Il es ben cognite que Internet ha devenite si
essential
pro le uso e le promotion de interlingua, que le
majoritate del productiones e innovationes occurre
ibi.  Un exemplo de un tal innovation io vole discuter
hic.

Il se tracta de un projecto encyclopedic, denominate
"Wikipedia".  Un aspecto multo special es que
Wikipedia
requesta articulos e contributiones ab tote le mundo.
Isto non es unic in se; de facto, le tradition de
includer le publico in le disveloppamento de un
obra de consultation comenciava in le dece-none
seculo con le famose Oxford English Dictionary.
Ma Wikipedia es plus radical.

Wikipedia existe in multe linguas: le original es
anglese, ma ora interlingua es inter le linguas
disponibile.  Visitatores trovara le version in
interlingua ancora in stato assatis chaotic in
comparation con le version anglese.  Le sperantia
es que isto va meliorar se in le futuro, con vostre
adjuta.  Vade a <ia.wikipedia.org> pro vider--e
cambiar--le articulos.

Cambiar?  Si!  Wikipedia permitte a omnes adder
nove articulos e cambiar le articulos jam presente
in le systema, mesmo los scribite per alteres.
Il mesmo non es necessari registar un conto pro
identificar se.  E il ha nulle redaction central;
il ha solmente le politicas general designate per
le gerentes del systema, al quales tote le
contributores es expectate a adherer.

Como pote functionar iste experimento in anarchismo
productive?  Un methodo de explicar isto es tractar
problemas con iste systema puncto pro puncto e
describer le solutiones proponite per Wikipedia.


INCENTIVO:

Un contra-argumento popular es que un autor ha nulle
incentivo a crear publicationes sin controlo super
lor creation e sin recompensa financiari pro le
labor investite.  Solmente un idiota contribuerea
un articulo gratis, sapiente que illo va esser
cambiate
per alteres sin haber controlo sur isto!  Ma Wikipedia
functiona secundo un altere modello, offerente le
sequente motivos:


Communitate:

Un desiro fundamental de humanos es pertiner a un
communitate, e Wikipedia offere su proprie communitate
amical de contributores qui communica inter se e
forma regulas, normas e mesmo un parve subcultura
con su proprie jargon.

Un tal communitate non solmente es essential pro
le bon functionamento de un tal projecto, ma offere
anque un incentivo pro continuar a contribuer.


Garantia de libertate:

Le incentivo plus radical es que tote le contento
es disponibile pro uso libere per tote le mundo,
mesmo in altere sitos e publicationes, secundo certe
conditiones definite legalmente in le "Licentia
GNU pro Documentation Libere" (consulta Wikipedia
pro plus informationes!)

Essentialmente, le licentia permitte liberemente
utilisar e cambiar tote le contento del sito e
distribuer versiones original e cambiate, ma NON
es permittite imponer restriction al libertate de
alteres a facer le mesme cosa.  Ergo, es obligatori
que anque vostre contributiones sia--e
remane--subjecte
a iste licentia, le qual garanti iste libertates
irrevocabile pro sempre.


Como es isto un incentivo pro contribuer?

PRIMO, iste concepto appela al senso de altruismo
in certe personas.  Le contributores sape que lor
articulos e tote cambios facite in illos per alteres
essera sempre disponibile liberemente, e que il
es legalmente garantite que nulle persona profitara
commercialmente de lor labor sin dar le libertate
a alteres a profitar equalmente.

Contribuer de un tal maniera al corpore de litteratura
libere da a uno un sentimento de esser un sorta
de benefactor.

SECUNDO, omnes es libere de utilisar le obras
contribuite per alteres--e un tal systema pote
solmente
continuar a exister si multes continua a contribuer.
Le incentivo es: voler continuar iste concepto a
fin que on pote continuar a reciper le beneficios
de illo.  Es un question de equilibrio inter donar
e prender.


VANDALISMO:

Que le publico general pote adder e rediger articulos
es E un fortia E un debilitate del projecto; il
ha un vulnerabilitate a vandalismo.

Le systema Wikipedia attacca iste problema per
mantener
un historia complete del revisiones passate, a fin
que un action vandalistic o alteremente inconsistente
con le politicas e legalitates circa Wikipedia
(p.ex. un violation de copyright) pote esser
facilemente revertite.

Mesmo le grandissime version anglese continua a
functionar ben con iste systema, gratias a su mundial
e multo active communitate de contributores qui
salveguarda continuemente le integritate del
encyclopedia.


COMPETENTIA:

Invitar le contributiones del publico general es
invitar multe errores, grammatical e factual.  Non
tote le mundo es competente de scriber interlingua
de alte nivello, e le articulos es generalmente
contribuite per non-expertos in le campos relative.

Ma le communitate de Wikipedieros ha un methodo
pro continer anque iste problema; in le version
in interlingua, les qui non se senti secur de lor
capacitates linguistic o lor expertise in le thema
del articulo pote includer un indication ("REQUIRE
REVISION") alique in su version redigite.

Alteres pote cercar iste parolas con le function
de cerca e corriger le articulos in question.  In
le practica, le personas plus motivate pro facer
tal correctiones es personas competente.


