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| title = Wikipedia in the Anti-Sopa Protests as a Case Study of Direct, Deliberative Democracy in Cyberspace
| date = 2017
| authors = [[Piotr Konieczny]]
| doi = 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1157620
| link = http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/1369118X.2016.1157620
}}
'''Wikipedia in the Anti-Sopa Protests as a Case Study of Direct, Deliberative Democracy in Cyberspace''' - scientific work related to [[Wikipedia quality]] published in 2017, written by [[Piotr Konieczny]].

== Overview ==
ABSTRACTThis paper contributes to the discussion on deliberative, direct democracy and volunteer mobilization in the Internet era by analyzing the vote participation levels of [[Wikipedia]] volunteer editors ([[Wikipedians]]). On 18th January 2012 in the ‘first Internet strike’ against the American ‘Stop Online Piracy Act' legislation, over two thousand Wikipedians took part in the vote concerning whether their site should undertake a protest action, with vast majority expressing support for this action. However, the vote participants formed only a tiny fraction of the total number of Wikipedians who number in millions. Although Wikipedia can be seen as an open, democratic forum practicing deliberative, direct democracy, the process of voting on Wikipedia is significantly influenced by participation inequality, with a majority of the vote participation coming from a small group of most active contributors – an effective oligarchy. This paper discusses the intricate dynamics between Wikipedia egalitarian ethos and...

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Konieczny, Piotr. (2017). "[[Wikipedia in the Anti-Sopa Protests as a Case Study of Direct, Deliberative Democracy in Cyberspace]]". Routledge. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1157620. 
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Konieczny, Piotr. (2017). &amp;quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Wikipedia_in_the_Anti-Sopa_Protests_as_a_Case_Study_of_Direct,_Deliberative_Democracy_in_Cyberspace">Wikipedia in the Anti-Sopa Protests as a Case Study of Direct, Deliberative Democracy in Cyberspace</a>&amp;quot;. Routledge. DOI: 10.1080/1369118X.2016.1157620. 
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