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spir-8996	Leshnick, Anat; Livio, Oren	Technology Meets Postmodern Epistemology: The Discourse of Hebrew Wikipedia Deletion Pages	2016.0	4	.pdf	application/pdf	1256	66	38	In  this  study  we  analyze  deletion  discussion  pages  on   the  Hebrew  Wikipedia  in  order  to  examine  the  ways  in  which  definitions  of  “worthy”  and   “unworthy”  encyclopedic  knowledge  are  negotiated  in  contemporary  discourse,   reflecting  local  perceptions  regarding  the  role  of  Wikipedia  and  its  meanings,  as  well  as   broader  cultural  perceptions  of  the  relation  between  technology  and  epistemology  in  an   age  characterized  by  an  ongoing  tension  between  modernist  and  postmodern   conceptions  of  truth,  knowledge,  and  authority.       Second,  while  encyclopedias  since  the  18th  century   were  customarily  viewed  as  representing  authoritative  knowledge  produced  by  experts   (Sullivan,  1990),  Wikipedia  operates  within  a  sociocultural  atmosphere  characterized  by   greater  ambivalence,  and  sometimes  downright  skepticism,  toward  traditional  sources  of   authority  and  knowledge  (Van  Zoonen,  2012).Third,  whereas  in  traditional  encyclopedias   deleted  entries  were  simply  not  included  in  the  published  volumes  –  with  relatively  little   information  made  public  regarding  the  process  whereby  decisions  regarding  inclusion  and   exclusion  were  made  –  on  Wikipedia,  even  when  a  particular  entry  is  deleted,  the   negotiations  that  took  place  regarding  the  article’s  fate  remain  available  on  the  site  and   are  accessible  by  any  internet  user  –  thus  providing  a  rich  source  for  examining  the  actual   process  of  boundary  construction.    	cache/spir-8996.pdf	txt/spir-8996.txt