Wikipedia & Edupunk
Dave Warlick, 2 cents worth, June 4, 2008.

Leaving aside the question of whether 'edupunk' deserves a Wikipedia entry: Dave Warlick notes, "The Wikipedia community works hard to earn respect among readers raised on authoritative, published print content." That, I think, is Wikipedia's mistake. It shouldn't bother. As Warlick says, "Yet, part of Wikipedia's value is its freshness, the fact that you can find the latest information there. And even if the term, Edupunk, does fizzle out in a few weeks or days, it might be of interest to someone, that for a few days during the approaching Summer of 2008, a group of educators were using a term so identified with rebellion and non-conformity to talk about the state of education." Right. Exactly. (Hits Today: 0 Total: 587) [Direct Link] [Tags: Books, Edupunk, Wikipedia]

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Re: Wikipedia & Edupunk

Anymouse, June 5, 2008

I'm interested that you and Dave W. both talk about Wikipedia in terms of what you think it should have in it. To me, Wikipedia is successful because there are guidelines that keep the quality at a usable level, for example:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Notability
"If a topic has received significant coverage in reliable sources that are independent of the subject, it is presumed to be notable."

Although you say that Wikipedia's mistake is trying to earn respect by mimicking characteristics of traditional encyclopedias, that's a big part of what has made it successful over tools like Everything2. [Comment] [Permalink] [Previous][Next]

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