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Heather Ford, Associate Professor, University of Technology Sydney

Friday essay: shaping history – why I spent ten years studying one Wikipedia article

An Egyptian woman takes part in a demonstration in Cairo, 25 January, 2011. Amel Pain/EPA

In mid-July 2008, I arrived in hot and sticky Alexandria. I had travelled to Egypt to attend Wikimania. As the name suggests, Wikimania is an event for those who share an all-consuming passion for the wiki. But not just any wiki … the most important wiki of all: Wikipedia – the online encyclopedia.

This annual conference for Wikipedians (Wikipedia’s volunteer editors) is a chance to celebrate the project, discuss important issues, and geek out on wiki lore.

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