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Why Wikipedia is not enough
Published on 2012-05-284494 Views
In this talk it is argued that although Wikipedia(s) are valuable resources, additional material on so-called "forum-servers" or "focus-servers" is needed: Wikipedia(s) often do not go deep enough; a
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Why Wikipedia is not enough00:00
Wikipedia: Valuable resource to get up-to-date information19:19:47
Example 1: German language Wikipedia32:45:31
Example 2: Wikipedia Server Serbia84:23:33
The majority of topics on the Serbian Wikipedia does not deal with Serbia97:11:07
Serbia-Forum104:57:09
Serbia-Forum in English111:59:03
Example 3: Slovenia119:08:57
The Slovenian Wikipedia (Slovenska Wikipedija)164:07:31
Some important points of regional servers: Information172:26:38
Information should be integrated235:59:15
Information must be searchable by metadata and other criteria319:51:45
Ludwig Boltzmann332:06:24
There is often no absolute truth348:17:02
Updating is dangerous417:43:14
Burgtheater Wien459:37:12
In electronic corpora there is no need to restrict length479:38:31
Web Books506:25:52
Clicking at book opens it536:10:16
This screen-shot shows some bookmarks544:03:41
When choosing a single page it can be zoomed and moved around arbitrarily560:26:45
Bookmark and Link creation565:41:55
Full view of Web Book with other features566:37:17
Clicking here gives panoramic view in our days569:59:02
Panoramic picture, zoomable and moveable580:42:20
... or general information on the village today586:35:37
Here is another example of what we consider particularly important: "time travel"599:55:15
The link leads directly to the correct page in a historic book612:26:00
This appears on mouse-over and a click leads to the correct page623:28:25
Finds exactly the description624:54:56
Summarizing648:34:48
Publisher cooperate with the Web Book concept666:34:39
The feeling of reading a book is enhanced669:23:13
An attempt to print out a page of a book that is still for sale produces an order form or link to a shop670:10:16
KINDLE (as contrast)678:00:45
Of course regional forums must also contain: Videoclips684:37:50
Samples of music686:55:15
Zooming of pictures (1)690:08:17
Zooming of pictures (2)690:44:09
Regional forums must also provide ...691:20:35
Regional Forums will florish if ...692:41:43
Regional servers might be a test field for what I consider a grand vision710:13:15
Now possibly a live demo or a bit about history of WWW?711:00:30
It all started with interactive Videotex in Europe712:44:17
Idea proposed by Sam Fedida, British Telecom, in 1976722:42:41
Set of PRESTEL symbols724:55:47
Start with simple mosaic graphics728:48:19
Main usage731:34:36
Some versions of PRESTEL used in most European and some other countries in the eighties757:57:12
Japan with its "Captain" system or Canada‘s Telidon759:19:50
Germany tried to score with better graphics764:52:29
France bet on using alphabetic keyboard ("Teletel")776:35:36
In Austria Maurer/ Posch decided to develop as decoder a microcomputer "MUPID"793:49:09
50.000 MUPIDs produced in Austria 82-89832:22:45
Networked X-mas greetings in 1986848:01:12
Electronic networked encyclopaedia - links via numbers849:18:56
Remote chess, synchronous or not, with chat863:00:46
Multi-person game to explore planet AC in 1985874:21:41
Networked learning already available in 1986891:31:01
Three parallel networked multimedia undertakings after Videotex896:16:30