shaping history – why I spent ten years studying one Wikipedia article

  • Written by: Heather Ford, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney
shaping history – why I spent ten years studying one Wikipedia articleAn Egyptian woman takes part in a demonstration in Cairo, 25 January, 2011.Amel Pain/EPA

In mid-July 2008, I arrived in hot and sticky Alexandria. I had travelled to Egypt to attend Wikimania. As the name suggests, Wikimania is an event for those who share an all-consuming passion for the wiki. But not just any wiki … the most important...

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