As with all discourse communities, the Wikipedia discourse community has several unwritten rules that are known of all people within the community. The following are three rules that may be a part of the Wikipedia discourse community. 1. All posts must be presented in a way that allows all people to understand the meaning behind them. Wikipedia seems to present topics in a way that is easier than most "encyclopedias" to understand. 2. Members of the community are encouraged to post up-to-date topics. It seems as though this community includes all things in the reference site. Wikipedia is very current. Topics such as the "i-pod" can be referenced on the web site. 3. The community strongly encourages everyone to get involved in posting new information that is relevant and "cutting edge" within a given field of study.
After searching the web site, I am assuming that the above rules may be some that are common to the Wikipedia discourse community. All of the entries that I saw seemed to possess the same types of qualities.
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I totally agree that all communication should be written so that everyone can understand it. I hate when I'm reading something that makes no sense. I can get very annoying.
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