Clash of the encyclopedias: is competition good for sharing?

Presented at SHARISM Forum, 2010.

Transcript

1. Clash Encyclopedias Is competition good for sharing? Brianna Laugher * SHARISM of the
2. “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
3. “[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
5. 1. Hudong 2. English Wikipedia 3. Baidu Baike 4. German Wikipedia … Chinese Wikipedia World's largest wikis
7. [insert Hudong edit button here]
8. fragmentation of effort vs competition is healthy ?
11. Unique Selling Proposition
12. 5P 五大支柱
13. WP:NOT 百科
14. 永乐大典 1408
15. 古今圖書集成 1725
16. NPOV 中立
17. not the “middle” or moderate position an overview of all positions
19. free content 开放 ( 自由內容 )
22. a free content license is...
23. protection for the community
24. an invitation for everyone else
31. AGF 互重
32. IAR 无权威
34. protection for the community
35. the right to fork!
36. … in case the administrators become jerks
37. .... in case the community becomes divided about which direction to go
38. … in case the owners decide it's no longer “financially viable”
39. … in case the owners abandon the project
40. no one knows everything, but everyone knows something
41. no one owns any particular thing, but everyone owns everything
42. Competition from within?
44. the argument for free culture always needs to include FREEDOM!
45. • 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
46. thanks! brianna@modernthings.org [[user:pfctdayelise]] (but you can call me 罗碧琴 :)) brianna.laugher.id.au/blog/ © Brianna Laugher, licensed CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.