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| title = Contributing to Wikipedia: Through Content or Social Interaction?
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| date = 2012
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| authors = [[Asta Zelenkauskaite]]<br />[[Paolo Massa]]
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| doi = 10.4018/jdst.2012100101
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| link = https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2438539
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'''Contributing to Wikipedia: Through Content or Social Interaction?''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2012, written by [[Asta Zelenkauskaite]] and [[Paolo Massa]].
 
'''Contributing to Wikipedia: Through Content or Social Interaction?''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2012, written by [[Asta Zelenkauskaite]] and [[Paolo Massa]].
  
 
== Overview ==
 
== Overview ==
 
While the overall amount of user contributions in various namespaces has been discussed in previous research, the question of how and where users contribute, depending on their time spent in [[Wikipedia]], is still open. This study analyzed contribution patterns in three namespaces of 685,897 active users of [[English Wikipedia]] since its inception. User editing behaviors were analyzed according to the amount of time spent within Wikipedia where contributions in content-oriented spaces were compared with social-oriented namespaces.
 
While the overall amount of user contributions in various namespaces has been discussed in previous research, the question of how and where users contribute, depending on their time spent in [[Wikipedia]], is still open. This study analyzed contribution patterns in three namespaces of 685,897 active users of [[English Wikipedia]] since its inception. User editing behaviors were analyzed according to the amount of time spent within Wikipedia where contributions in content-oriented spaces were compared with social-oriented namespaces.

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Contributing to Wikipedia: Through Content or Social Interaction?
Authors
Asta Zelenkauskaite
Paolo Massa
Publication date
2012
DOI
10.4018/jdst.2012100101
Links
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Contributing to Wikipedia: Through Content or Social Interaction? - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2012, written by Asta Zelenkauskaite and Paolo Massa.

Overview

While the overall amount of user contributions in various namespaces has been discussed in previous research, the question of how and where users contribute, depending on their time spent in Wikipedia, is still open. This study analyzed contribution patterns in three namespaces of 685,897 active users of English Wikipedia since its inception. User editing behaviors were analyzed according to the amount of time spent within Wikipedia where contributions in content-oriented spaces were compared with social-oriented namespaces.