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 There were many other pages where the users of the wiki tried to self-regulate dealing with conflict, for example a page on [https://web.archive.org/web/20080406033245/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?OnlySayThingsThatCanBeHeard only saying things that can be heard] or [https://web.archive.org/web/20071213143407/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?HowToReactToaFlame how to react to a flame], or [https://web.archive.org/web/20070810055038/http://c2.com/cgi/wiki?LetItBe letting it be].
-Today we will be taking an amateur design ethnography approach in relation to the wiki. What characteristics can you distinguish in Cunningham's wiki culture? Focus on one specific aspect of the wiki. What are the needs, language, concepts and beliefs that emerge from these pages? Take notes of your observations and don't worry about making assumptions for the purpose of this exercise.
+What characteristics can you distinguish in Cunningham's wiki culture? Focus on one specific aspect of the wiki. What are the needs, language, concepts and beliefs that emerge from these pages? Take notes of your observations.
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 ===Bots and social infrastructure===
 Some examples of bots:
 * [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Cydebot Cydebot]
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 ===Cluebot NG===
 [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ClueBot_NG CluebotNG] was approved by the BAG on December 3rd 2010, after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/ClueBot_NG a rather long deliberation] that began on October 25th. The project is run by three operators: Christopher Breneman (Crispy1989), who was a new contributor at the time, Tim1357 and Jacobi Carter (Cobi).

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 ===Bots and social infrastructure===
-Hagermanbot was a seemingly harmless automatisation of a rule that requires contributors to sign comments on discussion pages. By reinforcing the signature without exception, the bot became another formulation of the rule that took away the agency of contributors to act differently than prescribed by it. The case of Hagermanbot was the first to cause debate about the normalising power that bots have. The conflict between the community and Hagermanbot's developer escalated to such a degree that it resulted in changing the rule system.
+Some examples of bots:
 === Defending openness ===
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 ===Cluebot NG===
-CluebotNG was approved by the BAG on December 3rd 2010, after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/ClueBot_NG a rather long deliberation] that began on October 25th. The project is run by three operators: Christopher Breneman (Crispy1989), who was a new contributor at the time, Tim1357 and Jacobi Carter (Cobi).
+[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:ClueBot_NG CluebotNG] was approved by the BAG on December 3rd 2010, after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/ClueBot_NG a rather long deliberation] that began on October 25th. The project is run by three operators: Christopher Breneman (Crispy1989), who was a new contributor at the time, Tim1357 and Jacobi Carter (Cobi).
 Unlike other anti vandalism bots that were active at the time of its proposal, Cluebot NG does not use blacklists or heuristics. Instead, it feeds a large dataset into a neural network, together with statistics such as information on the activity on the page, user activity, and so on, that will determine a list of “word categories”.

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 blocked users < unregistered users < new users < registered (confirmed) users < bots < administrators < bureaucrats < stewards < developers < system administrators
-Pages such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers Please do not bite the newcomers] appeared.
+Pages such as [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Please_do_not_bite_the_newcomers Please do not bite the newcomers] appeared. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vandalism_on_Wikipedia Vandalism] started happening more often.
 Let's take a break to articulate what are the differences in wiki cultures between Cuningham's wiki and Wikipedia.

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 ===Cluebot NG===
-CluebotNG was approved by the BAG on December 3rd 2010, after a rather long deliberation that began on October 25th. The project is run by three operators: Christopher Breneman (Crispy1989), who was a new contributor at the time, Tim1357 and Jacobi Carter (Cobi).
+CluebotNG was approved by the BAG on December 3rd 2010, after [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bots/Requests_for_approval/ClueBot_NG a rather long deliberation] that began on October 25th. The project is run by three operators: Christopher Breneman (Crispy1989), who was a new contributor at the time, Tim1357 and Jacobi Carter (Cobi).
 Unlike other anti vandalism bots that were active at the time of its proposal, Cluebot NG does not use blacklists or heuristics. Instead, it feeds a large dataset into a neural network, together with statistics such as information on the activity on the page, user activity, and so on, that will determine a list of “word categories”.

