The Wikipedia Revolution: How a Bunch of Nobodies Created the World's Greatest Encyclopedia Audiobook

" Quick informative read on the history of wikis and wikipedia that also touches on many web content developments in the last decade in an approachable way. "

" Everything you could ever want to know about Wikipedia - and more. A thorough overview. "

" An interesting historical perspective of the personalities and principles behind Wikipedia. Lih makes a clear argument for why Wikipedia is NOT the World's Greatest Encyclopedia however hard it might be trying. Fascinating information on foreign language Wikis. "

" I "read" the audiobook edition. Interesting, though it goes too deeply into specific examples in detail of entries and arguments. It was unabridged, but I would have enjoyed an abridged version more. "

" Interesting at first, but mostly self-indulgent. Wish they had chosen an audio speaker actually familiar with some technical terms. Each of the times he used the pronunciation Sigh-sop for SysOp I cringed a little. The spelling out of ASCII was equally absurd. "

" Great book about the history of Wikipedia and their successes and failures. "

" Interesting look into the first years of Wikipedia (until ca. 2008); lots of interesting anecdotes. Now, need a book for the years after that. "

" A very good (if a little bit dated) introduction to the history of Wikipedia. "

" A reasonably good summary of Wikipedia's evolution, but doesn't offer much novel analysis. I could be biased due to being familiar with a lot of this material beforehand. "

" I really got a lot out of this book. It was informative and gave me a new respect for Wikipedia, both as a reference source and as a social experiment. "

" Wikipedia is really special the way it works with volunteers and is still standardized. And you really can change anything in it. "

" Interesting at first, but mostly self-indulgent. Wish they had chosen an audio speaker actually familiar with some technical terms. Each of the times he used the pronunciation Sigh-sop for SysOp I cringed a little. The spelling out of ASCII was equally absurd. "

" I "read" the audiobook edition. Interesting, though it goes too deeply into specific examples in detail of entries and arguments. It was unabridged, but I would have enjoyed an abridged version more. "

" Everything you could ever want to know about Wikipedia - and more. A thorough overview. "

" If you're a web developer (Marissa!!!) you'll proabably love it. For the avearge person curious about how Wikipedia works, it's too much information, especially about it's early competitors. Seems well researched. Writing's a bit dry. "

" Wikipedia is really special the way it works with volunteers and is still standardized. And you really can change anything in it. "

" This is an interesting review of the history of wikipedia, but one that is padded with a lot of tables, transcripts, etc. Told by a semi-insider, it chronicles the leaps and missteps involved in making wikipedia the phenomenon it is today. "

" OK. Not bad. I did like the comparison of Sanger's mgmt of the early wikipedia/nupedia with Wales'. There's definitely a lesson in there for those trying to herd the 2.0 cats, and keep them interested and contributing. "

" A reasonably good summary of Wikipedia's evolution, but doesn't offer much novel analysis. I could be biased due to being familiar with a lot of this material beforehand. "

" Quick informative read on the history of wikis and wikipedia that also touches on many web content developments in the last decade in an approachable way. "