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Semantic Encyclopedias and Boolean Dreams
KULA, 2022 When metadata becomes knowledge, opportunities for multiplicity and risks of harm and exclusion arise. As GLAM institutions contribute to the Semantic Web, we must pay attention to the implications of participation. While the Semantic Web grew out of the
Alexandra Provo
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Temporal characterization of the requests to Wikipedia [PDF]
, 2011 This paper presents an empirical study about the temporal patterns characterizing the requests submitted by users to Wikipedia. The study is based on the analysis of the log lines registered by the Wikimedia Foundation Squid servers after having sent ...
González-Barahona, Jesus M. +3 more
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OpenStreetMap, the Wikipedia Map [PDF]
REGION, 2014 This paper presents OpenStreetMap and closely related software as a resource for spatial economic research. The paper demonstrates how information can be extracted from OpenStreetMap, how it can be used as a geographical interface in web-based communication, and illustrates the value of the tools by use of a specific application, the WU campus GIS.
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Decentralized Wind Energy Systems as Catalysts for Urban Resilience: A Design Framework
Energy Science &Engineering, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Confronting the escalating extreme weather events (EWEs) and intensifying winds, this study proposes an active response to these issues by exploring decentralized wind energy production for Peng Chau Island, Hong Kong. It integrates theoretical perspectives on energy democracy—empowering local communities through energy autonomy—and urban ...
Tian Cheng
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Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2015 BackgroundWikipedia is an important source of medical information for both patients and medical professionals. Given its wide reach, improving the quality, completeness, and accessibility of medical information on Wikipedia could have a positive impact ...
Pfundner, Alexander +4 more
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Are anonymity-seekers just like everybody else? An analysis of contributions to Wikipedia from Tor
, 2020 User-generated content sites routinely block contributions from users of privacy-enhancing proxies like Tor because of a perception that proxies are a source of vandalism, spam, and abuse.
Champion, Kaylea +4 more
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Multilinguals and Wikipedia editing [PDF]
Proceedings of the 2014 ACM conference on Web science, 2014 This article analyzes one month of edits to Wikipedia in order to examine the role of users editing multiple language editions (referred to as multilingual users). Such multilingual users may serve an important function in diffusing information across different language editions of the encyclopedia, and prior work has suggested this could reduce the ...
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International Journal of Finance &Economics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT This paper studies herding and anti‐herding behaviour in three European stock markets before and during the Covid‐19 pandemic by employing both static and dynamic analysis. We examine four different questions related to herding behaviour: (i) Did herding behaviour increase during the pandemic? (ii) Does herding behaviour respond differently in
Dimitrios Asteriou +3 more
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What Future for Traditional Encyclopedias in the Age of Wikipedia?
Culture Unbound: Journal of Current Cultural Research, 2014 The launch and rapid domination of Wikipedia as a reference tool for the Internet was as dramatic as it was unexpected. Wikipedia broke so many of the rules of reference publishing, which, even if not formally codified, had been widely accepted for many ...
Michael Upshall
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Wikipedia Editing Courses at Three US Medical Schools in the 2017-2018 Academic Year
MedEdPublish, 2019 Introduction: Most medical students use Wikipedia, yet most medical schools do not train students to improve Wikipedia or use it critically. Methods: During academic year 2017 - 2018, the University of California San Francisco School of Medicine,
Mihir Joshi +9 more
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