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| title = Learning to Trust the Crowd: Some Lessons from Wikipedia
| date = 2008
| authors = [[F. Xavier Olleros]]
| isbn = 0769530826;978-076953082-6
| doi = 10.1109/MCETECH.2008.17
}}
'''Learning to Trust the Crowd: Some Lessons from Wikipedia''' - scientific work about [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2008, written by [[F. Xavier Olleros]].

== Overview ==
Inspired by the open source software (OSS) movement, [[Wikipedia]] has gone further than any OSS project in decentralizing its quality control task. This is seen by many as a fatal flaw. In this short paper, I will try to show that it is rather a shrewd and fertile design choice. First, I will describe the precise way in which Wikipedia is more decentralized than OSS projects. Secondly, I will explain why Wikipedia's quality control can be and must be decentralized. Thirdly, I will show why it is wise for Wikipedia to welcome anonymous amateurs. Finally, I will argue that concerns about Wikipedia's quality and sustainable success have to be tempered by the fact that, as disruptive innovations tend to do, Wikipedia is in the process of redefining the pertinent dimensions of quality and value for general encyclopedias.

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Olleros, F. Xavier. (2008). "[[Learning to Trust the Crowd: Some Lessons from Wikipedia]]". Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW 2008, pp. 37-46. ISBN: 0769530826;978-076953082-6. DOI: 10.1109/MCETECH.2008.17. 
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Olleros, F. Xavier. (2008). &amp;quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Learning_to_Trust_the_Crowd:_Some_Lessons_from_Wikipedia">Learning to Trust the Crowd: Some Lessons from Wikipedia</a>&amp;quot;. Proceedings of the ACM Conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, CSCW 2008, pp. 37-46. ISBN: 0769530826;978-076953082-6. DOI: 10.1109/MCETECH.2008.17. 
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