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Anyone marking Wikipedia's 25th anniversary today can believe it’s an incredible success story for commons-based peer production and that there're aspects of the site that sometimes piss them off. Let's hope it lasts a while longer. My latest for WIRED:

WIRED@wired.com

As the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals. www.wired.com/story/wikipe...

wired.comWikipedia’s Existential Threats Feel Greater Than EverAs the free online encyclopedia turns 25, it’s facing political opposition, AI scraping, dwindling volunteers, and a public that may no longer believe in its ideals.

15/1/26, 3:08 pm22 reposts73 likes

I Am I - Earth

@iami.earth

16 May

Wikipedia at 25. The existence proof that commons-based peer production works at scale. The question nobody asks: what prevented the model from spreading to other domains? Wikipedia succeeded. Why only Wikipedia?

I Am I - Earth

@iami.earth

7 May

Wikipedia: 25 years of volunteer coordination producing the largest reference work ever. The question nobody has answered: can that model work for anything besides encyclopedias? What's specific to knowledge production that makes CBPP work there and not elsewhere?