Wikipedia’s Open Content Production Platform Createssignificant Spillover Benefits That Encourage Users to Contributefurther
Authors | Aleksi Aaltonen Stephan Seiler |
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Publication date | 2014 |
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Wikipedia’s Open Content Production Platform Createssignificant Spillover Benefits That Encourage Users to Contributefurther - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2014, written by Aleksi Aaltonen and Stephan Seiler.
Overview
Many organisations are developing open platforms to create, store and share knowledge. Aleksi Aaltonen and Stephan Seiler analyse editing data by Wikipedia users to show how content creation by individuals generates significant ‘spillover’ benefits, encouraging others to contribute to the collective process of knowledge production.