Lifting the Veil: The Expression of Values in Online Communities

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Lifting the Veil: The Expression of Values in Online Communities
Authors
Jonathan T. Morgan
Robert M. Mason
Karine Nahon
Publication date
2011
ISBN
978-145030121-3
DOI
10.1145/1940761.1940763
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Lifting the Veil: The Expression of Values in Online Communities - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2011, written by Jonathan T. Morgan, Robert M. Mason and Karine Nahon.

Overview

Wikipedia's stated mission is to provide a free encyclopedia that people all over the world can use and contribute to. However, while Wikipedia is successful at providing access to free, high quality information to users around the globe, the degree to which Wikipedia has succeeded in facilitating contribution on a global scale is less well known. The mechanisms used to determine why and how content is included have, for the most part, taken place "off-stage" and in ways that are less visible to the casual Wikipedia user. In this study, authors explore the relationship between the ideals on which Wikipedia was founded and the policies and practices of the close-knit community that has developed around the shared practice of building the encyclopedia. Through a case study of a polarized talk page debate authors show that the editorial community of the English language Wikipedia has a distinct cultural character, which can be uncovered through an examination of the way community members use the social and technical mechanisms of the website and through an analysis of the rhetorical appeals made by editors engaged in heated talk page debates. Their analysis reveals an inherent tension among the values held by the majority of Wikipedians, the values articulated in Wikipedia's mission statement, and the values of the global community of readers that Wikipedia was created to serve.

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Morgan, Jonathan T.; Mason, Robert M.; Nahon, Karine. (2011). "[[Lifting the Veil: The Expression of Values in Online Communities]]". ACM International Conference Proceeding Series 2011, pp. 8-15. ISBN: 978-145030121-3. DOI: 10.1145/1940761.1940763.

English Wikipedia

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Morgan, Jonathan T.; Mason, Robert M.; Nahon, Karine. (2011). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Lifting_the_Veil:_The_Expression_of_Values_in_Online_Communities">Lifting the Veil: The Expression of Values in Online Communities</a>&quot;. ACM International Conference Proceeding Series 2011, pp. 8-15. ISBN: 978-145030121-3. DOI: 10.1145/1940761.1940763.