It's a Network, Not an Encyclopedia: a Social Network Perspective on Wikipedia Collaboration

It's a Network, Not an Encyclopedia: a Social Network Perspective on Wikipedia Collaboration - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2009, written by Gerald C. Kane.

Overview

This paper examines the impact of a Wikipedia article's position within a network of articles and editors. Finding that the position of the article within the network is significantly related to article quality, it concludes that the social aspects of Wikipedia are indispensable for understanding its collaborative processes.