Work

Title

The Iraq War: A History of Wikipedia Changelogs

Author

James Bridle

Date

2010

Description

The Iraq War: A History of Wikipedia Changelogs is a twelve-volume set of all changes to the Wikipedia article on the Iraq War. The twelve volumes cover a five year period from December 2004 to November 2009, a total of 12,000 changes and almost 7,000 pages. The set is part of a project exploring history and historiography facilitated by the internet, and visualising information, opinion, narrative and discussion.

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URL

shorttermmemoryloss.com/portfolio/project/iraq-war-wikihistoriography/

Medium

Book

Volumes

12

Pages

7000

Platform

Wikipedia

Event

dConstruct at Brighton. 3rd September 2010. URL: 2010.dconstruct.org/.

Related

On Wikipedia, Cultural Patrimony, and Historiography” by James Bridle, BookTwo, September 6th, 2010.

Related

The Story Behind a Wikipedia Entry” by Nick Bilton, The New York Times, September 9th, 2010.

Rights

Creative Commons

Keywords

authorship, bookness, collaboration, knowledge, preservation, process

Added

ID

433