Wikimedia

Wikipedia in the light of recent controversies

• over copyright infringement (the inclusion of a articles from a former East German encyclopedia into the German Wikipedia)

• over intentionally inserted disinformation (the Seigenthaler case)

• over self-serving manipulations (the editing of articles about members of the American congress through their offices)

• over privacy rights (the debate "Tron vs. Wikipedia" in Germany)

Are those controversies based on misunderstandings of the Wikipedia process, or does Wikipedia need

• an ethic code / a Netiquette

• a version tracking system similar to the Linux kernel that makes each piece of the work trackable to its (unambiguously identified) author?

Possible Speakers

• Representatives of Wikimedia Germany e.V.

• Lawyer Friedrich Kurz (legal representative of Tron's family)

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