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Clash of the encyclopedias: is competition good for sharing?

Clash of the encyclopedias: is competition good for sharing?

Presented at SHARISM Forum, 2010.

Brianna Laugher

October 22, 2010
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  1. Clash
    Encyclopedias
    Is competition good for sharing?
    Brianna Laugher * SHARISM
    of the

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  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

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  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

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  5. 1. Hudong
    2. English Wikipedia
    3. Baidu Baike
    4. German Wikipedia

    Chinese Wikipedia
    World's largest wikis

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  7. [insert Hudong
    edit button here]

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  8. fragmentation of effort
    vs
    competition is healthy
    ?

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  11. Unique Selling Proposition

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  12. 5P
    五大支柱

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  13. WP:NOT
    百科

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  14. 永乐大典
    1408

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  15. 古今圖書集成
    1725

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  16. NPOV
    中立

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  17. not the “middle” or moderate position
    an overview of all positions

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  19. free content
    开放
    ( 自由內容 )

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  22. a free content license is...

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  23. protection for the community

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  24. an invitation for everyone else

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  31. AGF
    互重

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  32. IAR
    无权威

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  34. protection for the community

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  35. the right to fork!

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  36. … in case the administrators
    become jerks

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  37. .... in case the community becomes
    divided about which direction to go

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  38. … in case the owners decide
    it's no longer “financially viable”

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  39. … in case the owners
    abandon the project

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  40. no one knows everything,
    but everyone knows something

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  41. no one owns any particular thing,
    but everyone owns everything

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  42. Competition from within?

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  44. the argument for free culture
    always needs to include
    FREEDOM!

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  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

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  46. thanks!
    [email protected]
    [[user:pfctdayelise]]
    (but you can call me 罗碧琴 :))
    brianna.laugher.id.au/blog/
    © Brianna Laugher,
    licensed CC-BY-SA
    unless otherwise noted.

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