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

An online community or communities can be created through working on the same topic together. Winning a Webby Award in 2004 for "community" (The Webby Awards, 2004), the Wikipedia community is a well-presented example of an online community formed through collaborative peer production. Through volunteering their time and energy to build a free, online encyclopedia, users become part of the Wikipedian community, sharing the same motive of maintaining Wikipedia. In addition, a sub community may be formed within Wikipedians to the community that is dedicated to updating and maintaining the “Taiwan independence” article. Sharing the same interest, these Wikipedians can discuss the facts of the topic and ways of improving the article through the discussion tab on “Taiwan independence”.

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