A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Barnstars on Wikipedia Editing

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A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Barnstars on Wikipedia Editing
Authors
Kwan Hui Lim
Amitava Datta
Michael J. Wise
Publication date
2013
DOI
10.1145/2491055.2491079
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A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Barnstars on Wikipedia Editing - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2013, written by Kwan Hui Lim, Amitava Datta and Michael J. Wise.

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This paper presents a preliminary study into the awarding of barnstars among Wikipedia editors to better understand their motivations in contributing to Wikipedia articles. Authors crawled the talk pages of all active Wikipedia editors and retrieved 21,299 barnstars that were awarded among 14,074 editors. In particular, authors found that editors do not award and receive barnstars in equal (or similar) quantities. Also, editors were more active in editing articles before awarding or receiving barnstars.

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Lim, Kwan Hui; Datta, Amitava; Wise, Michael J.. (2013). "[[A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Barnstars on Wikipedia Editing]]".DOI: 10.1145/2491055.2491079.

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Lim, Kwan Hui; Datta, Amitava; Wise, Michael J.. (2013). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/A_Preliminary_Study_on_the_Effects_of_Barnstars_on_Wikipedia_Editing">A Preliminary Study on the Effects of Barnstars on Wikipedia Editing</a>&quot;.DOI: 10.1145/2491055.2491079.