Key concepts:

Wiki, Read-Write Web, Open Source, licensing, peer-production, crowdsourcing, "neutral point of view", quality control, knowledge production, knowledge representation.

Questions to debate:

Will increasing internet access in the developing world lead to growth of Wikipedia entries from these part of the world?

Is online collaboration and peer production the privilege of those in resource rich countries?

Please watch the following videos prior to the lecture on Sept. 17th

The History of Wikipedia in two minutes.

Jimmy Wales recount the origins of Wikipedia, how it grew so rapidly, and the principles that "guided" the growth of this platform. While watching the video, pay particular attention to the notion of "neutral point of view" promoted by Wales, and the "quality control" mechanisms that he described.