Wikipedia: Organisation from a bottom-up approach WikiSym 2006 Sander Spek Universiteit Maastricht [email_address]

Agenda My research organised content organised work division Other interesting topics

My research

organised content

organised work division

Other interesting topics

Wikipedia Typical organisation structure. Democracy? Anarchy? Self-managing team? Juggling?

Typical organisation structure.

Democracy?

Anarchy?

Self-managing team?

Juggling?

My Wikipedia research Organisation despite the 'chaotic' fundament. Content: articles and their relations. Work division: author expertise and roles.

Organisation despite the 'chaotic' fundament.

Content: articles and their relations.

Work division: author expertise and roles.

Organised content (1) Article types: All-round authorities; guru authorities; referring authorities; regular nodes.

Article types:

All-round authorities;

guru authorities;

referring authorities;

regular nodes.

Organised content (2) The Dutch Wikipedia article network is clustered; scale-free; a small-world?

The Dutch Wikipedia article network is

clustered;

scale-free;

a small-world?

Organised work division Expertises in categories almost a Pareto-effect (20/80 rule) specialistic topics: high average number of edits per editor, e.g., chess player , Russian political party topics we can all talk about (party topics, lunch topics) low average number of edits per editor, e.g., philosophy , investing

Expertises in categories

almost a Pareto-effect (20/80 rule)

specialistic topics: high average number of edits per editor, e.g., chess player , Russian political party

topics we can all talk about (party topics, lunch topics) low average number of edits per editor, e.g., philosophy , investing

Organised work division (2) Expertise of users calculated using author's entropy over categories

Expertise of users calculated using author's entropy over categories

Other interesting topics The role of trust, and when to trust an edit. The motivations of Wikipedia authors,and why it is so hard to quit. Success factors for wikis. Why Wikipedia? Wikipedia and decision-making in the real world.

The role of trust, and when to trust an edit.

The motivations of Wikipedia authors,and why it is so hard to quit.

Success factors for wikis. Why Wikipedia?

Wikipedia and decision-making in the real world.