The Wikipedia Revolution
| The Wikipedia Revolution: How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia | |
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| Author(s) | Andrew Lih |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Subject(s) | Internet |
| Genre(s) | Nonfiction |
| Publisher | Hyperion (US Version) Aurum Press (UK Version) |
| Publication date | March 17, 2009 |
| ISBN | 978-1401303716 |
| OCLC Number | 232977686 |
| Dewey Decimal | 031 22 |
| LC Classification | ZA4482 .L54 2009 |
The Wikipedia Revolution: How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia is a 2009 popular history book by new media researcher and writer Andrew Lih.[1][2][3][4]
At the time of its publication it was "the only narrative account" of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (in English).[5] It covers the period from Wikipedia's founding in early 2000 up to early 2008. Written as a popular history, the text ranges from short biographies of Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger and Ward Cunningham, to brief accounts of infamous events in Wikipedia's history such as the Essjay controversy and the Wikipedia biography controversy.
Lih describes the importance of early influences on Wikipedia including Usenet, Hypercard, Slashdot and MeatballWiki. He also explores the cultural differences found within international sister texts such as the German Wikipedia, the Chinese Wikipedia, and the Japanese Wikipedia.
There is a foreword by Jimmy Wales, and an afterword partially created by volunteers through an on-line Wiki detailing the problems and opportunities of Wikipedia's future.[6]
The UK edition, published by Aurum Press Ltd, contains an additional section on the Virgin Killer Controversy of December 2008.
[edit] Publication
- Andrew Lih. The Wikipedia Revolution: How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia. Hyperion, March 17, 2009. ISBN 978-1401303716
- Andrew Lih. The Wikipedia Revolution: How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia. Aurum, March 19, 2009. ISBN 978-1845134730
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ Biography, authors homepage.
- ^ Andrew Lih. The Wikipedia Revolution. Hyperion, March 17, 2009. ISBN 978-1401303716
- ^ "Everybody Knows Everything", Jeremy Philips, The Wall Street Journal, March 18, 2009
- ^ "Wikipedia: Exploring Fact City", Noam Cohen, New York Times, March 28, 2009
- ^ 'The Wikipedia Revolution', biography of Andrew Lih
- ^ Wikipedia Revolution Wiki
[edit] External links
- The Wikipedia Revolution, official website
- "Wikipedia: Exploring Fact City", Noam Cohen, New York Times, March 28, 2009
- "Wikipedia's Old-Fashioned Revolution", L. Gordon Crovitz, The Wall Street Journal, April 6, 2009
- "The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia", Book TV, C-Span, ID: 285561-1, 25 March 2009
- "Like Boiling a Frog", review by David Runciman in The London Review of Books, May 28, 2009
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