Context

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Any event, or other basic process, happens in a context, the ambient envirionment surrounding it. Whether an event occurs and how it occurs is dependent on context. For example, in the nonfiction bestseller, The Tipping Point, the first chapter on "The Power of Context" discusses how much what people do and how they react to events is dependent on context. In the examples given it is hypothesized that in New York City in the 1980s and 1990s crime was significantly reduced and the general atmosphere of the city changed for the better by changing the ambience by refurbishing the subway system and cracking down on minor quality of life offenses, see Broken Windows theory, pages 133-168. The second chapter, pages 169-192, on the Power of Context, discusses the effect of the size of a group and the limits built into human nature, hypothesizing that the effects of a group of 150 people or less are radically different from a larger group. Apparently about 150 people is the upper limit to the size of group that can maintain relationships with one another, to "know" one another.

Wikinfo operates in the context of Wikipedia which in turn operates in the context of the internet revolution. Participation by editors in Wikinfo, thus depends on dissatisfaction with Wikipedia and the possibilites which exist for improving or adding to the Wikipedia model. Strong network effects operate which focus on Wikipedia as a node.