Wikipedia - Community Deep Dive

Wikipedia’s Community Social Deep Dive Cathy Ma Barcamp NorthEast 2008

Today’s Agenda ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Cathy & Wikipedia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wikipedia History and Overview

Quick Overview of Wikipedia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Wikipedia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

History Flow Visualization ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

70 Sample Pages ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WP – really that great? [WP is] like a sausage: you might like the taste of it, but you don't necessarily want to see how it's made. -Jimmy Wales

WP’s foundations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Channels of Communication ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

The Sociology of Wikipedia WP’s Social Capital

What is Trust? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Trust ,[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Social Capital

Networks on Wikipedia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Norms on Wikipedia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Sanctions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why Social Capital? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Networks ,[object Object],A E C B D A B C D E Linear Network norms Open Network norms

Open Network ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],A B C D E Open Network

Ideal Social Network on WP Anonymous Wikipedians Less Active Wikipedians V. Active Wikipedians ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Why social capital? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Scaling Social Capital ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bridging & Bonding Social Capital ,[object Object],[object Object]

Bridging Social Capital ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bridging Social Capital - Social DW40 ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bonding Social Capital ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case Study 1: Deletionist vs Inclusionist Deletionist Inclusionist Outplace Inclusionism Delete the Junks Outplace Deletionism Find & fix all stubs 134 177 & 22 ‘honorary members’

Illustration - GNAA ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Problems ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Case 2: Countering Systemic Bias ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Countering Systemic Bias ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

WP’s Languages ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Kurdish Wikipedia ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Bridging SC on Ku WP ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Significance ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Functional aspects of SC ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],Functional Aspects of Social Capital

Rationalization ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

Questions ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]

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