5. DID YOU KNOW?
Wikipediaʼs 1,000 administrators,
have “special powers” to
edit and summarily remove content
and determine what constitutes a
“neutral point of view”.
6. DID YOU KNOW?
The administrators are the
ones who finalize the
inclusion or exclusion of
any content and/or category.
7. DID YOU KNOW?
The top 10% of editors
by numbers of edits
contributed to 86% of the
content.
(Priedhorsky, 2007)
8. DID YOU KNOW?
60% of registered Wikipedia
users never make another
edit after their first 24 hours
(Panciera, Halfaker and Terveen, 2009).
9. WHAT DOES IT MEAN?
The power and domination of
the editors on Wikipedia
challenges and disturbs the
collectivity of Wikipedia.
11. Priedhorsky Reid , Chen Jilin, Shyong (Tony) K. Lam,
Katherine Panciera, Loren Terveen, John R ( 2007). “Creating,
Destroying, and Restoring Value in Wikipedia”. The ACM
Digital Library.
Panciera, Halfaker and Terveen, 2009. “Wikipedians Are Born,
Not Made: A Study of Power Editors on Wikipedia”The ACM
Digital Library.