The World and Wikipedia
Subtitle: how we are editing reality
By: Andrew Dalby.
Publisher: Siduri
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Draycott, Somerset
Language: eng
Format: Hardback
Number of pages: 256
ISBN-13: 9780956205209
Copyright date: 2009
Subjects: Wikipedia; User-generated content; User-generated content -- Social aspects; User-generated content -- Psychological aspects; Electronic encyclopedias; Electronic encyclopedias -- Social aspects; Electronic encyclopedias -- Psychological aspects; Knowledge, Sociology of
First sentence: A powerful earthquake struck central Italy at 1.32 GMT on Monday April 2009.
Notes: "Confessions of a contributor" on cover. 
Formerly CIP. Includes bibliographical references (p. 241–246) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: Prologue
pagenum: 7; label: 1
title: Wikipedians at work 8; label: 2
title: Where it came from
pagenum: 19; label: 3
title: Why they hate it
pagenum: 50; label: 4
title: Why you use it
pagenum: 82; label: 5
title: Why we love it
pagenum: 114; label: 6
title: Chaos and beyond; or Why we love it version 2.5
pagenum: 148; label: 7
title: Why you don't trust Wikipedia
pagenum: 174; label: 8
title: Why you will trust Wikipedia
pagenum: 196; title: Author's note
pagenum: 226; title: Endnotes
pagenum: 228; title: Bibliography
pagenum: 241; title: Index of usernames
pagenum: 247; title: General index
pagenum: 250