A Message's Persuasive Features in Wikipedia's Article for Deletion Discussions

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A Message's Persuasive Features in Wikipedia's Article for Deletion Discussions - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2018, written by Lu Xiao.

Overview

In this study, authors examine indicators of an OOC comment's persuasive power in the context of Wikipedia's Article for Deletion (AfD) discussions. Authors preliminary results are in general consistent with the previous persuasion studies in Reddit discussion. Compared to non-persuasive comments, persuasive comments used less pronouns, impersonal pronouns, had lower sentiment level, and scored higher on analytical thinking and lower on authentic category. Authors also have different findings from the Reddit studies. Specifically, length of a comment and the use of complicated words are not strong indicators of an AfD comment's persuasive power. Also, in the AfD discussions, persuasive comments scored higher on the use of power (relevant to status, dominance, social hierarchies) and risk categories (related to dangers, concerns, and things to avoid). Authors consider that the different discussion contexts, that is, Wikipedia AfD versus Reddit discussions, contribute to this observed difference.

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