THE CHALLENGE OF GLOBAL LIBRARY : EVOLUTION
World Wide Web (Infrastructure).
English-language web-based encyclopedia.
Web application that allows the creation, editing and collaborative illustration of pages within a website.
Free online encyclopedia, created and edited by volunteers around the world.
WIKIPEDIA: THE UTOPIA OF COOPERATIVE HYPER-CONNECTION
A digital environment where it is possible to apply information literacy skills by experimenting with collaborative knowledge production practices.
See this visual and audio illustration of live editing activity (http://listen.hatnote.com/).
Non-profit foundation founded on June 20, 2003 by Jimmy Wales, based in San Francisco, California (USA),
1. Promoting Wikipedia and related projects
2. Encouraging the development and dissemination of free newcounts
3. Fundraising and management
4. Hardware management
RULES, PRINCIPLES AND PILLARS
Wikipedia is constantly evolving.
For this reason, his rules, recommendation records and guidelines are evolving too.
The 5 principles on which Wikipedia is based, however, are special: they are fixed and unquestionable.
1. Being an encyclopedia
2. Adopting and supporting the NPoV
3. Being free, open and cozy
4. Fostering respect and active listening of others’ PoV
5. Updating all the rules (except the 5 pillars!)
1. ONLINE ENCYCLOPEDIA
- It combines many features of general and specialized encyclopedias, almanacs, and gazetteers
- It is not a soapbox, an advertising platform, a vanity press, an experiment in anarchy or democracy, an indiscriminate collection of information, or a web directory
- It is not a dictionary, a newspaper, or a collection of source documents, although some of its fellow Wikimedia projects are
2. NEUTRAL POINT OF VIEW
- Voices should not contain the opinions of only one party
- Voices should report different theories about a topic
- Theories should be presented in a clear and impartial way and with the support of the necessary sources
- Do not take a position in controversial cases, and proceed to the right discussion for the resolution of conflicts
3. FREE CONTENT (ANYONE CAN EDIT)
- Wikipedia is free and doesn’t contain publicity
- Items can be changed by anyone
- All contributions are published with free licenses and are reusable
- No one owns the entries he writes
- Changes are immediately visible without any prior checking
4. RESPECT AND CIVILITY
- Respect the opinions of all Wikipedians
- Avoiding personal attacks and easy generalizations
- Seek consensus: Wikipedia is a collaborative project
- Trying to have a calm and open attitude
- Always assume good faith and be welcoming with the new
- Do not damage Wikipedia to support your point of view
5. NO FIRM RULES
- Rules can be discussed (except for the 5 pillars)
- You don’t have to worry about making trouble
- Don’t be afraid to make changes
WIKIPEDIA LICENCE ON CONTENT USE
Wikipedia community is very serious about copyright respect, and all the content (text, images, data) is released under the free Licence based on Creative Commons.
The CC BY-SA 3.0 license can be read like this:
- CC Creative Commons
- BY Attribution: the authorship must be quoted
- SA Share Alike: adopt the same conditions
WIKIPEDIA EDITING FEATURES
- Antonella, E. L. I. A. The language of tourism: wikivoyage and the evolution of travel guides. Trakya Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi, 8(15), 119-155.
- Elia, A. (2018). Guide turistiche collaborative e Pbworks: Il caso “Viaggiare in Italia”. Revista De Italianística, (36), 83-95.
- Feliciati P., Catalani L. (2018), Wikipedia, Libraries and Archives in JLIS.IT, Vol. 9, No. 3 .Available at https://www.jlis.it/issue/view/789 (15.05.2019).
- Posada, E. J. R., Berdasco, Á. G., Canduela, J. A. S., Sanz, S. N., & Saorín, T. (2012). Wiki Loves Monuments 2011: the experience in Spain and reflections regarding the diffusion of cultural heritage. Academic research into Wikipedia.