Abstract
Democracy lives in the participation of citizens, who can contribute to the politics of astate, both directly by electing representatives and also indirectly by expressing theirideas, suggestions, or wishes. In addition to these ways of directly and indirectly shap-ing politics, people inform themselves about political happenings and exchange theirviews about them with one another. For dictionaries, a similar breadth of options existsfor participation: users swap ideas with those providing the dictionaries and amongthemselves. They formulate requests, give feedback, or play an active role in creatingdictionary entries.