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wikademia>WAS 4.250 New page: Editing Ethical Management of the English Language Wikipedia/Suggested essays The following are suggested essay subjects. What makes for a good essay subject in this project is something ... |
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==Who founded Wikipedia?== | ==Who founded Wikipedia?== | ||
Clues: (define "founded" and "wikipedia" and what counts as a "who"; ask what is more important: a general idea, a specific idea, implementing an idea, paying for the implementing of an idea, or something else? is the "real" father the one who one who raised you or your biological father or both?) | Clues: (define "founded" and "wikipedia" and what counts as a "who"; ask what is more important: a general idea, a specific idea, implementing an idea, paying for the implementing of an idea, or something else? is the "real" father the one who one who raised you or your biological father or both?) | ||
*Jimbo Wales, | *Jimbo Wales, | ||
*Larry Sanger, | *Larry Sanger, | ||
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*Ward Cunningham, | *Ward Cunningham, | ||
*volunteers around the world. | *volunteers around the world. | ||
==Alternative governance models== | |||
How many distinct governance models do you know about? Can you recognize which governance model is in operation at any given juncture in an online community? What are the ethical issues associated with any given governance model? | |||
* Monarchy | |||
* Oligarchy | |||
* Hierarchy | |||
* Republic | |||
* Democracy | |||
* Ochlocracy | |||
* Anarchy | |||
Revision as of 21:26, 14 July 2008
Editing Ethical Management of the English Language Wikipedia/Suggested essays
The following are suggested essay subjects. What makes for a good essay subject in this project is something that is revealing concerning ethical management of the English language Wikipedia, but yet has no clear cut "answer". If it did, then we should not tease you by not simply giving you the answer. So, the first clue to writing an essay on any of these suggested topics is that there is no right answer.
Who founded Wikipedia?
Clues: (define "founded" and "wikipedia" and what counts as a "who"; ask what is more important: a general idea, a specific idea, implementing an idea, paying for the implementing of an idea, or something else? is the "real" father the one who one who raised you or your biological father or both?)
- Jimbo Wales,
- Larry Sanger,
- Bomis,
- Richard Stallman,
- Clifford Adams,
- Magnus Manske,
- Lee Daniel Crocker,
- Ward Cunningham,
- volunteers around the world.
Alternative governance models
How many distinct governance models do you know about? Can you recognize which governance model is in operation at any given juncture in an online community? What are the ethical issues associated with any given governance model?
- Monarchy
- Oligarchy
- Hierarchy
- Republic
- Democracy
- Ochlocracy
- Anarchy