On the Inequality of Contributions to Wikipedia
Authors | Felipe Ortega Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona Gregorio Robles |
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Publication date | 2008 |
DOI | 10.1109/HICSS.2008.333 |
Links | Original |
On the Inequality of Contributions to Wikipedia - scientific work related to Wikipedia quality published in 2008, written by Felipe Ortega, Jesus M. Gonzalez-Barahona and Gregorio Robles.
Overview
Wikipedia is one of the most successful examples of massive collaborative content development. However, many of the mechanisms and procedures that it uses are still unknown in detail. For instance, how equal (or unequal) are the contributions to it has been discussed in the last years, with no conclusive results. In this paper, authors study exactly that aspect by using Lorenz curves and Gini coefficients, very well known instruments to economists. Authors analyze the trends in the inequality of distributions for the ten biggest language editions of Wikipedia, and their evolution over time. As a result, authors have found large differences in the number of contributions by different authors (something also observed in free, open source software development), and a trend to stable patterns of inequality in the long run.
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Ortega, Felipe; Gonzalez-Barahona, Jesus M.; Robles, Gregorio. (2008). "[[On the Inequality of Contributions to Wikipedia]]".DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2008.333.
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Ortega, Felipe; Gonzalez-Barahona, Jesus M.; Robles, Gregorio. (2008). "<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/On_the_Inequality_of_Contributions_to_Wikipedia">On the Inequality of Contributions to Wikipedia</a>".DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2008.333.