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. --- 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) __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree