01/2008 version of the handouts for Michael's wikis workshop.

1. Michael Sauers Technology Innovation Librarian, NLC

4. http://www.flickr.com/photos/cogdog/19490596/

7. http://www.flickr.com/photos/kubina/326629513/ “ god only knows. On the disk somewheres” Brion Vibber, Chief Technical Officer, Wikipedia In answer to the question: where is the text of the elephant article actually stored? Everything is Miscellaneous , Weinberger, 2007, p99

11. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ioerror/134017945/ "Wikipedia works in practice but not in theory.”

12. “ I still marvel at how Wiki communities, which seem at first glance to be so fragile, are actually very resilient. They work because everyone can do their part. One lesson, then, is deceptively simple. When you remove barriers to changing things, you also remove the barriers to fixing what’s broken. –Dan Gillmor, We The Media , 2004

13. Sociologist Elinor Ostrom “found that some system to monitor and sanction members’ actions was a common feature of every successful community. Monitoring and sanctioning is important not simply as a way of punishing rule-breakers but also as a way of assuring people that others are doing their part. Many people are contingent cooperators, willing to cooperate as long as most others do.” – Howard Rheingold, Smart Mobs , 2002