Good Faith Collaboration

Good Faith Collaboration
Author Joseph M. Reagle Jr.
Language English
Publisher MIT Press
Publication date
 2010
Pages 256
ISBN 978-0-262-01447-2

Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia is a 2010 book by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. (a Fellow at the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard Law School), published by MIT Press.[1][2] The foreword is by Lawrence Lessig.

Good Faith Collaboration is based on Reagle's PhD dissertation.[3] The book is a study of the history of Wikipedia, its real life and theoretical precursors, and the culture which has developed around it. Reagle explores the history of collaboration, touching on the methods of the Quakers, the World Brain envisaged by H. G. Wells and Paul Otlet's Universal Repository.[4][5]

The book received a positive review from Cory Doctorow, who said that Reagle "offers a compelling case that Wikipedia's most fascinating and unprecedented aspect isn't the encyclopedia itself – rather, it's the collaborative culture that underpins it: brawling, self-reflexive, funny, serious, and full-tilt committed to the project."[6]

In August 2011, Reagle was a keynote speaker at the Wikimania conference in Haifa, Israel.[7] In September 2011, the Web edition of the book was released[8] under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.

References

  1. ↑ Bulatovic, Peja (January 14, 2011). "Wikipedia turns 10". CBC News.
  2. ↑ Solon, Olivia (January 11, 2011). "A Decade Of Wikipedia, The Poster Child For Collaboration". Wired.
  3. ↑ Madrigal, Alexis (October 19, 2010). "In Rancorous Times, Can Wikipedia Show Us How to All Get Along?". The Atlantic.
  4. ↑ Kowinski, William (December 30, 2010). "Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia". North Coast Journal.
  5. ↑ Lee, Humphreys (April 1, 2011). "Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia". Journal of Communication 61 (2): E1–E4. doi:10.1111/j.1460-2466.2011.01545.x.
  6. ↑ Doctorow, Cory (December 20, 2010). "Good Faith Collaboration: How Wikipedia works". Boing Boing.
  7. ↑ Avigayil Kadesh (July 14, 2011). "Israel hosts Wikimania 2011". mfa.gov.il. Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Retrieved October 2, 2011.
  8. ↑ Web/CC Edition of Good Faith Collaboration

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