Lihao Et Al. Gan
All wisdom is collective, including the brain itself, which is a collection of neurons. But not all collectives are wise. Only by thoroughly analyzing and understanding the issues raised by Wikipedia knowledge can we truly grasp what Wikipedia really is: an encyclopedia, a communication platform, a social media site, a metaverse, an internet commune, a global movement, or even a mysterious religious organization? Only by clarifying the mechanisms of Wikipedia’s knowledge production and dissemination can we ensure that this greatest knowledge repository of the 21st century avoids the tragedy of the commons in its future development, continues to attract vast numbers of internet users to voluntarily contribute, be continuously updated and expanded, and be organized and stored with high quality—becoming the greatest recorder, integrator, and representative of human knowledge in the vast universe, and perhaps even travel with future deep-space technologies into the stars and seas. Wikipedia politics is not only a politics of knowledge, but also a key component of the politics of the metaverse. As media technologies evolve, the political institutions, regime structures, and strategies of open-source societies in the metaverse develop characteristics that are radically different from those in the real world. This gives rise to a series of new propositions: — Human-Machine Knowledge Politics: What political characteristics emerge in a human-machine society where humans coexist with robots? How does this structure produce and disseminate Wikipedia knowledge? What exactly is Wikipedia politics? — Algorithmic Knowledge Politics: How do the top-level designs and bottom-level distributions of algorithms and code affect the production and dissemination of Wikipedia knowledge, and how do they determine the legitimacy of knowledge? — Big Data Knowledge Politics: How do various big data tools provide references for the Wikipedia community, assist in political games, and enhance the
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