TIMELINESWikipedia: the happy accident

ABSTRACT

Joseph Reagle's work on Wikipedia and its predecessors opened my eyes to a fascinating history. I'm delighted he has provided this account of the origin of the most interesting digital object since the Web itself. ---Jonathan Grudin

REFERENCES

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• 2: Diderot, D. "The Encyclopedia (1755)". In Rameau's Nephew, and Other Works, edited by Jacques Barzun and Ralph Henry Bowen. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 2001, 277, 283.
• 3: Wells, H.G. World Brain. London: Methuen, 1938, 49, 54.
• 4: Tim Berners-Lee , Mark Fischetti, Weaving the Web; The Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web by Its Inventor (2 Cassettes), Harper Audio, 1999
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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS

Additional Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.5 INFORMATION INTERFACES AND PRESENTATION (I.7)
      H.5.3 Group and Organization Interfaces

  K. Computing Milieux
  K.3 COMPUTERS AND EDUCATION
  K.4 COMPUTERS AND SOCIETY