Access, claims and quality on the internet-Future challenges

Veltman, Kim H.

doi:10.2201/niipi.2005.2.3

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“…Other articles with bearing on epistemology are discussed elsewhere in this review (Eijkman 2010;Veltman 2005;Gunnels 2007;Geiger & Ribes 2010;Garud et al 2008;Cimini & Burr 2012).…”

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The People’s Encyclopedia Under the Gaze of the Sages: A Systematic Review of Scholarly Research on Wikipedia

et al. 2012

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Wikipedia has become one of the ten most visited sites on the Web, and the world's leading source of Web reference information. Its rapid success has inspired hundreds of scholars from various disciplines to study its content, communication and community dynamics from various perspectives. This article presents a systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia. We describe our detailed, rigorous methodology for identifying over 450 scholarly studies of Wikipedia. We present the WikiLit website (http://wikilit.referata.com), where most of the papers reviewed here are described in detail. In the major section of this article, we then categorize and summarize the studies. An appendix features an extensive list of resources useful for Wikipedia researchers.

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“…Other articles with bearing on epistemology are discussed elsewhere in this review (Eijkman 2010;Veltman 2005;Gunnels 2007;Geiger & Ribes 2010;Garud et al 2008;Cimini & Burr 2012).…”

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“…Veltman (2005) argued that access to the entirety of knowledge is becoming feasible with the open source movement. She highlighted the central importance of quality along with open access in terms of quantity.…”

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The People’s Encyclopedia Under the Gaze of the Sages: A Systematic Review of Scholarly Research on Wikipedia

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“…For instance, in [31], the author suggests that, in future, the Internet will have to provide mechanisms to deal with multiple versions of the same content, and the certainty degree and importance of claims. An example of such a mechanism is proposed in [10], where it is possible to estimate the credibility of an information based on its sources and authors.…”

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Automatic quality assessment of content created collaboratively by web communities

Dalip

Gonçalves

Cristo³

et al. 2009

Proceedings of the 9th ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries

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The old dream of a universal repository containing all the human knowledge and culture is becoming possible through the Internet and the Web. Moreover, this is happening with the direct collaborative, participation of people. Wikipedia is a great example. It is an enormous repository of information with free access and edition, created by the community in a collaborative manner. However, this large amount of information, made available democratically and virtually without any control, raises questions about its relative quality. In this work we explore a significant number of quality indicators, some of them proposed by us and used here for the first time, and study their capability to assess the quality of Wikipedia articles. Furthermore, we explore machine learning techniques to combine these quality indicators into one single assessment judgment. Through experiments, we show that the most important quality indicators are the easiest ones to extract, namely, textual features related to length, structure and style. We were also able to determine which indicators did not contribute significantly to the quality assessment. These were, coincidentally, the most complex features, such as those based on link analysis. Finally, we compare our combination method with state-of-the-art solution and show significant improvements in terms of effective quality prediction.

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“…Some studies examined characteristics of articles' presentation that affect readers' perceptions of their credibility. Veltman () argued that access to the entirety of knowledge is becoming feasible with the open source and open content movements with information widely available on the Internet. Tracing a very brief history of encyclopedic compilation, he criticized Wikipedia because “critical tools concerning variants, certainty, authority, and significance are lacking” (2005, p. 23).…”

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Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia readers and readership

Okoli

Mehdi

Mesgari

et al. 2014

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Hundreds of scholarly studies have investigated various aspects of Wikipedia. Although a number of literature reviews have provided overviews of this vast body of research, none has specifically focused on the readers of Wikipedia and issues concerning its readership. In this systematic literature review, we review 99 studies to synthesize current knowledge regarding the readership of Wikipedia and provide an analysis of research methods employed. The scholarly research has found that Wikipedia is popular not only for lighter topics such as entertainment but also for more serious topics such as health and legal information. Scholars, librarians, and students are common users, and Wikipedia provides a unique opportunity for educating students in digital literacy. We conclude with a summary of key findings, implications for researchers, and implications for the Wikipedia community.

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Access, claims and quality on the internet-Future challenges

Cited by 5 publications

References 5 publications

The People’s Encyclopedia Under the Gaze of the Sages: A Systematic Review of Scholarly Research on Wikipedia

The People’s Encyclopedia Under the Gaze of the Sages: A Systematic Review of Scholarly Research on Wikipedia

Automatic quality assessment of content created collaboratively by web communities

Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia readers and readership

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