The influence of network structures of Wikipedia discussion pages on the efficiency of WikiProjects |
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| Affiliation: | 1. School of Computer Science & Informatics, University College Dublin, Dublin 4, Ireland;2. Department of Statistics, University of Oxford, 1 South Parks Road, Oxford OX1 3TG, UK;1. Department of Neurosurgery, Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, California, USA;2. Department of Neurological Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA;3. Department of Otolaryngology, Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University, New York Presbyterian Hospital, New York, New York, USA;1. Dept. of Mathematics, University of Bayreuth, Germany;2. Economic Department, SOCIUM, University of Bremen, Germany;3. Dept. of Economics, University of Bayreuth, Germany;1. Division of Mathematical Models, National Institute for Mathematical Sciences, Daejeon 34047, Republic of Korea;2. Department of Industrial and Management Engineering and Department of Physics, Pohang University of Science and Technology, Pohang 37673, Republic of Korea |
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As a platform for discussion and communication, talk pages play an essential role in Wikipedia to facilitate coordination, sharing of information and knowledge resources among Wikipedians. In this work we explore the influence of network structures of these pages on the efficiency of WikiProjects. Project efficiency is measured as the amount of work done by project members in a quarter. The study uses the comments on WikiProject talk pages to construct communication networks. The structural properties of these networks are studied using ideas from social network theory. We develop three hypotheses about how network structures influence project effectiveness and examine the hypotheses using a longitudinal dataset of 362 WikiProjects. The evaluation suggests that an intermediate level of cohesion with a core of influential users dominating network flow improves effectiveness for a WikiProject, and that greater average membership tenure relates to project efficiency in a positive way. We discuss the implications of this analysis for the future management of WikiProjects. |
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| Keywords: | Network social capital Effectiveness Wikipedia Community governance Longitudinal study Leadership |
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