Attempting to Balance Wiki-Feminism: A Case Study

Autor/in	Bruno, Walter
Titel	Attempting to Balance Wiki-Feminism: A Case Study
Quelle	In: Academic Questions, 26 (2013) 1, S.30-47 (18 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0895-4852
DOI	10.1007/s12129-013-9332-0
Schlagwörter	Feminism; Web 2.0 Technologies; Primary Sources; Censorship; Editing; Electronic Libraries; Electronic Publishing; Case Studies; Gender Issues; Information Policy; Academic Freedom; Political Attitudes; Credibility; Integrity + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Feminismus; Primärquelle; Politische Zensur; Redaktion; Textbearbeitung; Digitale Bibliothek; Elektronische Bibliothek; Elektronisches Publizieren; Case study; Fallstudie; Case Study; Geschlechterfrage; Informationspolitik; Akademische Freiheit; Political attitude; Politische Einstellung; Glaubwürdigkeit; Integrität
Abstract	There has been a long culture war over the validity of "Wikipedia" for research. Many university departments banned it as a primary source starting around 2007, but many others still allow it as a heuristic prompt. Certainly, one knows that students are still going to "Wikipedia" and dabbling in it. This reflects a recent gain in "Wikipedia" status; if searching a topic on Google, one is first directed to the "Wikipedia" entry for it. This article builds upon recent debates over "Wikipedia," by focusing upon the ways in which some "Wikipedia" content--that relating to identity politics--is not only written, but edited and influenced by political camps. Initially, the author reports on his own attempts to revise content for two articles appearing in "Wikipedia's" English database. His goal was to correct perceived imbalances in articles that dealt with gender politics or figures within gender politics. In the case of the first edit of the first article, his changes were "undone" within hours. In a similar editing exercise involving a second "Wikipedia" topic, his revision was rejected within twenty minutes and described as "malicious" and "vandalism" in a message left for him by the editorial "volunteer." (Contains 36 footnotes.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10