Wikipedia Verification Check: a Chrome Browser Extension

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Wikipedia Verification Check: a Chrome Browser Extension
Authors
Reed Harder
Alfredo J. Velasco
Michael S. Evans
Chuankai An
Daniel N. Rockmore
Publication date
2017
DOI
10.1145/3041021.3053364
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Original

Wikipedia Verification Check: a Chrome Browser Extension - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2017, written by Reed Harder, Alfredo J. Velasco, Michael S. Evans, Chuankai An and Daniel N. Rockmore.

Overview

In this paper authors present Version 1.0 of an implementation of a Wiki reference parser with a light-weight plugin in the form of a Google Chrome Extension with Javascript. The output of the parser is a "verification score" for any Wikipedia page, constructed from a combination of scores derived from reference accessibility and quality. The extension presented herein works from a pre-stored database of DOI and reference checks. Future versions working in real-time are also discussed. This work suggests generalizations to real-time verification checkers for arbitrary webpages and possibly even a real-time fact-checker for news platforms.

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Harder, Reed; Velasco, Alfredo J.; Evans, Michael S.; An, Chuankai; Rockmore, Daniel N.. (2017). "[[Wikipedia Verification Check: a Chrome Browser Extension]]". International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee. DOI: 10.1145/3041021.3053364.

English Wikipedia

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Harder, Reed; Velasco, Alfredo J.; Evans, Michael S.; An, Chuankai; Rockmore, Daniel N.. (2017). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Wikipedia_Verification_Check:_a_Chrome_Browser_Extension">Wikipedia Verification Check: a Chrome Browser Extension</a>&quot;. International World Wide Web Conferences Steering Committee. DOI: 10.1145/3041021.3053364.