№2, 2011

ANALYSIS OF SOME OF THE TECHNOLOGIES OF INFORMATION WARFARE IMPLEMENTED IN THE WIKI- ENVIRONMENT
Irada Y. Alakparova

The article investigates some of the technologies of information warfare, implemented in a wiki-environment, and reviews destructive consequences of vandalism and editwar, in a virtual encyclopedia, that are considered the main problems of Wikipedia. In addition, it analyzes and classifies information confrontation in a wiki environment. (pp. 18-28)

Keywords:wiki technology, information warfare, Wikipedia, wiki-pages, wiki-community, editwar, spam.
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