Sasha Mrkailo: about this name

Readers sometimes arrive here looking for Sasha Mrkailo. On the earlier site that used this domain, a page under that name served as a contributor's personal page, in the way wikis of the 2000s gave each member a space to introduce themselves and collect their work. The Working Commons is a new and independent publication; it has no connection with that site or its members, and it does not reproduce their personal pages.

What we can say

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Member pages on community wikis

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They also raise questions that communities often did not consider at the time:

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