Wikipedia - Collaborative Peer Production

This blog aims to demonstrate and problematize the potential of collaborative peer production through the Wikipedia article on the political movement "Taiwan independence".

22.5.07

Different people may strongly hold different views towards the same issue and conflicts are raised when both parties refuse to acknowledge information from their opposition. In “Taiwan independence”, the two opposing parties mainly consist of supporters of Taiwan independence (most arguably being Taiwanese), and supporters opposing this movement (arguably mainly Mainland Chinese). The Communist Party of the People’s Republic of China strongly believes in the One China Policy, where Taiwan is a province of China. However, the Taiwanese government is fighting for independence, attempting to break free of Mainland China. Both parties have and have spread the powerful reasons in their decisions in order to gain support from the people. In the Wikipedia entry “Taiwan independence”, supporters for the movement may create biased points on the issue. Enraged oppositions of the movement may then destroy all the content in support for Taiwan independence and place their opinions on the page. This type of conflict between Wikipedians not only create chaos in the community, the representation of strong, one-sided information also minimizes content accuracy.

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