The Wikipedia Muhammad Cartoons Debate: A War Of Ideas

A new book from Iraq Museum International (www.BaghdadMuseum.org) documents the war of ideas waged behind the scenes among contributors to Wikipedia, the world's largest Internet encyclopedia.

(PRWEB) February 11, 2006 -- A new book from Iraq Museum International (www.BaghdadMuseum.org) documents the war of ideas waged behind the scenes among contributors to Wikipedia, the world's largest Internet encyclopedia.

The Wikipedia Muhammad Cartoons Debate: A War Of Ideas
John Simmons, editor
Format: 2 Adobe pdf files
File Size: 3,585KB total
Printable: Yes
Mac OS Compatible: Yes
Windows Compatible: Yes
Handheld Compatible: Yes
Digital: 706 pages
Publisher: Iraq Museum International - www.BaghdadMuseum.org (February 10, 2006)

"The Wikipedia Muhammad Cartoons Debate: A War Of Ideas" assembles 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.

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

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

This work contains material authored and/or copyrighted by Wikipedia contributors. Permission is granted to copy, distribute and/or modify this 2-part document 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 Volume Two of this work.

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