Category Archives: General

WikiSym + OpenSym 2013 Explained

Posted on November 18, 2012 by Dirk Riehle

Conference Concept WikiSym + OpenSym 2013 is the conference for researchers and practitioners of open collaboration processes and technology, as found in wikis, Wikipedia, open source, citizen engineering, open access, open data, etc. (See definition at http://wp.me/pezfy-fB). WikiSym + OpenSym … Continue reading →

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Definition of Open Collaboration

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Dirk Riehle

Many years after we started to use the term open collaboration and after some discussion between the WikiSym steering committee members, here is our definition of “open collaboration”. It provides the umbrella motivation for WikiSym + OpenSym. Open collaboration is … Continue reading →

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WikiSym 2012 Testimonials

Posted on September 6, 2012 by Dirk Riehle

From Heather Ford‘s excellent blog on Ethnography (and other matters), comes this quote: In the closing session last year, I remember saying “I have been to a lot of conferences lately and I don’t feel like I belong. But I … Continue reading →

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ACM’s Copyright Policy

Posted on December 26, 2011 by Dirk Riehle

WikiSym archives its proceedings in the ACM Digital Library (as well as on our own servers). The use of the ACM DL is due to our roots in computer science, even though the scope has been extending significantly since the … Continue reading →

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CfP Doctoral Symposium WikiSym 2011

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Felipe

The CfP in the Doctoral Symposium of WikiSym 2011 has been published. You can check the details on the WikiSym 2011 website. The call is open to doctoral students doing work related to open collaboration, regardless of their academic discipline. … Continue reading →

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Five Years of Open Space at WikiSym

Posted on August 24, 2010 by Dirk Riehle

WikiSym, as you may know, is about collaboration — open collaboration, in which people come together on equal footing (egalitarian), where they are valued for their contributions (meritocratic) and where they come not only to listen but to contribute and … Continue reading →

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The First Five Years of WikiSym, the International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration

Posted on June 24, 2010 by Dirk Riehle

In the run-up to WikiSym 2010, our sixth WikiSym, we shortly wanted to look back at our five years of successful prior WikiSym history, 2005-2009. To this end, here are links to papers, proceedings, and the event wikis. All proceedings … Continue reading →

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Name Change: Wikis and Open Collaboration

Posted on March 3, 2009 by Dirk Riehle

Web-based readers of this blog may have noticed a new extended title of the WikiSym site: We are now “the International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration.” This is to better express the breadth of work requested for and displayed … Continue reading →

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WikiSym 2008 Program: build your own conference schedule!

Posted on August 25, 2008 by ademar.aguiar

Two weeks before WikiSym 2008 is the right time for you to start “cooking” your own conference program. Following are some of the “ingredients” for you to use on your own “recipe”. OpenSpace: 21 hours of conference space for you … Continue reading →

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Clarification: Informal posters will continue to be accepted

Posted on July 24, 2008 by Martin Cleaver

In answer to a Research Fellow in a Department of Sociology at a UK university: [I received a letter from Wikisym] re: submitting a paper: In a number of cases, the most interesting aspects of your paper might be submitted … Continue reading →

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