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Korfiatis, N.T. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6377-4837, Poulos, M. and Bokos, G.
(2006)
Evaluating authoritative sources using social networks: an insight from Wikipedia.
Online Information Review, 30 (3).
pp. 252-262.
Abstract
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present an approach to evaluating contributions in collaborative authoring environments, and in particular, Wikis using social network measures. Design/methodology/approach – A social network model for Wikipedia has been constructed, and metrics of importance such as centrality have been defined. Data has been gathered from articles belonging to the same topic using a web crawler, in order to evaluate the outcome of the social network measures in the articles. Findings – Finds that the question of the reliability regarding Wikipedia content is a challenging one and as Wikipedia grows, the problem becomes more demanding, especially for topics with controversial views such as politics or history. Practical implications – It is believed that the approach presented here could be used to improve the authoritativeness of content found in Wikipedia and similar sources. Originality/value – This work tries to develop a network approach to the evaluation of Wiki contributions, and approaches the problem of quality Wikipedia content from a social network point of view.
| Item Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | social networks, encyclopaedias |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Norwich Business School |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Groups > Innovation, Technology and Operations Management Faculty of Social Sciences > Research Centres > Centre for Competition Policy |
| Depositing User: | Pure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 20 Jan 2015 12:18 |
| Last Modified: | 19 Apr 2023 00:26 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/51427 |
| DOI: | 10.1108/14684520610675780 |
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