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Crowdsourcing History: The Shape of Historical Uncertainty and Dispute on Wikipedia
Rethinking History (2014)
  • Adrianne Wadewitz, Occidental College
  • Alex Stinson, Kansas State University
Abstract

In this paper, we explore the degree to which Wikipedia exposes the complicated ambiguity of historical scholarship and historiography. In particular, we show how Wikipedia’s internal processes and community practices during the development and review of encyclopedia articles encourages discussions of historiography.

Keywords
  • wikipedia
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring 2014
Citation Information
Adrianne Wadewitz and Alex Stinson. "Crowdsourcing History: The Shape of Historical Uncertainty and Dispute on Wikipedia" Rethinking History (2014)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/adrianne_wadewitz/31/