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BibTeX citation key: korfiatis.585
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Korfiatis Nikolaos, Poulos Marios & Bokos George (2006). « Evaluating authoritative sources using social networks : An insight from Wikipedia ». Online Information Review, vol. 30, n° 3, p. 252–262.
Added by: Laure Endrizzi 2006-12-01 17:16:23 Last edited by: Laure Endrizzi 2007-11-22 05:45:08
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Abstract
Purpose :
The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to evaluating contributions in collaborative authoring environments, and in particular, Wikis using social network measures.
Design/methodology/approach :
A social network model for Wikipedia has been constructed, and metrics of importance such as centrality have been defined. Data has been gathered from articles belonging to the same topic using a web crawler, in order to evaluate the outcome of the social network measures in the articles.
Findings :
Finds that the question of the reliability regarding Wikipedia content is a challenging one and as Wikipedia grows, the problem becomes more demanding, especially for topics with controversial views such as politics or history.
Practical implications :
It is believed that the approach presented here could be used to improve the authoritativeness of content found in Wikipedia and similar sources.
Originality/value :
This work tries to develop a network approach to the evaluation of Wiki contributions, and approaches the problem of quality Wikipedia content from a social network point of view.
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