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	The '''Misplaced Pages community''' is the group of people who edit and volunteer their time to build ]<ref name="Daniel_Terdiman">Misplaced Pages Faces Growing Pains. By Daniel Terdiman. ''Wired News.'' Jan, 10, 2005.
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	and to select what content in Misplaced Pages is best representative of the project's work.<ref name="Stephen_Pincock">News in Science - Best Misplaced Pages pages edited over and over - By Stephen Pincock. 07/03/2007.
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	Prominent '''Wikipedians''', as they are known, have commented on the importance of the communal aspects of the project and emphasized it as a major reason to help the project.<ref name="Jenny_Kleeman">You couldn’t make it up: The internet encyclopedia Misplaced Pages is one of the most visited sites on the web. Can you trust it? by Jenny Kleeman. ''Times Online.'' March 02, 2007.
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	Members of the community have a variety of incentives to participate. One study attempts to prove that a major incentive to contribute is the resulting prestige and respect within the community,<ref name="Andrea_Forte_and_Amy_Bruckman">Why Do People Write For Misplaced Pages? Incentives To Contribute To Open Source Publishing. By Andrea Forte and Amy Bruckman.
	</ref> although many wikipedians contribute through pseudonyms and this prestige does not translate into the "real life".
	The community has certain taboos and guidelines such as strongly disapproving notable members of the community editing their own articles.<ref name="Kenneth_Musante">The Outlaw Jimmy Wales: Discovering the Man Behind the Monolith That is Misplaced Pages. by Kenneth Musante ''Adotas.'' February 21st 2007.
	</ref> ], a co-founder<ref name="co-founder"/> of Misplaced Pages has described the Misplaced Pages editors as ''"The Community,"'' and expanded by saying, "Everywhere I go it's about more or less the same: about 80 percent male, geeky. The geeky smart people."<ref name="ABCNewsSep12-2006">''"Misplaced Pages: Getting to Truth by 'Community'"'' ''],'' September 12, 2006. .</ref> ], who is the Editor-in-Chief of ] and a co-founder<ref name="co-founder">{{cite web
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	</ref> of Misplaced Pages, wrote in regard to ], that "this arguably dysfunctional community is extremely off-putting to … academics" and as such appears "committed to amateurism."<ref name="LarrySanger">Larry Sanger. , Citizendium.</ref>

	== Open source publishing ==

	According to Misplaced Pages staff, the community works to keep the encyclopedia's articles neutral in tone.<ref name="InfoWeek0322-2007">Information Week, Thomas Claburn; Misplaced Pages Becomes Intelligence Tool And Target For Jihadists </ref> The Misplaced Pages community also polices itself and the articles in the encyclopedia<ref name="BusinessWeek0322-2007">Business Week, B.L. Ochman, Misplaced Pages's Not the Net Police. </ref>, while identifying problems and factual errors.<ref name="WCBSNY-0316-2007">Associated Press, "Misplaced Pages Falsely Reports Sinbad's Death" , March 16, 2007.</ref> According to Jimmy Wales, the community of the encyclopedia is built on trust, and regular members of the community would not insert disinformation, such as the falsely reported death of actor ] in March 2007.<ref name="TimeMagazine">''"10 Questions: Jimmy Wales."'' ''],'' March 21, 2007. .</ref> From the community, editors can be promoted to administrative system operator status by a community review by their peers, via a "Requests for adminship" process.<ref name="iTWireJune18-2006">''"What's all the fuss about Misplaced Pages?"'' ''],'' June 18, 2006. .</ref> The ] stated that the community has a power structure, where the volunteer administrators have the authority to practice editorial control, delete articles that fail suitability requirements, and protect others against vandalism.<ref name="iTWireJune18-2006">''"What's all the fuss about Misplaced Pages?"'' ''],'' June 18, 2006. .</ref>

	The New York Times was also quoted as saying, " is not the experiment in freewheeling collective creativity it might seem to be, because maintaining so much openness inevitably involves some tradeoffs...it's an online community that has built itself a bureaucracy of sorts — one that, in response to well-publicised problems with some entries, has recently grown more elaborate."<ref name="iTWireJune18-2006">''"What's all the fuss about Misplaced Pages?"'' ''],'' June 18, 2006. .</ref>
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	<ref name="Kristie_Lu_Stout">CNN.com - Misplaced Pages: The know-it-all Web site - From CNN Technology Correspondent Kristie Lu Stout. Aug. 4, 2003. </ref>
	<ref name="Joseph_M._Reagle_Jr.">A Case of Mutual Aid: Misplaced Pages, Politeness, and Perspective Taking. By Joseph M. Reagle Jr. </ref>
	<ref name="Fernada_B._Viegas">Studying Cooperation and Conflict with History Flow Visualatios. By Fernada B. Viegas, Martin Wattenburg, and Kushal Dave. </ref>
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	=== Collaboration ===
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	\|2) A project (the effort and devotion of energy to that encyclopedia).
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	\|3) A community (a diverse group of people interested in that project).
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	Misplaced Pages is a 💕 where anyone can ] and is built on ].<ref name="Andrea_Forte_and_Amy_Bruckman"/>

	In an editorial piece by Chris Anderson of the Time magazine, he summarized three little words about editing on Misplaced Pages, "edit this page"<ref name="Chris_Anderson"></ref> and the rest is ].<ref></ref>

	=== Policies and guidelines ===
	The community has certain policies and guidelines for ''Wikipedians'' to read and adhere to.<ref></ref>
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	== Recognition ==

	The communal aspect of Misplaced Pages was recognized in 2004 by the ] for the "community" category<ref name="The_Webby_Awards">The Webby Awards. And the winners are... The best of 2004. "The only award show for Internet sites that matter." - The Los Angeles Times.
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	and recognized along with ], ] and other user generated content sites by '']'' in declaring their 2006 ] to be "You".<ref name="BBCNEWS">'You' named Time's person of 2006: "You" have been named as Time magazine's Person of the Year for the growth and influence of user-generated content on the internet. ''BBC News.'' Sunday, 17 December 2006.
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	==References==
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	==Further reading==
	* The Wiki Way: Quick Collaboration on the Web (Paperback). Authors: Bo Leuf and Ward Cunningham. Publisher: Addison-Wesley Professional; Pap/Cdr edition (April 3, 2001). ISBN 020171499X
	*Wiki: Web Collaboration (Hardcover). Authors: Anja Ebersbach, Markus Glaser, Richard Heigl, and G. Dueck. Publisher: Springer; 1 edition (October 6, 2005). ISBN 3540259953
	* Wikis For Dummies (For Dummies (Computer/Tech)) (Paperback). Author: Dan Woods. Publisher: For Dummies (July 10, 2007). ISBN 0470043997

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