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 The bot community has grown together with the population of Wikipedia out of necessity, taking over editor responsibilities that require repetition, such as reverting vandalism. Currently bots take up administrative or authorial roles.
-There are a number of regulations that a bot must adhere to. For it to be approved, a member who is considered as being acquainted with the policies of Wikipedia needs to submit it to the Bot Approvals Group (BAG), where the bot will undergo a process of verification and will be subjected to a community discussion, it has to respect the API Etiquete (the terms of service for bots) and it has to have its own user account, which indicates the fact that it is a bot.
+There are a number of regulations that a bot must adhere to. For it to be approved, a member who is considered as being acquainted with the policies of Wikipedia needs to submit it to the [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Bot_Approvals_Group Bot Approvals Group (BAG)], where the bot will undergo a process of verification and will be subjected to a community discussion, it has to respect the API Etiquette (the terms of service for bots) and it has to have its own user account, which indicates the fact that it is a bot.
 ===Bots and social infrastructure===
-Hagermanbot was a seemingly harmless automatisation of a rule that requires contributors to sign comments on discussion pages. By reinforcing the signature without exception, the bot became another formulation of the rule that took away the agency of contributors to act diferently than prescribed by it. The case of Hagermanbot was the first to cause debate about the normalising power that bots have. The conflict between the community and Hagermanbot's developer escalated to such a degree that it resulted in changing the rule system.
+Hagermanbot was a seemingly harmless automatisation of a rule that requires contributors to sign comments on discussion pages. By reinforcing the signature without exception, the bot became another formulation of the rule that took away the agency of contributors to act differently than prescribed by it. The case of Hagermanbot was the first to cause debate about the normalising power that bots have. The conflict between the community and Hagermanbot's developer escalated to such a degree that it resulted in changing the rule system.
 === Defending openness ===
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 ===Cluebot NG===
-CluebotNG was approved by the BAG on December 3rd 2010, afer a rather long deliberation that began on October 25th. The project is run by three operators: Christopher Breneman (Crispy1989), who was a new contributor at the time, Tim1357 and Jacobi Carter (Cobi).
+CluebotNG was approved by the BAG on December 3rd 2010, after a rather long deliberation that began on October 25th. The project is run by three operators: Christopher Breneman (Crispy1989), who was a new contributor at the time, Tim1357 and Jacobi Carter (Cobi).
 Unlike other anti vandalism bots that were active at the time of its proposal, Cluebot NG does not use blacklists or heuristics. Instead, it feeds a large dataset into a neural network, together with statistics such as information on the activity on the page, user activity, and so on, that will determine a list of “word categories”.
-The conversation went back and forth between Breneman, who is consistently emphasising the need for eficiency, and the community, which is largely focused on reducing interference with legitimate edits.
+The conversation went back and forth between Breneman, who is consistently emphasising the need for efficiency, and the community, which is largely focused on reducing interference with legitimate edits.
-False positives are edits that were made in good faith, but which were ultimately misclassified as vandalism. Ofen the algorithm would be missing certain expressions in its database, leading to unjustified reverts when it encountered words like “gay” and “homosexual”.
+False positives are edits that were made in good faith, but which were ultimately misclassified as vandalism. Often the algorithm would be missing certain expressions in its database, leading to unjustified reverts when it encountered words like “gay” and “homosexual”.
 Bots are executions of policies that further emphasise the distinction between coders and non coders on Wikipedia. If code is law, then the person who has the power to change the code also has the power to change the law.
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 There are currently 2,455 bot tasks approved for use on the English Wikipedia.
 How is the Wikipedia community changed by the interaction between humans and bots?

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 False positives are edits that were made in good faith, but which were ultimately misclassified as vandalism. Ofen the algorithm would be missing certain expressions in its database, leading to unjustified reverts when it encountered words like “gay” and “homosexual”.
 ===The parasite, the cyborg, the bureaucrat===
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 But while the cyborg may not dream of the community, the community dreams of the cyborg.
 There are currently 2,455 bot tasks approved for use on the English Wikipedia.

