing their stuff what they need each other. From at that time, market has been changed their appearance. Big mall, department store, complex markets are variety of shape of market. If we imagine other paid encyclopedia such as Britannica as a department store, we also regard Wikipedia as a flea market. They has also common part of their skill that is contain information and selling stuff but Britannica have to pay for using it ,department store is clean, fancy, neat but Wikipedia is free to use, flea market is feel comfortable, friendly.

Some more advantage of Wikipedia and flea market than Britannica and department store are makes people using Wikipedia for over decade and gave chance to improve, progressive. 

W3 assignment- sehyun oh

W3 assignment                                                     

 Why do you think people use Wikipedia? 

Why do others write for it?

sehyun oh

     Before I use Wikipedia, I thought that people didn't know about Wikipedia so much like  me. But after I learned about Wikipedia and edited some articles, my thinking was changed. I felt that why people like to use Wikipedia.  There are a lot of information in Wikipedia and Wikipedia arrange articles by topic. So if I want to see some articles, I can search easily. Another points are that many people shared information that they know and discussed what they think about an article in Wikipedia. Wikipedia has lots of editors all over the world. Editors know more information about their country than other people who live in different country. And  they can share information easily through Wikipedia compared with other encyclopedia. Moreover People's thinking is different so when they discuss about some topic, they can see others' thinking. I also liked this point that I can see others' thinking because I can know different part of my thinking. That's why I use Wikipedia and write for it. I think others are same reason as me. 

W3 Blog Topic : Why do you think people use Wikipedia? Why do others write for it?

If I define 'use' as an only action searching for and finding information,  I think people use Wikipedia because it's easy to access and free. They can get any information they want if Wikipedia has. With that being said, the large amount of information that Wikipedia has can be one of the main reasons that people use for searching tools. In fact, we can easily see information/articles on Wikipedia come up at the very first line of our search output when we use search engine. Even though we don't go to Wikipedia directly, we will ended up finding ourselves on Wikipedia.

I still think the main reason that people write and edit on Wikipedia is joy of sharing what they know. It's like the feeling we share what we know with our friends. I guess people want to share that with as many people as possible, and Wikipedia provides a perfect place for that. Also, people might want to contribute sometimes on Wikipedia if they've always taken things from it, maybe because of guiltiness or showing of appreciation, I would say.

A Question about translating articles.

I have a question about editing, if anyone knows. If I want to put the Korean version of an article in English, how can I translate it without disconnecting it so that people know they are about the same subject?

W2 - jeoung sae young

My first edits. Describe why you made them.

 I took ENGLISH READING IN INFORMATION SOCIOLOGY in last class. Before class I did not understand Wikipedia. I wondered why we study Wikipedia. My first edits were stared in assignment. My first edits were unfamiliar and difficult. During assignment our team make mistake and conflict. I think last class was hard time.

But my first edits are interesting about a novelty. the more I edit article, the more I understood meaning of class. so I took fall class. This class is difficult because of my low English skill. but I try to overcome English skill through taking notes and dictionary.      

W2-4 Reading

1) Wikipedia is both a community and an encyclopedia. Since it launched with its own address in January 15, 2001, it has been tremendously and unbelievably successful, so it's somehow very natural to look at what Wikipedia has had and will have beyond itself.

Based on Godwin's Law of Lazi Analogues, people tend to think the worst of one another, especially on the internet. Then, how do we see if  'good faith', which obviously makes community flourish, does exist in Wikipedia? And how does that affect on Wikipedia's success? What else does it have to be popular like now?

Wikipedia's success is not a first night thing, there is a certain history of how Wikipedia forms as what it looks like now. If we look back to the very first, it started with Otlet's needs to save information and find more easily. It went through many projects including Well's 'World brain', 'Xanadu', 'Gutenberg', and so on throughout the history till finally it came to Wikipedia.

Wikipedia, as a community having texture in it, wants to have more than an educational resource. Also it wants to make collaborative culture and spread it to the world.

