DocumentCode
1472857
Title
The past, present, and future of Wikipedia
Author
Lam, S.K. ; Riedl, J.
Volume
44
Issue
3
fYear
2011
fDate
3/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage
87
Lastpage
90
Abstract
An open question is how big Wiki pedia should become. How many ideas are worthy of an article? Per haps all of the notable subjects have already been covered, and the number of new contributors should be kept small. Wales has argued in recent years that the challenge to Wikipedia going forward is to shift the focus from volume to quality of content. Here we examine the size of Wiki pedia and how it has evolved over the years. A future column will explore the issue of quality.
Keywords
Web sites; Wikipedia; content quality; content volume; Electronic publishing; Encyclopedias; Internet; Mathematical model; Social network services; Wikipedia; Citizendium; Nupedia; Social computing; Wikipedia;
fLanguage
English
Journal_Title
Computer
Publisher
ieee
ISSN
0018-9162
Type
jour
DOI
10.1109/MC.2011.94
Filename
5731572
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