Update 2: The Wikipedia Muhammad Cartoons Debate

New supplement to the Iraq Museum International book follows this weekend's war of ideas waged among the editors of Wikipedia, the world's largest Internet encyclopedia.

Boston, MA (PRWEB) February 12, 2006

New supplement to the Iraq Museum International book follows this weekend's war of ideas waged among the editors of Wikipedia, the world's largest Internet encyclopedia.

"The Wikipedia Muhammad Cartoons Debate: A War of Ideas" is a 2-volume reference work published by Iraq Museum International - http://www.BaghdadMuseum.org - that shows how Wikipedia, the world's largest online encyclopedia, reached the decision to permanently display and distribute copies of 12 satirical drawings of Muhammad first published by the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten. Today, the publisher released UPDATE 2, capturing the unfolding editorial arguments at Wikipedia as the Muhammad cartoons controversy heats up around the world.

Note: These publications do not contain reproductions of the cartoons.

New book release

Update 2: The Wikipedia Muhammad Cartoons Debate

John Simmons, editor

Format: Adobe pdf file

File Size: 1,553KB

Printable: Yes

Mac OS Compatible: Yes

Windows Compatible: Yes

Handheld Compatible: Yes

Digital: 273 pages

Publisher: Iraq Museum International - http://www.BaghdadMuseum.org - February 12, 2006

The original edition of "The Wikipedia Muhammad Cartoons Debate: A War Of Ideas" assembled a 700-page transcript of the heated online discussions among the users of Wikipedia, the world's largest Internet encyclopedia, as they edited articles dealing with the notorious satirical drawings of Muhammad first published in Denmark. UPDATE 2 extends the transcript another 48 hours with an additional 273 pages of revisions and added text.

According to editor John Simmons, "This transcript reveals the mechanics of the clash of civilizations."

The 2-volume reference work and Update 1 can be downloaded at http://www.BaghdadMuseum.org and are released as part of the Iraq Museum International feature series, "Mesopotamia Yesterday, Iraq Today."

These works contain material authored and/or copyrighted by Wikipedia contributors. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify the 2-volume original edition and the update under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License, Version 1.2 or any later version published by the Free Software Foundation; with no Invariant Sections, no Front-Cover Texts, and no Back-Cover Texts. A copy of the license is included, along with a list of the URLs to all of the Wikipedia source pages, in the section entitled "GNU Free Documentation License" at the end of each publication.

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