Comparing featured article groups and revision patterns correlations in Wikipedia

Giacomo Poderi

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Abstract

Collaboratively written by thousands of people, Wikipedia produces entries which are consistent with criteria agreed by Wikipedians and of high quality. This article focuses on Wikipedia’s Featured Articles and shows that not every contribution can be considered as being of equal quality. Two groups of articles are analysed by focusing on the edits distribution and the main editors’ contribution. The research shows how these aspects of the revision patterns can change dependent upon the category to which the articles belong.
Original languageEnglish
JournalFirst Monday
Volume14
Issue number5
ISSN1396-0466
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 1 Apr 2009
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Wikipedia
  • collaborative writing
  • Featured Article
  • revision patterns

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