The Small Worlds of Wikipedia: Implications for Growth, Quality and Sustainability of Collaborative Knowledge Networks
Authors | Myshkin Ingawale Amitava Dutta Rahul Kumar Roy Priya Seetharaman |
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Publication date | 2009 |
ISBN | 978-161567581-4 |
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The Small Worlds of Wikipedia: Implications for Growth, Quality and Sustainability of Collaborative Knowledge Networks - scientific work about Wikipedia quality published in 2009, written by Myshkin Ingawale, Amitava Dutta, Rahul Kumar Roy and Priya Seetharaman.
Overview
This work is a longitudinal network analysis of the interaction networks of Wikipedia, a free, user-led collaborativelygenerated online encyclopedia. Making a case for representing Wikipedia as a knowledge network, and using the lens of contemporary graph theory, authors attempt to unravel its knowledge creation process and growth dynamics over time. Typical small-world characteristics of short path-length and high clustering have important theoretical implications for knowledge networks. Authors show Wikipedia's small-world nature to be increasing over time, while also uncovering power laws and assortative mixing. Investigating the process by which an apparently un-coordinated, diversely motivated swarm of assorted contributors, create and maintain remarkably high quality content, authors find an association between Quality and Structural Holes. Authors find that a few key high degree, cluster spanning nodes - 'hubs' - hold the growing network together, and discuss implications for the networks' growth and emergent quality.
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Ingawale, Myshkin; Dutta, Amitava; Roy, Rahul Kumar; Seetharaman, Priya. (2009). "[[The Small Worlds of Wikipedia: Implications for Growth, Quality and Sustainability of Collaborative Knowledge Networks]]". CEUR Workshop Proceedings Volume 449, 2009, 12p. ISBN: 978-161567581-4.
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Ingawale, Myshkin; Dutta, Amitava; Roy, Rahul Kumar; Seetharaman, Priya. (2009). "<a href="https://wikipediaquality.com/wiki/The_Small_Worlds_of_Wikipedia:_Implications_for_Growth,_Quality_and_Sustainability_of_Collaborative_Knowledge_Networks">The Small Worlds of Wikipedia: Implications for Growth, Quality and Sustainability of Collaborative Knowledge Networks</a>". CEUR Workshop Proceedings Volume 449, 2009, 12p. ISBN: 978-161567581-4.
