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What did I learn in this course?

I learned a lot through this class during one semester. I learned how to edit Wikipedia, knowledge of copyright, and a direct feeling of the influence of collective intelligence. I felt a lot about the place where collective intelligence occurs, Wikipedia, through article editing. We have seen the process of society developing further through collective intelligence in 2019. When I saw an article about the ever-present social phenomenon that others explained about it, I had mixed feelings. Through this class, I learned about collective intelligence and the influence of group intelligence. And I also learned some important things such as copyright.  I hope that Korea will also have more subscribers, creating more collective intelligence.

Why Free Culture matters?

A free culture is a growing understanding among artists and audiences that people don't have to ask permission to copy, share and use each other's works. This definition of free culture follows the question Copyright.org. Why free culture matters?  That's all economic reasons. Creators like artists make money through copyright. But if the concept of such a copyright is lost, creators lose their means of making money.  How bad is it that you don't have ownership and respect for your creations? So free culture detracts the will to create from the creators. . A free culture should be established in a way that does not undermine and respects artists' creative will and does not lose their means of livelihood. Without a free culture, revisions to a work are removed and various creations are impossible to produce. Emulation is the mother of creation. Excessive regulations can interfere with creative activities. Maintaining the right line is the most important.

What would make writing on Wikipedia easier for me?

Writing a Wikipedia article was strange and hard for me.   In particular, I thought Wikipedia editing was complicated. Source code, copyright, photo attachment is difficult, and reference is hard to attach. There were three big things that helped me edit Wikipedia. Sandbox, help desk, Tutorial. Tutorials enabled us to become familiar with Wikipedia and edit Wikipedia, asking questions about things we don't know at our help desk. In particular, in making an article with a team project, he learned to make a Wikipedia article by making sandboxes and sharing opinions with the team members. Now I'm used to Wikipedia editing as I take pictures myself, attach photo files, and write over 100 articles.

Reagle’s Chapter 5

In Wikipedia, a consensus is reached. A consensus is general agreement among a group of people. Consensus plays an important role in Wikipedia. It is important to harmonize various opinions on information. Most consensus are made through voting, but Wikipedia uses communication to interact.   All Wikipedia articles can be modified by everyone. Because there are various opinions, consensus is important. Communicate through Wikipedia articles and match the information in the articles. These editing methods are easy to capture a variety of perspectives and are good to hold a lot of information. "two heads are better than one." 

Discuss Reagle's Chapter3-4

In  the Reagle  Chapter 3-4, the troll and the ignore rules were impressive.  Troll is the one who destroys teamwork and leads the team to ruin.  Trolls, which are negative characters, help develop Wikipedia. Wikipedia finds the wrong information generated by the troll. And the information is modified by others. In that process, it results in more information production. There is an outlaw, similar to a troll. The lawless ignores all regulations, including copyright and reference. Like Trolls, they help develop Wikipedia. They are free to edit because they are out of regulation. The free edited content is modified by others, including attaching references and deleting content that is caught in copyright issues. Wikipedia develops as it takes care of these types of people.

How important is it to be civil online on the Internet?

There is another society in Internet space. It has been less than 30 years since Internet space became common.  In the case of Korea, civilization arose, and it has been 5,000 years since etiquette and culture began. By comparison, Internet etiquette has been around for less than 30 years. That is why Internet etiquette has not yet been established. It is an example of a cultural lag.   Systems and perceptions are not keeping up with the pace of change in technology. Internet citizens should have a good sense of citizenship. There are still cases of malicious use of the anonymity of the Internet. This is a case of citizens' awareness that is still insufficient on the Internet. They should also have sufficient responsibility in the Internet space, and should have an attitude of respect for their opponents. Don't do anything that hurts your opponent. You have to study to avoid harm. Copyrights often do harm to others without knowing that they are intentionally damaging them. The...

What is the future of Wikipedia? Will it exist in 20 years? 50? 100?

I think Wikipedia will exist in 20 years. No, I think Wikipedia will reach deeper into our lives. Especially in line with AI, IOT, and 5G, Wikipedia will evolve. Like Google Assistant, you will be able to share and learn knowledge in your daily life more easily. Also, using 5G, Wikipedia's knowledge will be able to be more detailed and vivid. Just as the use of photo files increases as cameras become common, I think Wikipedia will exist as a platform that delivers live information by using technologies such as 5G and VR. 50 years and 100 years later, the technology will evolve in step with it, and through collective intelligence, the accumulation of knowledge will expand faster and more.  I think it will be expanded further through integration with other SNS such as YouTube. YouTube also changed from one moment to another information search and knowledge generation platform I don't think such a combination of YouTube and Wikipedia is awkward at all.