Wiki pages produced by many anonymous edits exhibit group-generated meaning not attributable to any individual contributor¶

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Evidence · 1 study · theoretical r2 · q1
Currency · newest study 2011 · not yet checked against its sources · not reviewed by a person

Subclaims¶

q1 i? The meaning of a mature wiki page emerges from sequential, unplanned individual edits and exceeds what any contributor had in mind. → Gerry Stahl 2011

Evidence¶

Gerry Stahl 2011¶

Gerry Stahl. (2011). Collaborating around the tabletop. International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 6:485–490. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-011-9135-7

q1 · i? · theoretical · r2

Theoretical argument in the editorial, using an imagined mature Wikipedia page as an analogy for group cognition. Stahl argues the page's semantic web 'is not attributable to the agency of any individual contributor.'

"The page emerged from this complex, unplanned, willy-nilly process of collaborative meaning making."

Discussion¶

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