Is Wikipedia too Difficult? Comparative Analysis of Readability of Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia and Britannica
Authors | Adam Jatowt Katsumi Tanaka |
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Publication date | 2012 |
ISBN | 978-145031156-4 |
DOI | 10.1145/2396761.2398703 |
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Is Wikipedia too Difficult? Comparative Analysis of Readability of Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia and Britannica - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2012, written by Adam Jatowt and Katsumi Tanaka.
Overview
Readability is one of key factors determining document quality and reader's satisfaction. In this paper authors analyze readability of Wikipedia, which is a popular source of information for searchers about unknown topics. Although Wikipedia articles are frequently listed by search engines on top ranks, they are often too difficult for average readers searching information about difficult queries. Authors examine the average readability of content in Wikipedia and compare it to the one in Simple Wikipedia and Britannica. Next, authors investigate readability of selected categories in Wikipedia. Apart from standard readability measures authors use some new metrics based on words' popularity and their distributions across different document genres and topics.
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Jatowt, Adam; Tanaka, Katsumi. (2012). "[[Is Wikipedia too Difficult? Comparative Analysis of Readability of Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia and Britannica]]". ACM International Conference Proceeding Series 2012, pp. 2607-2610. ISBN: 978-145031156-4. DOI: 10.1145/2396761.2398703.
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Jatowt, Adam; Tanaka, Katsumi. (2012). "<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Is_Wikipedia_too_Difficult?_Comparative_Analysis_of_Readability_of_Wikipedia,_Simple_Wikipedia_and_Britannica">Is Wikipedia too Difficult? Comparative Analysis of Readability of Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia and Britannica</a>". ACM International Conference Proceeding Series 2012, pp. 2607-2610. ISBN: 978-145031156-4. DOI: 10.1145/2396761.2398703.