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 == Some Further Notes ==
 * In our attempts as amateur ethnographers, we must observe ourselves in the process first and foremost: https://theconversation.com/decolonising-research-methodology-must-include-undoing-its-dirty-history-83912
 * The Early History of Nupedia and Wikipedia by Larry Sanger https://features.slashdot.org/story/05/04/18/164213/the-early-history-of-nupedia-and-wikipedia-a-memoir
 * If there’s a consensus, it can be changed https://diversions.constantvzw.org/wiki/index.php?title=Interview_with_Amir_Sarabadani
 * In Loving Support (pages: 17, 25-27)  https://research-development.hetnieuweinstituut.nl/sites/default/files/inlovingsupport_volume_insert.pdf
 * Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness https://press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/W/bo19085555.html

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	== Other wikis ==		== Other wikis ==
−		+	* [http://wiki.erg.be/m/#Bienvenue_%C3%A0_l%E2%80%99erg Erg]
		+	* [https://cs.nyu.edu/ArtistArchives/KnowledgeBase/index.php/Main_Page David Wojnarowicz Knowledge Base]
		+	* [https://alexandria.anarchaserver.org/index.php/Main_Page Anarchaserver]
		+	* [https://ikiwiki.laglab.org/ LAG Hacklab]
		+	* [https://notfoundon.org/here/index.php/Welcome_all_bodies Not Found On]

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   Wiki wiki is the first Hawai'ian term I learned on my first visit to the islands. The airport counter agent directed me to take the wiki wiki bus between terminals. I said what? He explained that wiki wiki meant quick. I was to find the quick bus. I did pick up a book about the language before my return home. I learned many things from this but wiki wiki is the word that sticks the most. [https://web.archive.org/web/20080315215535/http://c2.com/doc/etymology.html (source)]
-[[File:HNL Wiki Wiki Bus.jpg|300px]]
+[[File:HNL Wiki Wiki Bus.jpg| thumb|right]]
 ===Whose software are we using?===
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 In 2001, Wikipedia is launched.
-[[File:First_preserved_Main_Page_of_Wikipedia.jpeg|300px]]
+[[File:First_preserved_Main_Page_of_Wikipedia.jpeg|thumb|right]]
 ===Wikimedia came before Mediawiki===
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 blocked users < unregistered users < new users < registered (confirmed) users < bots < administrators < bureaucrats < stewards < developers < system administrators
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 The bot community has grown together with the population of Wikipedia out of necessity, taking over editor responsibilities that require repetition, such as reverting vandalism. Currently bots take up administrative or authorial roles.
-[[File:Hydrus-768x1053.jpeg|300px]]
+There are a number of regulations that a bot must adhere to. For it to be approved, a member who is considered as being acquainted with the policies of Wikipedia needs to submit it to the Bot Approvals Group (BAG), where the bot will undergo a process of verification and will be subjected to a community discussion, it has to respect the API Etiquete (the terms of service for bots) and it has to have its own user account, which indicates the fact that it is a bot.
 ===The parasite, the cyborg, the bureaucrat===
   “The parasite invents something new. He obtains energy and pays for it in information. He obtains the roast and pays for it with stories. Two days of writing the new contract. He establishes an unjust pact; relative to the old type of balance, he builds a new one. He speaks in a logic considered irrational up to now, a new epistemology and a new theory of equilibrium. He makes the order of things as well as the states of things — solid and gas — into diagonals. He evaluates information. Even better: he discovers information in his voice and good words; he discovers the Spirit in the wind and the breath of air. He invents cybernetics.” (Serres, p. 35)
 There are currently 2,455 bot tasks approved for use on the English Wikipedia.
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 And what role these bots have in strengthening the already existing bureaucracy?
 === Defending openness ===
 There are currently three “defence lines” operating at the borders of Wikipedia.
 The first removal process is done by anti-vandalism bots, followed by humans using assisted editing tools such as Huggle, Twinkle or Lupin, which provide an interface for human editors to assess edits marked as possible vandalism, and lastly, human editors looking through the recent edits.
-Cluebot NG
+===Cluebot NG===