Hi Pine, You may find some of the findings in the following research helpful: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_hoax_articles_on_English_Wikipedia
Best, Leila On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:21 PM, Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi research community, > > I have been struggling to find a way to present the subject of Wikipedia's > quality to newbies for the LearnWiki video series. > > On the one hand, I have heard of studies that compare Wikipedia favorably > to Britannica, and studies showing that medical students and licensed > professionals consult Wikipedia. On the other hand, we have lots of stub > articles, and in the August WMF Metrics and Activities meeting we heard > that some users are skeptical of the quality of an encyclopedia that anyone > can edit. > > I am thinking that quality of an article, as well as quality of Wikipedia > as a whole (in varied language editions), could be measured in terms of > completeness, verifiability, and neutrality, assuming that measures of > those three dimensions are possible. > > For completeness, I found https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ > Wikipedia:Completeness, which has fascinating if somewhat unhelpful > descriptions of encyclodynamics and encyclostatics. > > Another resource, which may be a bit more helpful, is > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Version_1.0_ > Editorial_Team/Assessment#Statistics. > > I believe that there have been studies about vandalism reversions, and the > accuracy or inaccuracy of Wikipedia science articles. I am wondering if > there have been any more holistic studies of Wikipedia completeness, > verifiability, and neutrality, either using sampling methods or using > automated tools. > > Thanks, > > Pine > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >
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