Mining the Factors Affecting the Quality of Wikipedia Articles

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Mining the Factors Affecting the Quality of Wikipedia Articles
Authors
Kewen Wu
Qinghua Zhu
Yuxiang Zhao
Hua Zheng
Publication date
2010
ISBN
978-076954132-7
DOI
10.1109/ISME.2010.114
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Mining the Factors Affecting the Quality of Wikipedia Articles - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2010, written by Kewen Wu, Qinghua Zhu, Yuxiang Zhao and Hua Zheng.

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In order to observe the variation of factors affecting the quality of Wikipedia articles during the information quality improvement process, authors proposed 28 metrics from four aspects, including lingual, structural, historical and reputational features, and then weighted each metrics in different stages by using neural network. Authors found lingual features weighted more in the lower quality stages, and structural features, along with historical features, became more important while article quality improved. However, reputational features did not act as important as expected. The findings indicate that the information quality is mainly affected by completeness, and well-written is a basic requirement in the initial stage. Reputation of authors or editors is not so important in Wikipedia because of its horizontal structure.

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Wu, Kewen; Zhu, Qinghua; Zhao, Yuxiang; Zheng, Hua. (2010). "[[Mining the Factors Affecting the Quality of Wikipedia Articles]]". IET Information Security Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2010, pp. 273-282. ISBN: 978-076954132-7. DOI: 10.1109/ISME.2010.114.

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Wu, Kewen; Zhu, Qinghua; Zhao, Yuxiang; Zheng, Hua. (2010). &quot;<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/Mining_the_Factors_Affecting_the_Quality_of_Wikipedia_Articles">Mining the Factors Affecting the Quality of Wikipedia Articles</a>&quot;. IET Information Security Volume 4, Issue 4, December 2010, pp. 273-282. ISBN: 978-076954132-7. DOI: 10.1109/ISME.2010.114.