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2010
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Project management in the Wikipedia community
A feature of online communities and notably Wikipedia is the increasing use of managerial techniques to coordinate the efforts of volunteers. In this short paper, we explore the ...
Hang Ung, Jean-Michel Dalle
HT
2011
ACM
12 years 8 months ago
Social capital increases efficiency of collaboration among Wikipedia editors
In this study we measure the impact of pre-existing social capital on the efficiency of collaboration among Wikipedia editors. To construct a social network among Wikipedians we l...
Keiichi Nemoto, Peter A. Gloor, Rob Laubacher
BIS
2008
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13 years 5 months ago
Managing conflicts between users in Wikipedia
Wikipedia is nowadays a widely used encyclopedia, and one of the most visible sites on the Internet. Its strong principle of collaborative work and free editing sometimes generate...
Bernard Jacquemin, Aurélien Lauf, Cé...
SIGDOC
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Formalization and community investment in wikipedia's regulating texts: the role of essays
This poster presents ongoing research on how discursive and editing behaviors are regulated on Wikipedia by means of documented rules and practices. Our analysis focuses on three ...
Jonathan T. Morgan, Katie Derthick, Toni Ferro, El...
WIKIS
2009
ACM
13 years 11 months ago
Herding the cats: the influence of groups in coordinating peer production
Peer production systems rely on users to self-select appropriate tasks and “scratch their personal itch”. However, many such systems require significant maintenance work, whic...
Aniket Kittur, Bryan A. Pendleton, Robert E. Kraut