Weighing the optionsMonday, March 30th, 2009 with 10 Comments »

Akahele contributor Judd Bagley’s direct involvement notwithstanding, he feels it’s both fair and accurate to say that the events surrounding the Gary Weiss/Mantanmoreland affair were among the strangest and most polarizing in Wikipedia’s history.

In the eye of the beholderMonday, March 23rd, 2009 with 16 Comments »

According to a recent program on their website, Wikipedia just loves Art. However, do artists love Wikipedia? Art can serve to mirror Society, but what happens when the reflection isn’t what you expect to see? This article deals with how Artists interact with Society and how Wikipedia views Art, with a focus on the Wikipedia Art project attempted in February 2009 by artists Scott Kildall and Nathaniel Stern.

The persistence of misinformationMonday, March 16th, 2009 with 8 Comments »

If we can’t trust Honest Abe Lincoln’s whereabouts in 1854, then what *can* we trust? The Internet seems to coax more people to believe more misinformation than ever before.

Human knowledgeMonday, March 9th, 2009 with 2 Comments »

Inspired by an early exposure to the World Book Encyclopedia, one author searches for similar “truths” on the Internet. Can he find truth amidst the conspiracy theories and lies?

World of WikipediacraftMonday, March 2nd, 2009 with 11 Comments »

I created my first World of Warcraft account (as the brave human warrior WillyWheels) not long after creating my first account on Wikipedia (as the frustrated human editor WordBomb). Almost immediately, I noticed the striking similarities between high-level online gamers and high-level Wikipedia editors.