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Revision as of 12:36, 30 July 2012

Wikipedia through the Looking Glass is the working title for a book about Wikipedia, by Edward Buckner, co-written with Eric Barbour.

Alternative title FREAK SHOW: An Uncensored Look Inside Wikipedia.


Outline

Edit war
  1. 1994 Jimbo, the Chicago futures markets and how Wikipedia was intended to work
  2. 1996 The early days of Bomis. What it was, and its influence on Wikipedia
  3. 1998-2000 The move to San Diego, Larry Sanger is hired, the early days of Nupedia.
  4. 2000-2001 The birth of Wikipedia (the true story).
  5. 2001 (March-July) The growth of the wiki. The influence of Richard Stallman. Free software and open source software. The Cathedral and the Bazaar.
  6. 2001-2002 The Slashdot invasion, and what 'The Internet' really is. The Cunctator and the leadership crisis.
  7. 2002-2012 Who are the Wikipedians? Really?
  8. 2002 The Spanish Fork and advertising on Wikipedia
  9. 2002-3 The rise of the Robots – Wikipedia as 'aggregation engine' not 'crowdsourcing'.
  10. 2003 Michael Davis moves from Chicago to Florida. His role in the Wikimedia Foundation. Advertising.
  11. 2004 Jon Schillaci starts the "Wikipedia campaign". The problem of conflict of interest.
  12. 2004 The LaRouche and other edit wars. Why conflict of interest is endemic in Wikipedia
  13. 2005 John Seigenthaler and Daniel Brandt and why Wikipedia is still vulnerable to malicious biography. The problem of anonymity and conflict of interest.
  14. 2006-7 The Essjay affair and the lessons that failed to be learned.
  15. 2007 The Wikipedia 'golden age': the rise and fall of the 'content contributors'.
  16. 2005-2008 Morrow gets out of jail. His history and how the WMF fail to address the problem of the mentally ill on Wikipedia
  17. 2008 The Anvil email and its aftermath. The Wikipedia 'security police'.
  18. 2008 – The problem of Philosophy on Wikipedia. Why crowdsourcing will never write the Critique of Pure Reason.
  19. 2010 Why Wikipedia must not be censored, and how Jimbo was nearly removed as founder. Why there must be as much pornography as possible on Wikipedia.
  20. 2011-12 The SOPA protest and Wikipedia's alignment with the tech industry.
  21. 2012 Ashley van Haeften, harassment and the problem of Wikipedia reform

See also