Does It Matter Who Contributes - A Study on Featured Articles in the German Wikipedia

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Does It Matter Who Contributes - A Study on Featured Articles in the German Wikipedia
Authors
Klaus Stein
Claudia Hess
Publication date
2007
ISBN
1595938206;978-159593820-6
DOI
10.1145/1286240.1286290
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Does It Matter Who Contributes - A Study on Featured Articles in the German Wikipedia - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2007, written by Klaus Stein and Claudia Hess.

Overview

The considerable high quality of Wikipedia articles is often accredited to the large number of users who contribute to Wikipedia's encyclopedia articles, who watch articles and correct errors immediately. In this paper, authors are in particular interested in a certain type of Wikipedia articles, namely, the featured articles - articles marked by a community's vote as being of outstanding quality. The German Wikipedia has the nice property that it has two types of featured articles: excellent and worth reading. Authors explore on the German Wikipedia whether only the mere number of contributors makes the difference or whether the high quality of featured articles results from having experienced authors contributing with a reputation for high quality contributions. Their results indicate that it does matter who contributes.

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Stein, Klaus; Hess, Claudia. (2007). "[[Does It Matter Who Contributes - A Study on Featured Articles in the German Wikipedia]]". Industry and Innovation Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2008, pp. 169-178. ISBN: 1595938206;978-159593820-6. DOI: 10.1145/1286240.1286290.

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Stein, Klaus; Hess, Claudia. (2007). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Does_It_Matter_Who_Contributes_-_A_Study_on_Featured_Articles_in_the_German_Wikipedia">Does It Matter Who Contributes - A Study on Featured Articles in the German Wikipedia</a>&quot;. Industry and Innovation Volume 15, Issue 2, April 2008, pp. 169-178. ISBN: 1595938206;978-159593820-6. DOI: 10.1145/1286240.1286290.