Difference between revisions of "Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability"

From Wikipedia Quality
Jump to: navigation, search
(+ Infobox work)
(cat.)
 
(One intermediate revision by one other user not shown)
Line 11: Line 11:
 
== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
 
Indicators that rank countries according socioeconomic measurements are important tools for regional development and political reform. Those currently in widespread use are sometimes criticized for a lack of reproducibility or the inability to compare values over time, necessitating simple, fast and systematic [[measures]]. Here, authors applied the ‘guilt by association’ principle often used in biological networks to the information network within the online encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]] to create an indicator quantifying the degree to which pages linked to a country are disputed by contributors. The indicator correlates with metrics of governance, political or economic stability about as well as they correlate with each other, and though faster and simpler, it is remarkably stable over time despite constant changes in the underlying disputes. For some countries, changes over a four year period appear to correlate with world events related to conflicts or economic problems.
 
Indicators that rank countries according socioeconomic measurements are important tools for regional development and political reform. Those currently in widespread use are sometimes criticized for a lack of reproducibility or the inability to compare values over time, necessitating simple, fast and systematic [[measures]]. Here, authors applied the ‘guilt by association’ principle often used in biological networks to the information network within the online encyclopedia [[Wikipedia]] to create an indicator quantifying the degree to which pages linked to a country are disputed by contributors. The indicator correlates with metrics of governance, political or economic stability about as well as they correlate with each other, and though faster and simpler, it is remarkably stable over time despite constant changes in the underlying disputes. For some countries, changes over a four year period appear to correlate with world events related to conflicts or economic problems.
 +
 +
== Embed ==
 +
=== Wikipedia Quality ===
 +
<code>
 +
<nowiki>
 +
Apic, Gordana; Apic, Gordana; Betts, Matthew J.; Russell, Robert B.. (2011). "[[Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability]]". Public Library of Science. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020902.
 +
</nowiki>
 +
</code>
 +
 +
=== English Wikipedia ===
 +
<code>
 +
<nowiki>
 +
{{cite journal |last1=Apic |first1=Gordana |last2=Apic |first2=Gordana |last3=Betts |first3=Matthew J. |last4=Russell |first4=Robert B. |title=Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability |date=2011 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0020902 |url=https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Content_Disputes_in_Wikipedia_Reflect_Geopolitical_Instability |journal=Public Library of Science}}
 +
</nowiki>
 +
</code>
 +
 +
=== HTML ===
 +
<code>
 +
<nowiki>
 +
Apic, Gordana; Apic, Gordana; Betts, Matthew J.; Russell, Robert B.. (2011). &amp;quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Content_Disputes_in_Wikipedia_Reflect_Geopolitical_Instability">Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability</a>&amp;quot;. Public Library of Science. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020902.
 +
</nowiki>
 +
</code>
 +
 +
 +
 +
[[Category:Scientific works]]

Latest revision as of 08:37, 25 July 2019


Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability
Authors
Gordana Apic
Gordana Apic
Matthew J. Betts
Robert B. Russell
Publication date
2011
DOI
10.1371/journal.pone.0020902
Links
Original Preprint

Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2011, written by Gordana Apic, Gordana Apic, Matthew J. Betts and Robert B. Russell.

Overview

Indicators that rank countries according socioeconomic measurements are important tools for regional development and political reform. Those currently in widespread use are sometimes criticized for a lack of reproducibility or the inability to compare values over time, necessitating simple, fast and systematic measures. Here, authors applied the ‘guilt by association’ principle often used in biological networks to the information network within the online encyclopedia Wikipedia to create an indicator quantifying the degree to which pages linked to a country are disputed by contributors. The indicator correlates with metrics of governance, political or economic stability about as well as they correlate with each other, and though faster and simpler, it is remarkably stable over time despite constant changes in the underlying disputes. For some countries, changes over a four year period appear to correlate with world events related to conflicts or economic problems.

Embed

Wikipedia Quality

Apic, Gordana; Apic, Gordana; Betts, Matthew J.; Russell, Robert B.. (2011). "[[Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability]]". Public Library of Science. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020902.

English Wikipedia

{{cite journal |last1=Apic |first1=Gordana |last2=Apic |first2=Gordana |last3=Betts |first3=Matthew J. |last4=Russell |first4=Robert B. |title=Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability |date=2011 |doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0020902 |url=https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Content_Disputes_in_Wikipedia_Reflect_Geopolitical_Instability |journal=Public Library of Science}}

HTML

Apic, Gordana; Apic, Gordana; Betts, Matthew J.; Russell, Robert B.. (2011). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Content_Disputes_in_Wikipedia_Reflect_Geopolitical_Instability">Content Disputes in Wikipedia Reflect Geopolitical Instability</a>&quot;. Public Library of Science. DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0020902.