I think the idea at Wikipedia is to be an "encyclopedia" in a certain strict sense. That means, for example, that articles are not really there to teach a technique such as Open Space, and certainly not to advocate it, but rather to provide a neutral, objective history of the development of the technique. One of the restrictions is "no original research" -- for example, if Lisa were to write something original describing her experiences with OST that would be considered original research and therefore not "encyclopedic". Referring to published sources, on the other hand, is considered highly desirable, so if someone other than Harrison were to write a summary of OST with lots of references to the published books about OST that should be okay, especially if there was *also* a section about "variations" -- references to articles and such that describe things like unconferences and different things that different people have understood Open Space to mean...
Cheers, Justin On Mon, Jun 16, 2008 at 6:20 PM, Lisa Heft <lisah...@openingspace.net> wrote: > Hi, folks - I'm so glad you are doing this. > > I have done it for awhile, and in this last year I've been less able to keep > it up, and things have 'morphed' and shifted. > > The original pages (at least for the last year or so) included the > photo-illustration of the process and the glossary of international terms > and phrases. So I put them back in there - as people learn and share > information in different ways... > > Sometimes when new stuff is put on Wikipedia the folks who review it think > it's commercial sources putting stuff on driving business to their webistes, > and they delete things. Anyone know how to let them know that we are a > worldwide learning community with open source shared materials and learning > rather than a commercial source? > > Lisa > >> Hi friends-- >> >> I added a few external links. What else goes here? How about some >> citations and footnotes? >> >> :- Doug. > > > Join me at the World Open Space on Open Space, July 2008 in San Francisco > USA - http://www.wosonos2008.org > ___________________________ > L i s a H e f t > Consultant, Facilitator, Educator > O p e n i n g S p a c e > lisah...@openingspace.net > www.openingspace.net * * > ========================================================== > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, > unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of > osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: > http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about > OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist * * ========================================================== osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu ------------------------------ To subscribe, unsubscribe, change your options, view the archives of osl...@listserv.boisestate.edu: http://listserv.boisestate.edu/archives/oslist.html To learn about OpenSpaceEmailLists and OSLIST FAQs: http://www.openspaceworld.org/oslist