2) I am surprised that origin of Wike came from Hawai. I thought it was otherwise. Also I really like what Jimmy Wales, cofounder of Wikipedia, said that "My dream is that someday this encyclopedia will be available for just the cost of printing to schoolhouses across the world, including ‘3rd world’ countries that won’t be able to afford widespread internet access for years. How many African villages can afford a set of Britannicas? I suppose not many…”. Because for me, it really shows how Wikipedia should go, and it seems to be determined already when it was blueprinted. I think that's the reason people don't think Wikipedia is not only an encyclopedia and try to make real community with and in it.

3) I want to know what the consequence of Citizendium was and get better ideas why people like Wikipedia more by comparing Nupedia, which consisted of elites and considered to having more reliable sources, and Wikipdeia. I also want to think further how we can develop Wikipedia to be provided more people, especially, '3rd world'. 

[Week2] English Reading in Information Sociology – Understanding Wikipedia

English Reading in Information Sociology – Understanding Wikipedia w2

1)     Summarize in your own words of materials you read.

-       Wikipedia is both a community and an encyclopedia. So how we should understand Wikipedia’s collaborative culture is really important factor to understand Wikipedia.

-       Wikipedia now has a number of features including talk or discussion page, history page, special template, etc. And these features make Wikipedia as a sophisticated content creation.

-       One of the main power point of Wikipedia is ‘anyone can edit’

2)     Mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned.

-       Wikipedia culture encourages contributors to treat and think of others well.

-       After Wikipedia has been founded, the inspiration for a free and open source encyclopedia might be thought of as the most recent stage of long running pursuit.

3)     Question, Concern, Discussion angle.

-       As we know, there are almost three million articles on English Wikipedia, but there are also quality gap. It seems one of the most important and serious matter faced to Wikipedia. The users who using Wikipedia always want to get a high quality of information.  According to this diagnosis, what is proper prescription to Wikipedia?

W2- sehyun oh

W2- My first edits

sehyun oh

     

      My first edits was the last semester. Before I took the class, I just searched some articles in Wikipedia. But I learned about tools in Wikipedia and tried to use them. At first editing, I just changed and deleted few words that people didn't have to know. But I saw some of students' editing, I realized that I had to use more tools when I edited an article. So I tried to use more editing tools in Wikipedia and my editing skills improved better than before. My first editing was poor compared with other students but it was the driving force to practice more to me.

W2 Blog Topic: My first edits.

My first edit was fun and interesting. I've used Wikipedia several times to search for my curiosity or assignments, it was my first time actually editing, even with an official account.  Especially when I started adding information which I only know, because it was so local, I found the joy of sharing, like I was taking to my friends about my hometown which I only know and they've never been to.

In spite of, I would rather want to write about what I felt after I had a chance to look into what and how my colleagues edited since I already presented my first edits during the class. When I started my editing last week, I think I limited my self into a small box which enables me to check minor mistakes. However I was really impressed how we can contribute to Wikipedia by sharing information.

One of my classmates added a photo to make an article visualized, and another student put the Korean pronunciation next to an English word. What I learned about Wiki, I am sure if it's correct though, it shows whatever you put and it's itself what you make, if that makes sense. Wiki doesn't have a certain set you need to follow in terms of editing information, and I cautiously guess that might be the fact people are attracted by.

W1 - sehyun oh

What I know about Wikipedia and what I want to learn about it.

 

 

sehyun Oh

 

     Before I took the Wikipedia class, I knew that Wikipedia was dictionary like 'naver dictionary'. So I could find some words or articles. But after I took Wikipedia class, I knew that Wikipedia was encyclopedia and everyone could edit in Wikipedia. I was so excited about it. During the class, I studied that editing, making article and etc. in Wikipedia. But I am unskilled about editing Wikipedia, so I will try to study more. Professor taught many things about Wikipedia but sometimes I couldn't use some tools because I didn't understant them. So I want to learn about some tools that I didn't understand in the spring semester.

