Watch Stephen Colbert’s recent The Word segment on “wikiality” … and then check out the Wikipedia entries on The Colbert Report and page on elephants (or the accompanying discussion). NOTE: If the YouTube link doesn’t fly, This may lead to a Windows-version offered by the show.
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A Ph.D student in informatics at Indiana University, Kevin is rich in spirit. He wrestles and reads with his kids, does a hilarious Christian Slater imitation and lights up his wife's days. He thinks deeply about many things, including but not limited to basketball, politics, microblogging, parenting, online communities, complex systems and design theory. He didn't, however, think up this profile.
Before Buck, there was Minnie Busy as a bee, I haven't had much chance to peruse the sports section of the web much, but I managed a couple minutes this...
Wootius Hootius! An academic woo-hoo came in the form of:
"We are pleased to inform you that your paper, titled 'PoliticWiki: Exploring Communal Politics' has been accepted as...
Common Sense 2.0 If it weren't for the originating source of the suggestion, I might easily dismiss a recent call for standardized blogging etiquette as something for those...
Finally, a nicely-written article by Marshall Poe appeared in The Atlantic. Among other things, Poe describes his experience as the subject of potential deletion from Wikipedia.
You know, I think it is pretty amazing that a popular cult show can generate so much interest in a page like Elephant … and then a cult phenomenon like Wikipedia can have the depth of community to keep the vandalism under control. Cool on both ends.
[...] For those of you who find yourselves asking, “What is a wiki, and why is it part of Third Party?” the debate above might be helpful. (Or for liks to lighter-side diversion, try this post from my blog.) [...]
[...] While the battle joined in earnest last December with Nature magazine’s comparison of the content in both publications (see this Word doc for details), increased media attention has drawn fire on wikis from other corners. The L.A. Times Wikitorial fiasco … Defra’s government wiki problems … John Seigenthaler’s criticism of Wikipedia upon finding his bio linked him with the Kennedy assassinations … parodies by Stephen Colbert and the Onion. In the WSJ article, Wales even helps Hoiberg by pointing to criticism of Wikipedia found on its own site. EB also took a hit from onlookers when a 12-year-old boy found errors in the tomes. The Nature investigation has yielded a rebuttal by EB (PDF) and a response to that response by the magazine. This is an interesting backdrop, developed over the past year, to an email conversation between two voices that count most. [...]
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The history says that the Colbert Report wikipedia page was taken off of DefCon 2 and is back to being open again.
You know, I think it is pretty amazing that a popular cult show can generate so much interest in a page like Elephant … and then a cult phenomenon like Wikipedia can have the depth of community to keep the vandalism under control. Cool on both ends.
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[...] For those of you who find yourselves asking, “What is a wiki, and why is it part of Third Party?” the debate above might be helpful. (Or for liks to lighter-side diversion, try this post from my blog.) [...]
[...] While the battle joined in earnest last December with Nature magazine’s comparison of the content in both publications (see this Word doc for details), increased media attention has drawn fire on wikis from other corners. The L.A. Times Wikitorial fiasco … Defra’s government wiki problems … John Seigenthaler’s criticism of Wikipedia upon finding his bio linked him with the Kennedy assassinations … parodies by Stephen Colbert and the Onion. In the WSJ article, Wales even helps Hoiberg by pointing to criticism of Wikipedia found on its own site. EB also took a hit from onlookers when a 12-year-old boy found errors in the tomes. The Nature investigation has yielded a rebuttal by EB (PDF) and a response to that response by the magazine. This is an interesting backdrop, developed over the past year, to an email conversation between two voices that count most. [...]