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Social Media + Society, 2022 Building on previous research related to information literacy and learning with Wikipedia, this article interprets Wikipedia editing practices as fulfilling the Association of College and Research Libraries’ (ACRL) Framework for Information Literacy in ...
Zachary J. McDowell, Matthew A. Vetter
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Journal of the Canadian Health Libraries Association, 2023 Background: Academic institutions and libraries are familiar with Wikipedia. There is growing momentum in higher education for using Wikipedia as a learning tool in various contexts.
Denise Smith
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Wikis und die Wikipedia verstehen [PDF]
, 2021 Kaum eine Website wird so oft aufgerufen wie das Lexikon »Wikipedia«. Möglich wurde es durch das Wiki-Konzept, das zum Mitmachen einlädt. Wie aber funktioniert ein Wiki und wie kann man es für die eigenen Ziele nutzbar machen?
van Dijk, Ziko +2 more
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Wikipedia editing dynamics [PDF]
Physical Review E, 2015 A model for the probabilistic function followed in Wikipedia edition is presented and compared with simulations and real data. It is argued that the probability to edit is proportional to the editor's number of previous editions (preferential attachment), to the editor's fitness and to an ageing factor. Using these simple ingredients, it is possible to
Gandica, Y., Carvalho, J., Aidos, F. S.
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JLIS.it, 2018 The Wikipedia Library è un progetto globale sostenuto dalla Wikimedia Foundation che punta a fornire servizi bibliotecari e di reference per i redattori e i lettori di Wikipedia, rendendo possibile l’accesso diretto ai riferimenti bibliografici che ...
Jake Orlowitz
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Accuracy and completeness of drug information in Wikipedia: a comparison with standard textbooks of pharmacology. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2014 The online resource Wikipedia is increasingly used by students for knowledge acquisition and learning. However, the lack of a formal editorial review and the heterogeneous expertise of contributors often results in skepticism by educators whether ...
Jona Kräenbring +8 more
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PLoS ONE, 2020 The online encyclopedia Wikipedia strives for objectivity and neutrality. However, Wikipedia also provides articles about negative events (e.g., earthquakes, terrorist attacks) that likely elicit strong, negative emotions.
Hannah Greving, Joachim Kimmerle
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New Review of Hypermedia and Multimedia, 2021 This paper analyses the online encyclopaedia Wikipedia using Michel Foucault’s (1926–1984) concept of heterotopia. In Foucault’s writings, heterotopias are both similar to and distinct from the conditions that give rise to them. The paper undertakes a case study of one entry on Wikipedia (the entry for the “Episteme”) focusing primarily on the main ...
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Ranking of Wikipedia articles in search engines revisited: Fair ranking for reasonable quality? [PDF]
, 2010 This paper aims to review the fiercely discussed question of whether the ranking of Wikipedia articles in search engines is justified by the quality of the articles.
Lewandowski, Dirk +3 more
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The Anyone-Can-Edit Syndrome: Intercreation Stories of Three Featured Articles on Wikipedia
Nordicom Review, 2020 The user-generated wiki encyclopedia Wikipedia was launched in January 2001 by Jimmy Wales and Larry Sanger. Wikipedia has become the world's largest wiki encyclopedia, and behind many of its entries are interesting stories of creation, or rather ...
Mattus Maria
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