Toronto Wiki Tuesday @ Ferret and Firkin, this Tues, 8th Jul

[Mar...@cleaver.org]

Speaker: Maury Markowitz

This month's speaker will be Maury Markowitz, discussing how Wikipedia is addressing the problem of ensuring truth in articles. Maury is a renowned Wikipedia editor with over 1,000 new articles and over 20,000 edits to his name. Maury works at a Toronto hedge fund firm where he is the programmer-on-call.

Note new Location! The Ferret And Firkin
Date: 8 Jul 2008
Time: 6:30 for 7pm

Event Sponsors: 

Synopsis

Over the last two years or so the Wikipedia has faced a number of criticisms in the press about its potential inaccuracies. It's not so much that the Wikipedia is filled with errors, but that it could be filled with errors, and the reader will never know one way or the other.

But over the last year the hue and cry on this topic has almost disappeared. So what happened? And can these methods be further improved?

When and Where:

6:30pm, Tuesday 8th July at 720 Spadina Ave, (just south of Spadina TTC stop on Bloor) in the back room: http://torontodarts.com/featured/ferret.html

Please sign up at

Who should come and why:
Interested in the topic? Got an opinion? Or just interested to network? Come join our community.

• Managers and leaders responsible for applying such questions to the use of wikis in organisations
• Entrepreneurs wanting to use a wiki as the backbone to their site
• Change transformation agents using wikis to instigate organisational transparency using a wiki
• Consultants and designers who build integration, navigation, visuals and plugins
• Wiki contributors, users and wiki gardeners

About Toronto Wiki Tuesdays and Blended Perspectives:

Toronto Wiki Tuesdays has been running since 2005 and has a mandate to spread the word about how a wiki can transform communication in organisations and the nature of business. Toronto Wiki Tuesdays was founded and is run by Martin Cleaver M.Sc. MBA, Head Blender of Blended Perspectives and a Chair of WikiSym, the International Symposium on the use of Wikis.

[Ian Bailey]

On Jul 5, 11:15 pm, "Mar...@Cleaver.org" <Mar...@Cleaver.org> wrote:
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> *Please sign up* at
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Is there anywhere we should be singing up here? Or can I just show up?

~Ian

[Michael Pilling]

Cool.

This topic also crossed my mind

http://blog.valuewiki.com/2007/02/16/wikipedia-is-slowing-down/

do people think that wikipedia might actually be at risk, or at least
the quintessence wiki culture at wikipedia?

[Connie Crosby]

Signup is usually on the Meetup page: http://wikipedia.meetup.com/55/  Let's go ahead and use that. :-)

Cheers,
Connie

On Sun, Jul 6, 2008 at 1:24 PM, Ian Bailey <i...@hardcircle.net> wrote:

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Connie Crosby
Crosby Group Consulting
cell: 416-919-6719
connie...@gmail.com
http://www.crosbygroup.ca
http://conniecrosby.blogspot.com

[Mar...@cleaver.org]

All: Please sign up on the Meetup page: http://wikipedia.meetup.com/55/ 

(Thanks Connie!)

BTW: does anyone know of related mailing lists of other people who might like to attend?

Thanks,
   Martin.
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Mar...@Cleaver.org
+1 416-786-6752 (GMT-5)

[Connie Crosby]

I'll forward it around to a couple of Toronto librarian lists. They might be interested.

Cheers!
Connie