After reading the review
review
Good faith collaboration: the culture of
Wikipedia. Cambridge
Elena
Maceviciute
Professor
Faculty
of Communication
Vilnius
University
July,
2011
The
author of the book has proven that he can overcome all difficulties. The red
thread guided throughout the text is the author's hypothesis that the
assumption of good faith is the success factor in making Wikipedia. It provides
an analysis of how good faith is used to solve emerging problems. Good faith is
deeply related to Wikipedia's collaborative culture, which can be said to be a
more important result of Wikipedia creation than the encyclopedia itself. The
way we work together is the foundation for achieving our goals, and the method
is more important than the goal for the end result.
2.
I was
also interested in the fact that many of the discoveries about Wikipedia's collaborative
culture were similar to some of the results generated by voluntary
organizational communication surveys.
3.
We know
that process is more important than outcome. However, it is often forgotten.
They do not accept other people's opinions only for the sake of consequences,
and act dogmatically. This is not a healthy collaboration. Like Wikipedia's
good-willed collaboration culture, we must show respect for each other in order
to achieve our goals.
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