Wikipedia through the Looking Glass

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

Outline

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