Polish professor will decide the fate of Wikipedia – Radio ZET

Prof. Dariusz Jemielniak became a member of the Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees – foundation supervisory body corresponding to, among others, organization for managing the budget and determining the development strategy of Wikipedia.

Jemielniak is Professor of Management at Kozminski University and an activist movement Wikipedia, which on June 5 has been a member of over a dozen board, overseeing the functioning of the Wikimedia Foundation.

The professor for many years an active member of the movement of Wikipedia, the encyclopedia devoted even his last publication. Professor action. Jemielniak are also appreciated in Poland include This year’s finalist plebiscite “Poles with verve”.

Pole decides the fate of Wikipedia

– Thanks from sitting on the board, I will be able to co-decide about the fate of Wikipedia, which is now the largest online encyclopedia in the world. Wikimedia Foundation Board of Trustees has a big attended among others in designing long-term development strategy of Wikipedia, setting the foundation manager and budget management foundation that annually has at its disposal tens of millions of dollars – said prof. Dariusz Jemielniak.

Prof. Jemielniak indicated that it intends to address the policy reaction to unpleasant behavior committed by some users of Wikipedia. The researcher wants to do everything to make your approach to Wikipedia also changed the academic world. Few of its members have to respect it as a source of information.

– I want to lead to the fact that Wikipedia is equipped with a simple tool, enabling its users to inform administrators about the occurrence of unpleasant behavior so. hate speech – describes its goals Jemielniak.

– Wikipedia is also a great opportunity for the scientific community and the education sector. Preparation by students in the form of credit work to develop your password to Wikipedia, it would be a great test of their skills and workshop. What’s more, thanks to the active Wikipedia community, the verification of such work would be almost immediate – adds the professor.

Dariusz Jemielniak is a professor of management and organizations anthropologist. Polish Wikipedia was the subject of his book, which came out effort Stanford University Press. The professor is also a member of the Committee of Sociology and Science Committee of Organization and Management Sciences. Held internships at Harvard, Berkeley, Cornell and MIT.

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