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history flow visualizing the editing history of Wikipedia pages |
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| history flow is a tool for visualizing dynamic, evolving documents and the interactions of multiple collaborating authors. In its current implementation, history flow is being used to visualize the evolutionary history of wiki* pages on Wikipedia. | |
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News: Published paper on history flow: Studying Cooperation and Conflict between Authors with history flow Visualizations Fernanda and Martin's response to Jaron Lanier's article Wikipedia Map on Discover Magazine |
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Wikis* Wikis are web sites that are freely editable by anyone who visits them. This technology was invented by Ward Cunningham in 1995 (Wiki Wiki Web). The idea behind such sites is to create truly communal repositories of knowledge where the contribution cost is so low as to allow novice and expert users alike to act as active members of a community. This “open editing” paradigm is a powerful and, sometimes, problematic venue for community collaboration as it invites both valuable contributions and flat out vandalism. About Wikipedia The current version of history flow visualizes the evolution of pages from WikiPedia: a growing online free encyclopedia being created by people all over the world who come to the site and contribute to its contents. To find out more about WikiPedia see their page describing its essential characteristics.
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| *"Wiki-wiki" means "quick" in the Hawaiian language | |
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