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Walking in a Wiki Wonderland

Walking in a Wiki Wonderland. International Law 2.0: How to Maximize Technology for Research & Scholarship ASIL Annual Meeting Friday, March 30th, 2007 - 10:45 – 12:15 Presented by Ellen Callinan Callinan the Librarian. What is a wiki?. a web-based discussion site [ LLRX ]

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Walking in a Wiki Wonderland

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  1. Walking in a Wiki Wonderland International Law 2.0: How to Maximize Technology for Research & Scholarship ASIL Annual Meeting Friday, March 30th, 2007 - 10:45 – 12:15 Presented by Ellen Callinan Callinan the Librarian

  2. What is a wiki? • a web-based discussion site [LLRX] • a collaboratively-maintained database [Adam Smith] • a group-editable website [Social Text] • a collaborative website which can be directly edited by anyone with access to it [Wikipedia]

  3. What does a wiki look like? WikiLaw http://www.wikilaw.org/index.php?title=Main_Page

  4. How do you edit a wiki?

  5. Is a wiki really that simple?

  6. Ward CunninghamThe Father of Wiki

  7. Jimmy Wales Wikipedia Founder Co-Founder

  8. Wiki Success

  9. Wiki Disgrace Congressional Vandal Scandal [Congressional staff vandalized Members’ articles on Wikipedia] Seigenthaler Vandalism [Kennedy assassination claim posted in Wikipedia as a joke] Middlebury College bans Wikipedia as Source Campbell case (CAFC) [Court rejects Wikipedia article on a febrile seizures] Jimmy Wales, Wikipedia Founder [Edits own article to delete co-founder]

  10. Why do we need to care?

  11. Public Wikis in Law Civil Law Dictionary Wiki [http://civillawdictionary.pbwiki.com/] PTO Patent Review Pilot [http://dotank.nyls.edu/communitypatent/system.html] WikiLaw [http://www.wikilaw.org/index.php?title=Main_Page] WEX [http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Main_Page] WikiCrimeLine [www.wikicrimeline.co.uk] Jurispedia [http://en.jurispedia.org/index.php/Main_Page]

  12. Can be open or closed Allows remote collaboration within dispersed groups Central repository for group documents reduces email Thread and document modes capture content and discussion Impermanence of content Flaming happens Navigation is clunky Lack of economic incentive Measures of quality unclear at this time Wikis for Legal Scholarship v.

  13. Elements of a Wonderful Wiki Start with a group of knowledgeable, respectful, motivated people collaborating on a project who will: • Employ a third person neutral point of view (NPOV) • Link early and often • Be bold – the wiki mantra Add a wiki application software that: • Tracks edits and version control • Offers some level of security to prevent vandals and block trolls by IP address • May include reputation ranking to add credibility

  14. Play in the Wikipedia Sandbox http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial

  15. Try Your Own Wiki Go to WikiMatrix.org and use Wiki Choice Wizard (http://www.wikimatrix.org/wizard.php)to figure out which wiki would work best for your test.

  16. And in conclusion . . . Winter, spring, summer or fall . . . The time is always right to go for a walk in wiki wonderland!

  17. The End? Only the beginning . . .

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