WikipediaNYCMeetup2009

Jimmy Wales Comments


 * Scaling of processes is the issue (with English language wikipedia)
 * Questions of rolling back policies (stare decisis question) -> but it can result in re-implementations

Questions provoked
 * People attended to help understand how they can do there "work" (in the world within wikipedia or within wikipedia)
 * Future of privacy in wikipedia
 * Ageism in wikipedia
 * Students in wikipedia for classes -> give guidance
 * Wikibooks vs. State Education Boards -> challenges of approval (Vinod Khosla -> CK112, FlatWorld Knowledge)
 * Wikipedia in China - future of the internet in China plays into wikipedia (wales expects Chinese to abandon program of censorship within the next 5 to 10 years)

=Wikipedia in the University=
 * Role of the University as an institution of accreditation, teaching, research
 * Wikipedia as a knowledge base, ; learning,
 * Interface - that is productive but the obvious limit of you can't trust it for writing

Session to share questions, what people are interested in, exploring

 * culture
 * wikiversity
 * archiving
 * screening biographiers

Successful
 * Medicine wiki project - NIH
 * Chemistry
 * Wikipedia: School and University Projects