2007 ellen callinan walking in a wiki wonderland international law 2.0: how to maximize technology...
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2007 Ellen Callinan
Walking in a Wiki Wonderland
International Law 2.0: How to Maximize Technology for Research & Scholarship
ASIL Annual MeetingFriday, March 30th, 2007 - 10:45 – 12:15
Presented by Ellen CallinanCallinan the Librarian
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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]
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What does a wiki look like?
WikiLawhttp://www.wikilaw.org/index.php?title=Main_Page
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How do you edit a wiki?
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Is a wiki really that simple?
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Ward Cunningham
The Father of Wiki
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Jimmy Wales
Wikipedia FounderCo-Founder
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Wiki Success
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Campbell case (CAFC)
[Court rejects Wikipedia article on a
febrile seizures]Jimmy Wales,
Wikipedia Founder
[Edits own article to delete co-founder]
Congressional Vandal Scandal
[Congressional staff vandalized Members’ articles
on Wikipedia]
Wiki DisgraceSeigenthaler Vandalism
[Kennedy assassination claim posted in
Wikipedia as a joke]
Middlebury College bans Wikipedia as Source
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Why do we need to care?
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PTO Patent Review Pilot
[http://dotank.nyls.edu/
communitypatent/system.html]
WEX
[http://www.law.cornell.edu/
wex/index.php/Main_Page]
WikiLaw
[http://www.wikilaw.org/
index.php?title=Main_Page]
Public Wikis in Law
WikiCrimeLine
[www.wikicrimeline.co.uk]
Civil Law Dictionary Wiki
[http://civillawdictionary.pbwiki
.com/]
Jurispedia
[http://en.jurispedia.org/
index.php/Main_Page]
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Wikis for Legal Scholarship
• 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
v.
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Elements of a Wonderful WikiStart 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 mantraAdd 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
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Play in the Wikipedia Sandbox
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tutorial
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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.
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And in conclusion . . .
Winter, spring, summer or fall . . .
The time is always right to go for a
walk in wiki wonderland!
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The End?
Only the beginning . . .