Wisdom of the Crowds: Decentralized Knowledge Construction in Wikipedia

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Wisdom of the Crowds: Decentralized Knowledge Construction in Wikipedia
Authors
Ofer Arazy
Wayne Morgan
Raymond A. Patterson
Publication date
2006
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Wisdom of the Crowds: Decentralized Knowledge Construction in Wikipedia - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2006, written by Ofer Arazy, Wayne Morgan and Raymond A. Patterson.

Overview

Recently, Nature published an article comparing the quality of Wikipedia articles to those of Encyclopedia Britannica (Giles 2005). The article, which gained much public attention, provides evidence for Wikipedia quality, but does not provide an explanation of the underlying source of that quality. Wikipedia, and wikis in general, aggregate information from a large and diverse author-base, where authors are free to modify any article. Building upon Surowiecki's (2005) Wisdom of Crowds, authors develop a model of the factors that determine wiki content quality. In an empirical study of Wikipedia, authors find strong support for their model. Their results indicate that increasing size and diversity of the author-base improves content quality. Authors conclude by highlighting implications for system design and suggesting avenues for future research.

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Arazy, Ofer; Morgan, Wayne; Patterson, Raymond A.. (2006). "[[Wisdom of the Crowds: Decentralized Knowledge Construction in Wikipedia]]". NIST Special Publication 2006, 4p.

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Arazy, Ofer; Morgan, Wayne; Patterson, Raymond A.. (2006). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Wisdom_of_the_Crowds:_Decentralized_Knowledge_Construction_in_Wikipedia">Wisdom of the Crowds: Decentralized Knowledge Construction in Wikipedia</a>&quot;. NIST Special Publication 2006, 4p.