Andrew Lih (author)

The Wikipedia Revolution (subtitle: "How A Bunch of Nobodies Created The World's Greatest Encyclopedia") is a 2009 history book by new media researcher and writer Andrew Lih. It is "the only narrative account" of the online encyclopedia Wikipedia (in English) covering the period from its founding in early 2000 to early 2008. Written as a popular history, the text ranges from short biographies of Jimmy Wales, Larry Sanger and Ward Cunningham, to brief accounts of famous events in Wikipedia's history such as the Essjay controversy and the Wikipedia biography controversy. Lih describes the importance of early influences on Wikipedia including Usenet, Hypercard, Slashdot and MeatballWiki. The book also explores the cultural differences found within international sister texts such as the German Wikipedia, the Chinese Wikipedia, and the Japanese Wikipedia.

The book contains a foreword by Jimmy Wales, and an "afterword" created by members of Wikipedia detailing the problems and opportunities for Wikipedia's future.

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