Wikipedian Sociology

share
0

Recent videos from mbogle

4 Animate Yourself
Nov 13, 2009
5 Google News
Nov 6, 2009
108 videos see all

what people are saying

add a comment

2000 characters left.
First collected by mbogle
May 1, 2008
join Your favorite videos on the web, in one place. Start your collection now.

related videos

tags

collected by 1 person

details

34 views

original description

from www.ted.com posted with vodpod Yesterday I mistakenly wrote that Wikipedia is outside the realm of open source. I’ve since tracked down a presentation by Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales and have realised how wrong I was to make that statement. The video is a fascinating look into the organisational structure and sociology that is Wikipedia and is clearly indicative of a community with strong roots in open source and free software philosophy. There are numerous points and notable q...
Flag this Video as inappropriate or broken