Good Faith Collaboration

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Good Faith Collaboration
Good Faith Collaboration.jpg
Author Joseph M. Reagle Jr.
Language English
Publisher MIT Press
Publication date
 2010
Pages 256
ISBN 978-0-262-01447-2
Followed by Reading the Comments

Good Faith Collaboration: The Culture of Wikipedia is a 2010 book by Joseph M. Reagle Jr. that deals with the topic of Wikipedia. The book was first published on August 27, 2010 through the MIT Press and has a foreword by Lawrence Lessig.[1][2]

Synopsis

Good Faith Collaboration is based on Reagle's PhD dissertation.[3] The book is a study of the history of Wikipedia, its real life and theoretical precursors, and the culture which has developed around it. Reagle explores the history of collaboration, touching on the methods of the Quakers, the World Brain envisaged by H. G. Wells and Paul Otlet's Universal Repository.[4][5]

Reception

The book received a positive review from Cory Doctorow, who said that Reagle "offers a compelling case that Wikipedia's most fascinating and unprecedented aspect isn't the encyclopedia itself – rather, it's the collaborative culture that underpins it: brawling, self-reflexive, funny, serious, and full-tilt committed to the project."[6]

In August 2011, Reagle was a keynote speaker at the Wikimania conference in Haifa, Israel.[7] In September 2011, the Web edition of the book was released[8] under a Creative Commons BY-NC-SA license.

See also

References

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External links

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