Wikipedia

Im Enzyklopädieprojekt Wikipedia kooperieren hunderttausende Menschen; sie kommen mit einem minimalen Aufwand an Koordination aus.

Pietro Ratto ripercorre le vicende di Aaron Swartz, giovane genio dell'informatica che vede nell'Internet un mezzo per connettere le persone, per rendere libera l'informazione, per condividere conoscenze, e Jimmy Walles, Jimbo, esperto di finanza e agente di borsa che diventerà il fondatore di Wikipedia. «Aaron si sentiva letteralmente infervorato all'idea di un mondo in cui, finalmente, si "liberasse" la conoscenza, mettendola a disposizione di tutti. Un mondo in cui notizie e saperi fossero messi a disposizione di chiunque, senza costi e senza profitti. Quella, era l'unica società giusta.

During its brief existence Wikipedia has proved astonishingly successful with 2.8 million articles in English alone available freely to all with access to the internet.

After viewing this film, you will never look at Wikipedia the same way. The filmmakers engagingly explore the history and cultural implications of one of the most referenced sites on the Web. A whole range of opinion is expressed about the impact of Wikipedia on the archiving of learning, from interviews with founder Jimmy Wales to commentators suspicious of the site's supposed neutrality. Evenhandedly weaving multiple perspectives about the impact of Wikipedia, the film provokes a deeper conversation on how knowledge is formed and what future generations will learn about history and the world.

Want to be part of the largest group-writing project in human history? Learn how to contribute to Wikipedia, the user-generated online reference for the 21st century. Considered more popular than eBay, Microsoft.com, and Amazon.com, Wikipedia generates approximately 30,000 requests per second, or about 2.5 billion per day. It's become the first point of reference for people the world over who need a fact fast. If you want to jump on board and add to the content, Wikipedia:

Manuel Merz liefert eine quantitativ-empirische Typologie der Autorinnen und Autoren der freien Online-Enzyklopädie Wikipedia, die weit über bisher verfügbare Analysen hinausgeht. Es gelingt dem Autor, die inneren Strukturen und Zusammenhänge der Autorenschaft anhand differenzierter empirischer Typen anschaulich darzulegen und erstmals einen detaillierten Vergleich zwischen den Autoren der deutsch- und der englischsprachigen Wikipedia anzustellen. Theorie und Praxis der soziologischen Typenbildung werden übersichtlich dargestellt und bestehende quantitative Verfahren methodisch weiterentwickelt. Eine wegweisende Arbeit für alle, die sich mit der Autorenschaft der Wikipedia oder statistischen Verfahren der empirischen Typenbildung beschäftigen.

In this book, you'll learn the skills required to use and contribute to the world's largest reference work-like what constitutes good writing and research and how to work with images and templates.