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Joseph Reagle, Jackie Koerner: Wikipedia @ 20 : stories of an incomplete revolution (2020, The MIT Press) No rating

Wikipedia’s first twenty years: how what began as an experiment in collaboration became the world’s …

Wikipedia serves as a subtle but powerful form of information warfare against colonized populations. The colonial act of erasing cultures includes the psychological condition of feeling as if you cannot and should not “disrupt” the information architecture. The dominance of white male editors correlates with a severe lack of participation and coverage about people representing historically disadvantaged groups, especially women of all races and ethnicities.

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