An Agent-Based Model of Edit Wars in Wikipedia: How and When is Consensus Reached
Authors | Arun Kalyanasundaram Wei Wei Kathleen M. Carley James D. Herbsleb |
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Publication date | 2016 |
ISSN | 08917736 |
ISBN | 978-146739743-8 |
DOI | 10.1109/WSC.2015.7408171 |
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An Agent-Based Model of Edit Wars in Wikipedia: How and When is Consensus Reached - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2016, written by Arun Kalyanasundaram, Wei Wei, Kathleen M. Carley and James D. Herbsleb.
Overview
Edit wars are conflicts among editors of Wikipedia when editors repeatedly overwrite each other's content. Edit wars can last from a few days to several years before reaching consensus often leading to a loss of content quality. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to create an agent-based model of edit wars in order to study the influence of various factors involved in consensus formation. Authors model the behavior of agents using theories of group stability and reinforcement learning. Authors show that increasing the number of credible or trustworthy agents and agents with a neutral point of view decreases the time taken to reach consensus, whereas the duration is longest when agents with opposing views are in equal proportion. Their model can be used to study the behavior of members in online communities and to inform policies and guidelines for participation.
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Kalyanasundaram, Arun; Wei, Wei; Carley, Kathleen M.; Herbsleb, James D.. (2016). "[[An Agent-Based Model of Edit Wars in Wikipedia: How and When is Consensus Reached]]". Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference Volume 2016-February, 16 February 2016, Article number 7408171, pp. 276-287. ISBN: 978-146739743-8. ISSN: 08917736. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2015.7408171.
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Kalyanasundaram, Arun; Wei, Wei; Carley, Kathleen M.; Herbsleb, James D.. (2016). "<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/An_Agent-Based_Model_of_Edit_Wars_in_Wikipedia:_How_and_When_is_Consensus_Reached">An Agent-Based Model of Edit Wars in Wikipedia: How and When is Consensus Reached</a>". Proceedings - Winter Simulation Conference Volume 2016-February, 16 February 2016, Article number 7408171, pp. 276-287. ISBN: 978-146739743-8. ISSN: 08917736. DOI: 10.1109/WSC.2015.7408171.
