Wikisation

Wikisation

: Clay Shirky continues the discussion about Wikipedia — which I still see as a discussion that can be converted to one about news media and even academia in due time by doing nothing more than doing a search-and-replace on the word “wikipedia.” It’s about expanding rather than enforcing definitions mean to fit old products, not new means and needs.

Contra boyd, I think Wikipedia will be an encyclopedia when the definition of the word expands to include peer production of shared knowledge, not just Brittanica