Wikipedia @ 20
Wikipedia @ 20 - Stories of an Unfinished Revolution, is a book of essays published by MIT press in late 2020, marking 20 years since the creation of Wikipedia. It was edited by an academic and author Joseph Reagle and social researcher in field of education, Jackie Koerner, with contributions from 34 Wikipedians, Wikimedians, academics, researchers, journalists, librarians, artists and others reflecting on particular histories, ongoing and future themes in Wikipedia discussions.

Background 
Title of publication Wikipedia @ 20 has distinct style used in 2021 around celebration of Wikipedia's birthday, while the subtitle is paraphrasing the closing remarks of preface: "Though Wikipedia was revolutionary twenty years ago, it has yet to become the revolution we need. The important work of sharing knowledge, connecting people, and bridging cultures continues."

Publication features 22 essays in introduction and 3 chapters: Hindsight, Connection and Vision. Essays were selected via open call submissions into peer, public and editorial review in "wiki spirit" as an open access publication, using open publishing platform PubPub.

The project was financially supported by Knowledge Unlatched, the Northeastern University Communication Studies Department, and a Wikimedia Foundation so the book can be released both as paper print and open access digital publication.

Contributors 

Full list of contributors:
 Phoebe Ayers
 Omer Benjakob
 Yochai Benkler
 William Beutler
 Siko Bouterse
 Rebecca Thorndike-Breeze
 Amy Carleton
 Robert Cummings
 LiAnna L. Davis
 Siân Evans 
 Heather Ford
 Stephen Harrison 
 Heather Hart
 Benjamin Mako Hill
 Dariusz Jemielniak 
 Brian Keegan
 Jackie Koerner
 Alexandria Lockett
 Jacqueline Mabey
 Katherine Maher 
 Michael Mandiberg 
 Stephane Coillet-Matillon
 Cecelia A. Musselman
 Eliza Myrie
 Jake Orlowitz
 Ian A. Ramjohn
 Joseph Reagle
 Anasuya Sengupta
 Aaron Shaw
 Melissa Tamani
 Jina Valentine
 Matthew Vetter
 Adele Vrana
 Denny Vrandečić

Reception 

The publication was launched on live stream with an author's round table on Wikipedia Weekly Network on the 20th birthday of Wikipedia and it was referenced in international media coverage of the 20th anniversary. The book was endorsed by Wikipedia co-founder Jimmy Wales for its: "...hard-won wisdom of its contributors, the novel reflections of scholars, and the necessary provocations of those working to shape its next twenty years." It was also reviewed critically by Science magazine's A. Robinson and further more in Bookforum by Rebecca Panovka who reflected on some of its inconsistency, ties to "Enlightenment-era liberalism" and lack of voices of less loyal external criticism.

Other mainstream media that referenced the book in different ways include The New Yorker, The New Republic and ABC Radio Australia, as well as technology focused websites. The book is featured in IEEE Xplore library. Some of the content of the book also got adapted for shorter form publishing, like the article in the Slate magazine on phenomena of How 9/11 Shaped Wikipedia.

References

External links 

 
Wikipedia @ 20 on PubPub.org
 Wikipedia @ 20 on The MIT Press
 Wikipedia @ 20 Author's roundtable on Wikipedia Weekly Network (YouTube.com recording)

History of Wikipedia
MIT Press books
Creative Commons-licensed books