Jimmy Wales, the founder of wikipedia is up on stage talking about how wikipedia and how it fulfills the original
promise of the Net
Problems w/Wikipedia's model
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Quality control
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Author fatigue
Solution to these problems: wikicities.com. Solves author fatigue problem by creating a community that is
topic-focused buyt not dependent on any one author. Solves quality control thru the wiki peer-review
process.
Organization by the Community: free form wiki software lets the community decide how to enforce community
mores.
Conclusion- wikis are a major "social innovation" according to Wales
