Lifting the Veil: Improving Accountability and Social Transparency in Wikipedia with Wikidashboard

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Lifting the Veil: Improving Accountability and Social Transparency in Wikipedia with Wikidashboard
Authors
Bongwon Suh
Ed H. Chi
Aniket Kittur
Bryan A. Pendleton
Publication date
2008
DOI
10.1145/1357054.1357214
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Lifting the Veil: Improving Accountability and Social Transparency in Wikipedia with Wikidashboard - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2008, written by Bongwon Suh, Ed H. Chi, Aniket Kittur and Bryan A. Pendleton.

Overview

Wikis are collaborative systems in which virtually anyone can edit anything. Although wikis have become highly popular in many domains, their mutable nature often leads them to be distrusted as a reliable source of information. Here authors describe a social dynamic analysis tool called WikiDashboard which aims to improve social transparency and accountability on Wikipedia articles. Early reactions from users suggest that the increased transparency afforded by the tool can improve the interpretation, communication, and trustworthiness of Wikipedia articles.