Hi John, the Wiki-research-l mailing list (CCed) is usually a better place to ask such questions than Wikimedia-l.
Without having taken a look at the book you mention, here are two pointers to research that might be related: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2012/April#cite_ref-27 ("Wikipedia as a thermodynamic system - becoming more efficient over time") https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2015/September#More_newbies_mean_more_conflict.2C_but_extreme_tolerance_can_still_achieve_eternal_peace On Thu, Mar 16, 2017 at 9:29 AM, John Erling Blad <jeb...@gmail.com> wrote: > Has anyone tried to use termodynamics on social capital within Wikipedia? > Over investment in social capital and negative specific heat might create > unstable systems, that is people will leave the community. > > There is a book on the topic; A Dynamic Balance: Social Capital and > Sustainable Community Development > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: wikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> -- Tilman Bayer Senior Analyst Wikimedia Foundation IRC (Freenode): HaeB _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
