First workshop on Wikipedia research

Voss, Jakob First workshop on Wikipedia research., 2006 . In 2006 International Symposium on Wikis (WikiSym 2006), Odense (Denmark), August 21-23. (Unpublished) [Presentation]

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Wikimedia Foundation's wikis - first of all the Wikipedia project to create a free encyclopaedia - play an important role in wiki's success. Wikipedia is currently the 17th most visited website worldwide so it's of general public interest to find out more about its structure and processes. Research on Wikipedia is supported by making its data publically available. Wikipedians reflect a lot on their project and there is a small but growing number of scientific papers in Wikipedia research. Most of the large wikis use the same MediaWiki-engine like Wikipedia so general wiki research can also profit from Wikipedia research. However it is difficult to analyze Wikipedia without basic knowledge of its particularities and some involvement in the community. This workshop wants to bring together people interested in further wikipedia research. A short overview of current Wikipedia research will be given as well as some practical guidelines on methods how to analyze data and where to get in contact with the community. Together we want to talk about differences and commonalities of Wikipedia and other wikis and hot topics in Wikipedia research.

Item type:	Presentation
Keywords:	Wikipedia, Wikis
Subjects:	H. Information sources, supports, channels. I. Information treatment for information services > IG. Information presentation: hypertext, hypermedia. L. Information technology and library technology > LC. Internet, including WWW.
Depositing user:	Jakob Voss
Date deposited:	30 Aug 2006
Last modified:	02 Oct 2014 12:04
URI:	http://hdl.handle.net/10760/8051

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