Wikipedia:WikipediaWeekly/Episode69

Episode 69: Wikipedia under the Microscope Released: TBD 2009

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Participants:

• Fuzheado
• Witty Lama
• Tawker
• Durova
• Ragesoss
• Jdforrester

Others?

• Phoebe
• Danny

Roundtable Topics

• This week in Censorship
• RNA Biology - science journal requires authors to edit Wikipedia
• Wikipedians grumpy and closed-minded?
• Admin uses ability to view deleted edits to obtain test "answer key", posts on Facebook
• Philosopher finds that Wikipedia has good "epistemic consequences"
• Add more here

Podcaster's Picks

• Fuzheado: BART Police shooting of Oscar Grant
• Choice of article could be launching point into bigger discussion below, or something you find interesting

Critical Issues and 2009 Predictions

• Deletionism
  • IS Wikipedia news/journalism, distinction?
  • Wikipedia becoming more like a conventional encyclopedia?
• Arbitration