Presentation

Talk by Bryan Pendleton of PARC on an in-depth study of

Conflict and Coordination in Wikipedia

Wikipedia, a wiki-based encyclopedia, has become one of the most successful experiments in collaborative knowledge building on the Internet. As Wikipedia continues to grow, the potential for conflict and the need for consensus building and coordination increase as well. This talk examines the growth of such non-direct work and describes the development of tools to characterize and identify conflict and coordination costs in Wikipedia. The results may inform the design of new collaborative knowledge systems.

If there's time, I'll also present some work on the evolution of the power structure in Wikipedia.

Attending

Speaker: Bryan Pendleton, PARC

Ken Pier, Socialtext
Liz Henry, Socialtext
Ross Mayfield, Socialtext
Gordon McCreight, Occasional Lurker
Matthew O'Connor, Socialtext
Kirsten Jones, Socialtext
Alex McClintock
Pete Kaminski
Adina Levin
Joel Norvell
Eugene Eric Kim, Blue Oxen Associates