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| + | | title = What Wikipedia Deletes: Characterizing Dangerous Collaborative Content | ||
| + | | date = 2011 | ||
| + | | authors = [[Andrew G. West]]<br />[[Insup Lee]] | ||
| + | | doi = 10.1145/2038558.2038563 | ||
| + | | link = http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2038563 | ||
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'''What Wikipedia Deletes: Characterizing Dangerous Collaborative Content''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2011, written by [[Andrew G. West]] and [[Insup Lee]]. | '''What Wikipedia Deletes: Characterizing Dangerous Collaborative Content''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2011, written by [[Andrew G. West]] and [[Insup Lee]]. | ||
== Overview == | == Overview == | ||
Collaborative environments, such as [[Wikipedia]], often have low barriers-to-entry in order to encourage participation. This accessibility is frequently abused ( e.g ., vandalism and spam). However, certain inappropriate behaviors are more threatening than others. In this work, authors study contributions which are not simply "undone" -- but deleted from revision histories and public view. Such treatment is generally reserved for edits which: (1) present a legal liability to the host ( e.g ., copyright issues, defamation), or (2) present privacy threats to individuals ( i.e ., contact information). Herein, authors analyze one year of Wikipedia's public deletion log and use brute-force strategies to learn about privately handled redactions. This permits insight about the prevalence of deletion, the reasons that induce it, and the extent of end-user exposure to dangerous content. While Wikipedia's approach is generally quite reactive, authors find that copyright issues prove most problematic of those behaviors studied. | Collaborative environments, such as [[Wikipedia]], often have low barriers-to-entry in order to encourage participation. This accessibility is frequently abused ( e.g ., vandalism and spam). However, certain inappropriate behaviors are more threatening than others. In this work, authors study contributions which are not simply "undone" -- but deleted from revision histories and public view. Such treatment is generally reserved for edits which: (1) present a legal liability to the host ( e.g ., copyright issues, defamation), or (2) present privacy threats to individuals ( i.e ., contact information). Herein, authors analyze one year of Wikipedia's public deletion log and use brute-force strategies to learn about privately handled redactions. This permits insight about the prevalence of deletion, the reasons that induce it, and the extent of end-user exposure to dangerous content. While Wikipedia's approach is generally quite reactive, authors find that copyright issues prove most problematic of those behaviors studied. | ||
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Authors | Andrew G. West Insup Lee |
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Publication date | 2011 |
DOI | 10.1145/2038558.2038563 |
Links | Original |
What Wikipedia Deletes: Characterizing Dangerous Collaborative Content - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2011, written by Andrew G. West and Insup Lee.
Overview
Collaborative environments, such as Wikipedia, often have low barriers-to-entry in order to encourage participation. This accessibility is frequently abused ( e.g ., vandalism and spam). However, certain inappropriate behaviors are more threatening than others. In this work, authors study contributions which are not simply "undone" -- but deleted from revision histories and public view. Such treatment is generally reserved for edits which: (1) present a legal liability to the host ( e.g ., copyright issues, defamation), or (2) present privacy threats to individuals ( i.e ., contact information). Herein, authors analyze one year of Wikipedia's public deletion log and use brute-force strategies to learn about privately handled redactions. This permits insight about the prevalence of deletion, the reasons that induce it, and the extent of end-user exposure to dangerous content. While Wikipedia's approach is generally quite reactive, authors find that copyright issues prove most problematic of those behaviors studied.
