Wikipedia

Since November 2003, Dr. Joel West has been a dedicated (if irregular) contributor to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia. His contributions have mainly been related to California, its economic base (notably Silicon Valley) and educational institutions. (Time spent on Wikipedia diminished dramatically after January 2007, when he began blogging).

Wikimania 2006

In August 2006, he was a speaker at the Wikimania 2006 conference in a panel entitled “What can Wikipedia learn from Open Source Software Development?” based on his earlier research on open source software.

Contributions

Original Articles

Original articles begun by him include

• California State University, Long Beach
• California State University, San Marcos (which was selected for the Wikipedia main page)
• Eugene Kleiner
• Tom Perkins
• “Traitorous Eight”
• Fairchildren
• Whitehead Institute
• Interstate 880
• North San Diego County, California
• Dorothy Chandler
• Los Angeles Music Center
• Ann Clare Brokaw

Major revisions to

• Chester Nimitz
• Globalstar
• Sunset Boulevard
• Los Angeles Times
• Walt Disney Concert Hall

as well as numerous corrections, additions and amplifications.

Last Updated August 3, 2009