Analyzing the Creative Editing Behavior of Wikipedia Editors Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis

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Analyzing the Creative Editing Behavior of Wikipedia Editors Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis
Authors
Takashi Iba
Keiichi Nemoto
Bernd Peters
Peter A. Gloor
Publication date
2010
ISSN
18770428
DOI
10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.04.054
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Analyzing the Creative Editing Behavior of Wikipedia Editors Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2010, written by Takashi Iba, Keiichi Nemoto, Bernd Peters and Peter A. Gloor.

Overview

This paper analyzes editing patterns of Wikipedia contributors using dynamic social network analysis. Authors have developed a tool that converts the edit flow among contributors into a temporal social network. Authors are using this approach to identify the most creative Wikipedia editors among the few thousand contributors who make most of the edits amid the millions of active Wikipedia editors. In particular, authors identify the key category of "coolfarmers", the prolific authors starting and building new articles of high quality. Towards this goal authors analyzed the 2580 featured articles of the English Wikipedia where authors found two main article types: (1) articles of narrow focus created by a few subject matter experts, and (2) articles about a broad topic created by thousands of interested incidental editors. Authors then investigated the authoring process of articles about a current and controversial event. There authors found two types of editors with different editing patterns: the mediators, trying to reconcile the different viewpoints of editors, and the zealots, who are adding fuel to heated discussions on controversial topics. As a second category of editors authors look at the "egoboosters", people who use Wikipedia mostly to showcase themselves. Understanding these different patterns of behavior gives important insights about the cultural norms of online creators. In addition, identifying and policing egoboosters has the potential to increase the quality of Wikipedia. People best suited to enforce culture-compliant behavior of egoboosters through exemplary behavior and active intervention are the highly regarded coolfarmers introduced above.

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Iba, Takashi; Nemoto, Keiichi; Peters, Bernd; Gloor, Peter A.. (2010). "[[Analyzing the Creative Editing Behavior of Wikipedia Editors Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis]]". Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 2, Issue 4, 2010, pp. 6441-6456. ISSN: 18770428. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.04.054.

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Iba, Takashi; Nemoto, Keiichi; Peters, Bernd; Gloor, Peter A.. (2010). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Analyzing_the_Creative_Editing_Behavior_of_Wikipedia_Editors_Through_Dynamic_Social_Network_Analysis">Analyzing the Creative Editing Behavior of Wikipedia Editors Through Dynamic Social Network Analysis</a>&quot;. Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences Volume 2, Issue 4, 2010, pp. 6441-6456. ISSN: 18770428. DOI: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2010.04.054.