[Week1] English Reading in Information Sociology – Understanding Wikipedia W1

1)     Summarize in your own words of materials you read.

Wikipedia is a kind of social platform that founded by Jimmy Wales for decades ago. At least just few years ago, there are only a few people had interested on Wikipedia, but many scholars and researchers are interested on Wikipedia as a social community. We need to variety views to understand Wikipedia circumstance such as economics, politics, history, law, etc.

2)     Mention of any new, interesting, or unusual items learned.

Generally speaking, from late 18^th century when A. Smith spoke ‘selfish’ in economy, selfish is generally used in other realm for understanding of one’s act. However, when I read this part of article, I found ‘Collaborative Community’. It is really fresh to me who have kinds of prejudice or stereotype for human’s act that is selfish.   

3)     Question, Concern, Discussion angle.

As we know there are lots of social platforms include Wikipedia. And as we also know today is era of web 2.0 that concept of sharing. So in my think Wikipedia is required not only inner sharing but outer sharing that sharing with other platform. Is there any try or voices for co-operative movement for sharing?  

An example of using Wiki in Korea - Starbucks Korea

Starbucks launches first online academy

Min Yong-sik, learning and development team chief at Starbucks Korea

Starbucks Korea launched Wednesday the world’s first online Starbucks Academy to educate some 5,000 employees here and support better communication between them, anytime and anywhere.

It is the first time that the Seattle-based coffee house has introduced an online academy. The company currently has cafes in some 60 countries.

The key feature of the membership website, coming together with a mobile app, is the interactive experience. That is best represented by a Wiki-style dictionary for the Starbucks language and services that is editable by users.

The academy also offers an e-book that integrates some 30 manuals used in shops, while providing diverse, useful tips and information for baristas and other employees.

“The world’s first Starbucks Academy will elevate the value of our corporate culture,” said Min Yong-sik, a Starbucks Korea learning and development team chief who led the project.

“We wanted to offer a role model program that other industries as well as other Starbucks branches globally would be willing to study.”

By Lee Ji-yoon (jylee@heraldcorp.com)

W1 Reading : Foreward

1)Even ten years ago, there is no one who would imagine the world which Wikipedia represents, or at least the world that Wikipedia becomes popular. However, it is now one of the top websites in the world. In order to understand this phenomenon better and accurately, we actually need to have a perspective of ethnographies. Because Wikipedia is not just a website, but it is a community where people from all different ages work voluntarily for the love of the work which is very ideal. Wikipedia is also a great example of showing the power of collaboration. It makes people work together and share what they have. Through all these points, Wikipedia is certainly more than just an encyclopedia

2-3) I found the author, Lawrence Lessig’s perspective very interesting when I read

 ‘No one doubts it produces an encyclopedia that has errors. But it is hard to imagine a more significant and sustained community, manned by volunteers, from teenagers to retirees, working to produce understanding’. 

Because I was the one who was very skeptical of reliability of Wikipedia a few years ago. I wasn’t able to see the real meaning Wikipedia has its beyond to this world and I was looking at only mistakes that Wikipedia has made and would make. However I am now more excited to see how Wikipedia grows and changes the world than ever before.

W1 Blog Topic : What I know about Wikipedia and what I want to learn about it.

When I was sophomore, I had a group assignment about Wikipedia. Wikipedia was really new to me at that time, and I had to read about Wikipedia on Wikipedia in English because it was hard to find the information on any other websites. I was pretty impressed by Wiki which anyone can edit and it would open to anyone right away. Also if I remember correctly, I like the way Wikipedia run itself by not using commercials to get financed. At the beginning, I was more like skeptical of reliability of the information which we can find on Wikipedia since anyone can write anything. My professor asked me to search more about Wikipedia and I figured later that there are system people can report errors and also there is quite a number of staff who manages overall. That’s pretty much all I remember about Wikipedia and I want to learn about the system in depth especially how it is run and I also think that the reason Wikipedia is not as popular in Korea as in other countries would be interesting.