“The sum of all human knowledge”: A systematic review of scholarly research on the content of W ikipedia

M Mesgari, C Okoli, M Mehdi… - Journal of the …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Wikipedia may be the best‐developed attempt thus far to gather all human knowledge in
one place. Its accomplishments in this regard have made it a point of inquiry for researchers …

Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia readers and readership

C Okoli, M Mehdi, M Mesgari… - Journal of the …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Hundreds of scholarly studies have investigated various aspects of Wikipedia. Although a
number of literature reviews have provided overviews of this vast body of research, none …

A content-driven reputation system for the Wikipedia

BT Adler, L De Alfaro - Proceedings of the 16th international conference …, 2007 - dl.acm.org
We present a content-driven reputation system for Wikipedia authors. In our system, authors
gain reputation when the edits they perform to Wikipedia articles are preserved by …

Participatory archive: towards decentralised curation, radical user orientation, and broader contextualisation of records management

I Huvila - Archival Science, 2008 - Springer
User perspective and user studies have received noticeably little practical attention in
archives and archival science. The purpose of this article is to address the issues of …

Toward establishing trust in adaptive agents

A Glass, DL McGuinness, M Wolverton - Proceedings of the 13th …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
As adaptive agents become more complex and take increasing autonomy in their user's
lives, it becomes more important for users to trust and understand these agents. Little work …

Wikipedia vandalism detection: Combining natural language, metadata, and reputation features

BT Adler, L De Alfaro, SM Mola-Velasco… - … and Intelligent Text …, 2011 - Springer
Wikipedia is an online encyclopedia which anyone can edit. While most edits are
constructive, about 7% are acts of vandalism. Such behavior is characterized by …

Who does what: Collaboration patterns in the Wikipedia and their impact on article quality

J Liu, S Ram - ACM Transactions on Management Information …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
The quality of Wikipedia articles is debatable. On the one hand, existing research indicates
that not only are people willing to contribute articles but the quality of these articles is close …

Assigning trust to Wikipedia content

BT Adler, K Chatterjee, L De Alfaro, M Faella… - Proceedings of the 4th …, 2008 - dl.acm.org
The Wikipedia is a collaborative encyclopedia: anyone can contribute to its articles simply by
clicking on an" edit" button. The open nature of the Wikipedia has been key to its success …

What leads students to adopt information from W ikipedia? An empirical investigation into the role of trust and information usefulness

XL Shen, CMK Cheung… - British journal of …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
With the prevalence of the Internet, it has become increasingly easy and common for
students to seek information from various online sources. W ikipedia is one of the largest …

Credibility on the internet: shifting from authority to reliability

RD Lankes - Journal of documentation, 2008 - emerald.com
Purpose–This paper seeks to understand how users determine credibility in the internet
environment from a conceptual level and the implications of these new methods of credibility …