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| + | | title = Transparency, Control, and Content Generation on Wikipedia: Editorial Strategies and Technical Affordances | ||
| + | | date = 2015 | ||
| + | | authors = [[Sorin Adam Matei]]<br />[[Jeremy Foote]] | ||
| + | | doi = 10.1007/978-3-319-18552-1_13 | ||
| + | | link = https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-319-18552-1_13/fulltext.html | ||
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'''Transparency, Control, and Content Generation on Wikipedia: Editorial Strategies and Technical Affordances''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2015, written by [[Sorin Adam Matei]] and [[Jeremy Foote]]. | '''Transparency, Control, and Content Generation on Wikipedia: Editorial Strategies and Technical Affordances''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2015, written by [[Sorin Adam Matei]] and [[Jeremy Foote]]. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
The sparse nature of [[Wikipedia]]’s main content interface, dominated by clearly laid out content, neatly organized into information boxes, and structured into headings and subheadings projects an image of a simple and flexible content management system. Even though the process of social production that undergirds Wikipedia is rife with conflict, power struggles, revert wars, content transactions, and coordination efforts, not to mention vandalism, the article pages on Wikipedia shun information gauges that highlight the social nature of the contributions. Rather, they are characterized by a “less is more” ideology of design, which aims to maximize [[readability]] and to encourage future contributions. The tools for discerning the social dynamics that lead to the creation of any given page are buried deep into the structure of the interface. Often they are created and maintained by voluntary contributors, who host the information on their own servers. The reason for which the design choices made for the Wikipedia interface hide rather than highlight the true nature of these social dynamics remains a continuous motive for puzzlement. | The sparse nature of [[Wikipedia]]’s main content interface, dominated by clearly laid out content, neatly organized into information boxes, and structured into headings and subheadings projects an image of a simple and flexible content management system. Even though the process of social production that undergirds Wikipedia is rife with conflict, power struggles, revert wars, content transactions, and coordination efforts, not to mention vandalism, the article pages on Wikipedia shun information gauges that highlight the social nature of the contributions. Rather, they are characterized by a “less is more” ideology of design, which aims to maximize [[readability]] and to encourage future contributions. The tools for discerning the social dynamics that lead to the creation of any given page are buried deep into the structure of the interface. Often they are created and maintained by voluntary contributors, who host the information on their own servers. The reason for which the design choices made for the Wikipedia interface hide rather than highlight the true nature of these social dynamics remains a continuous motive for puzzlement. | ||
Revision as of 07:31, 22 June 2020
Authors | Sorin Adam Matei Jeremy Foote |
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Publication date | 2015 |
DOI | 10.1007/978-3-319-18552-1_13 |
Links | Original |
Transparency, Control, and Content Generation on Wikipedia: Editorial Strategies and Technical Affordances - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2015, written by Sorin Adam Matei and Jeremy Foote.
Overview
The sparse nature of Wikipedia’s main content interface, dominated by clearly laid out content, neatly organized into information boxes, and structured into headings and subheadings projects an image of a simple and flexible content management system. Even though the process of social production that undergirds Wikipedia is rife with conflict, power struggles, revert wars, content transactions, and coordination efforts, not to mention vandalism, the article pages on Wikipedia shun information gauges that highlight the social nature of the contributions. Rather, they are characterized by a “less is more” ideology of design, which aims to maximize readability and to encourage future contributions. The tools for discerning the social dynamics that lead to the creation of any given page are buried deep into the structure of the interface. Often they are created and maintained by voluntary contributors, who host the information on their own servers. The reason for which the design choices made for the Wikipedia interface hide rather than highlight the true nature of these social dynamics remains a continuous motive for puzzlement.