CONCLUSION:

Esque Wikipedia in Interlingua va resultar in un
obrs que vale le pena de crear e mantener?  Esque
il haberea un grande communitate de contributores
active e intercommunicative, como in le exemplo
anglese?

Le tempore lo monstrara, ma il ha ORA un bon initio,
e le successo e popularitate del versiones in altere
linguas da bon sperantia.  Le articulos presente
es jam disponibile a vostre utilisation libere.
Solmente isto es un bon incentivo ethic a render
a iste communitate alique de vostre effortio in
excambio pro le beneficio que illo jam dona al
communitate de interlingua integre.

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It is well known that the Internet has become so
essential for the use and promotion of Interlingua
that most new and innovative work is done there.
I would like to discuss here one example of one
such innovation:

It is about "Wikipedia," a project to publish an
encyclopedia.  Wikipedia asks for contributions
from everyone.  This is nothing new.  In fact, the
tradition of including the public in the development
of a reference work started in the nineteenth century
with the Oxford English Dictionary.  Wikipedia,
however, is more radical.

Wikipedia has editions in many languages.  The
original
is English, but now Interlingua is among the available
languages.  Visitors will find the version in
Interlingua in a somewhat chaotic state compared
with the English version.  Hopefully, this will
get better in the future with your help.  Go to
<ia.wikipedia.org> to read--and revise!--the articles.

Revise?  Of course!  Wikipedia allows anyone to
add new articles and revise the articles already
on the system--even the ones written by other people.
It isn't even necessary to identify yourself by
establishing an account.  And there is no central
group of editors.  There are only the general policies
established by the managers of the systema, which
everyone is supposed to work within.

How can this experiment in productive anarchism
work out well?  One way of explaining this is to
consider possible problems one by one with a
description of the solutions proposed by Wikipedia.


INCENTIVE:

One popular counterargument is that authors have
no incentive to publish without control over their
work and financial reward for what they do.  Only
an idiot would contribute an article for nothing,
knowing that it could be changed by others as they
see fit!  But Wikipedia works according to another
model, offering this motivation:


Community:

A very fundamental desire common to most people
is to belong to a community, and Wikipedia is a
friendly community of contributors communicating
among themselves and forming rules, norms, and even
a small subculture with its own jargon.

Not only is such a community essential for the smooth
functioning of such a project, but it also offers
an incentive to continue to contribute.


A Guarantee of Liberty:

The most radical incentive is that the entire content
of Wikipedia is available for the free use of anyone
throughout the world, even in other sites and
publications, subject to the control of certain
conditions defined legally in the "GNU Licence for
Free Documentation."  (Consult Wikipedia for further
information!)

Essentially, the license allows a person to freely
use and change the entire content of the site and
distribute to anyone anywhere both original and
revised versions of all the information available
on the site.  It does NOT allow any restrictions
on the freedom of others to do the same thing.
So it is obligatory that even your own publications
be--and remain!--subject to these conditions.


So why is this an incentive to contribute?

FIRST, this concept appeals to the sense of altruism
in certain people.  The contributors know that their
articles and any revisions made to them by others
will always be freely available and that it is legally
guaranteed that no one will profit commercially
from their work without giving others the freedom
to profit equally.

Contributing in such a way to a growing body of
free literature gives many people a feeling of being
useful and beneficial.

SECOND, everyone is free to use the works contributed
by others.  And such a system can continue to exist
if many people keep on contributing.  The incentive
is wanting to continue this concept so that a person
can continue to receive its benefits.  It's a question
of balance between giving and taking.


VANDALISM:

Allowing the general public to add and edit articles
is both a strength and a weakness of this project.
There is the chance of vandalism.

The Wikipedia system attacks this problem by
maintaining a complete record of all revisions so
that any vandalistic act or any other action
inconsistent with the policies of the site (for
example, a copyright violation) can be easily
reversed.

Even the very large version in English continues
to work out well with this system, thanks to its
world-wide and very active community of contributors
who continually safeguard the integrity of the
encyclopedia.


ISSUES OF COMPETENCE:

Inviting contributions from the general public also
invites many errors, both grammatical and factual.
Not everyone can write Interlingua at a high level,
and the articles are generally contributed by people
lacking solid subject-matter expertise.

But the Wikipedia community has a method of dealing
with even this problem:  In the Interlingua version
those lacking confidence in their language or
subject-matter competence can include an indication
("REQUIRE REVISION") in their contributions.

Others can search for these words with Wikipedia's
search engine and correct the articles in question.
In practice, the people who are most motivated to
make such corrections know what they are doing.


CONCLUSION:

Is Wikipedia in Interlingua going to result in a
work that is worth creating and maintaining?  Will
it have a large community of active contributors
eager to communicate with one another, as in the
English edition?

Only time will tell, but progress up to now has
been encouraging.  The articles contributed up to
now are available for your free use.  This alone
is an excellent and ethical incentive to dedicate
some of your own effort to this community in exchange
for the benefits it is now giving to the entire
Interlingua community.

(WAY TO GO!!!  HKj)

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