week13---reading marterials

 This week I read Chapter 7

As the founder, Jimmy Wales balanced power through the "constitutional monarch" model, relying on community autonomy for daily operations and exercising the right to intervene in times of crisis. This authority does not come from coercion, but from the "reputation capital" accumulated through continuous contributions and community acquiescence. Larry Sanger's failure proves from the opposite side: lack of effective leadership or abuse of power will lead to division.

The main criticism of Wikipedia is that reference books have always been controversial. Wikipedia's controversy also goes beyond its content itself: supporters see it as a practice of knowledge democratization, while critics worry that amateurism will erode professional standards. It is worth noting that Wikipedia itself also recognizes the paradox that "the speed of quality improvement cannot keep up with the improvement of standards", and this self-reflective attitude enables it to continuously optimize the content process. In the end, the value of Wikipedia may not lie in perfection, but in its dynamic presentation of the collaborative and controversial nature of knowledge production.