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Brianna Laugher
October 22, 2010
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Clash of the encyclopedias: is competition good for sharing?
Presented at SHARISM Forum, 2010.
Brianna Laugher
October 22, 2010
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Transcript
Clash Encyclopedias Is competition good for sharing? Brianna Laugher *
SHARISM of the
“There's, in fact, no reason for China to use Wikipedia,
a service based 'out there'. It's very natural for China to make its own products.” – Baidu's William Chang
“[I]t's very easy for overseas Chinese to accept Hudong.com as
the 'Wikipedia of China.' […] We think we understand the Chinese language and people better than Wikipedia. We believe we can do a better job.” – Hudong's Haidong Pan
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1. Hudong 2. English Wikipedia 3. Baidu Baike 4. German
Wikipedia … Chinese Wikipedia World's largest wikis
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[insert Hudong edit button here]
fragmentation of effort vs competition is healthy ?
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Unique Selling Proposition
5P 五大支柱
WP:NOT 百科
永乐大典 1408
古今圖書集成 1725
NPOV 中立
not the “middle” or moderate position an overview of all
positions
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free content 开放 ( 自由內容 )
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a free content license is...
protection for the community
an invitation for everyone else
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AGF 互重
IAR 无权威
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protection for the community
the right to fork!
… in case the administrators become jerks
.... in case the community becomes divided about which direction
to go
… in case the owners decide it's no longer “financially
viable”
… in case the owners abandon the project
no one knows everything, but everyone knows something
no one owns any particular thing, but everyone owns everything
Competition from within?
None
the argument for free culture always needs to include FREEDOM!
• Title picture “Fight on snow” from http://www.flickr.com/photos/63766699@N00/225701 1693 by
Suneko, licensed CC-BY-SA. • Logos and screenshots © respective owners • Globe from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Globe_Eurasia.svg by Ssolbergj, licensed GFDL • Map of China from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Blank_map_of_china.svg by historicair, licensed CC-BY-SA • Graph of Chinese Wikipedia block from "Group Size and Incentives to Contribute: A Natural Experiment at Chinese Wikipedia" by Xiaoquan (Michael) Zhang and Feng Zhu, published in the American Economic Review. • Chinese encyclopedia images public domain, from Wikimedia Commons • Nobel image from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Alfred_Nobel_mirrored.png by Aushulz, released into the public domain • WikiReader photos from http://www.flickr.com/photos/pfctdayelise/sets/72157625071914527/ by me :) licensed CC-BY-SA • Protective vest icon from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:D-M015.svg by Epop, released into the public domain • Wikipe-tan with Chinese 'welcome' sign from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikipe-tan_holding_a_welcome_sign_cropped_%28simp by Leon3289, licensed CC-BY-SA. • PediaPress book stack from http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Pedia-bunch-2.jpg by Notafish, licensed CC-BY-SA. • Riot drawing public domain, from Wikimedia Commons Credits
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