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Using WikiProjects to Measure the Health of Wikipedia

Authors:

Markus Luczak-Roesch,

Nigel Shadbolt,

Wendy HallAuthors Info & Claims

WWW '15 Companion: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web

Pages 369 - 370

https://doi.org/10.1145/2740908.2745937

Published: 18 May 2015 Publication History

Abstract

In this paper we examine WikiProjects, an emergent, community-driven feature of Wikipedia. We analysed 3.2 million Wikipedia articles associated with 618 active Wikipedia projects. The dataset contained the logs of over 115 million article revisions and 15 million talk entries both representing the activity of 15 million unique Wikipedians altogether. Our analysis revealed that per WikiProject, the number of article and talk contributions are increasing, as are the number of new Wikipedians contributing to individual WikiProjects. Based on these findings we consider how studying Wikipedia from a sub-community level may provide a means to measure Wikipedia activity.

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WWW '15 Companion: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on World Wide Web

May 2015

1602 pages

ISBN:9781450334730

DOI:10.1145/2740908

General Chairs:
Aldo Gangemi
National Research Council, Italy & Paris 13 University-CNRS, France
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Stefano Leonardi
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy
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Alessandro Panconesi
Sapienza University of Rome, Italy

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May 18 - 22, 2015

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Minguillón JMeneses JAibar EFerran-Ferrer NFàbregues S(2021)Exploring the gender gap in the Spanish Wikipedia: Differences in engagement and editing practicesPLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.024670216:2(e0246702)Online publication date: 23-Feb-2021
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0246702
Menking AMcDonald D(2020)Image Wishlist: Context and Images in Commons-Based Peer Production CommunitiesProceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction10.1145/34152494:CSCW2(1-21)Online publication date: 15-Oct-2020
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1145/3415249
Luczak-Roesch MO'hara KDinneen JTinati R(2018)What an Entangled Web We WeaveMinds and Machines10.1007/s11023-018-9478-128:4(709-733)Online publication date: 1-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1007/s11023-018-9478-1
Shafee TMasukume GKipersztok LDas DHäggström MHeilman J(2017)Evolution of Wikipedia’s medical content: past, present and futureJournal of Epidemiology and Community Health10.1136/jech-2016-208601(jech-2016-208601)Online publication date: 28-Aug-2017
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