Welcome to the wonderful world of Wikipedia!

Our presentation will be on October 20th and 23rd.

Contact Info of group members:

Kate Aronson: 713.822.0632 (don't text) or karonson414@gmail.com

Tiffany Cheong 972.890.6420 or tiffycheong@gmail.com

James Threadgill: 316.993.6568 or  jmt094020@utdalls.edu , best way to contact is via phone or twitter

Ryan Boling: Twitter me or Email me. Feel free to ask for a phone number if you need it.

Cool Articles:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia

http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/wikipedia/index.html

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Jimbo_Wales

http://www.reason.com/news/show/119689.html

 - Pretty long, indepth history of wikipedia.

an interesting wired article about one of the cofounders

http://www.businessweek.com/the_thread/techbeat/archives/2009/06/people-powered.html

http://www.thefreelibrary.com/+WHY+GOOGLE+WANTS+TO+MAKE+NICE-a01611863208 (This was an article in the May 2009 Business Week. By Michael Orey. (ctrl F, wikipedia; interesting article about Google's almost-monopoly, there's a short paragraph concerning wikipedia)

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1924492,00.html 

wikipedia doesn't work very close to the 80/20 model, a sad 0.2% are "active contributors"

A Closer Look At Wikipedia's Neutrality

Day One

Charles Wilson, "The Wisdom of the Chaperones: Digg, Wikipedia, and the myth of Web 2.0 democracy"

Marshall Poe,"The Hive"

How to Submit Wiki Articles (Youtube)

Day Two

Nature - "Internet encyclopaedias go head to head"

Time - "Jimmy Wales Quietly Edits Wikipedia's New Edit Policy"

Time - "Wikipedia Victim of Its Own Success"