Fwd: [wiki-research] How and Why Wikipedia Works: An Interview with Angela Beesley, Elisabeth Bauer, and Kizu Naoko

>In preparation of WikiSym 2006, I conducted an interview on "How and 
>Why Wikipedia Works".
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>ABSTRACT
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>This article presents an interview with Angela Beesley, Elisabeth 
>Bauer, and Kizu Naoko. All three are leading Wikipedia practitioners 
>in the English, German, and Japanese Wikipedias and related 
>projects. The interview focuses on how Wikipedia works and why these 
>three practitioners believe it will keep working. The interview was 
>conducted via email in preparation of WikiSym 2006, the 2006 
>International Symposium on Wikis, with the goal of furthering 
>Wikipedia research. Interviewer was Dirk Riehle, the chair of 
>WikiSym 2006. An online version of the article provides simplified 
>access to URLs.
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>The full text of the interview can be found here:
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>http://www.riehle.org/computer-science/research/2006/wikisym-2006-interview.html
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>WikiSym 2006, the 2006 International Symposium on Wikis
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>General website: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
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>This year's Wiki Symposium brings together wiki researchers and 
>practitioners in the historic and beautiful city of Odense, Denmark, 
>on August 21-23, 2006. Participants will present, discuss, and move 
>forward the latest advances in wiki contents, sociology, and 
>technology. The symposium program offers invited talks by Angela 
>Beesley ("How and Why Wikipedia Works"), Doug Engelbart and Eugene 
>E. Kim ("The Augmented Wiki"), Mark Bernstein ("Intimate 
>Information") and Ward Cunningham ("Design Principles of Wikis").
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>The research paper track presents and discusses breaking wiki 
>research, the panels let you listen to and contribute to topics like 
>"Wikis in Education" and "The Future of Wikis", and the workshops 
>let you get active and contribute to on-going research and 
>practitioner work with your peers. (Many workshops accept walk-ins, 
>so it is not too late!) What's more, for the first time, we will 
>have an on-going open space track (to replace BOFs) so you can get 
>active and involved in an organized fashion on any wiki topic you 
>like. We believe this is how to get the most out of your experience 
>at WikiSym 2006!
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>And, of course, if you can't wait, please join our conversation on 
>wiki research and practice on the symposium wiki! For the program, 
>please see the program information. For an overview of time slot 
>allocations, please see the time grid.
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>General website: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006
>Symposium wiki: http://ws2006.wikisym.org
>2006 program: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2006/program.html
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>Dirk Riehle, ph: +49 172 184 8755, web: http://www.riehle.org
>Interested in wiki research? Please see http://www.wikisym.org !
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