Exploring the dynamic contribution behavior of editors in wikis based on time series analysis

Q Social Sciences

Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems Pub Date : 2016-02-01 DOI:10.1108/PROG-06-2013-0034

Linghe Huang, Qinghua Zhu, J. Du, Baozhen Lee

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Abstract

Purpose – Wiki is a new form of information production and organization, which has become one of the most important knowledge resources. In recent years, with the increase of users in wikis, “free rider problem” has been serious. In order to motivate editors to contribute more to a wiki system, it is important to fully understand their contribution behavior. The purpose of this paper is to explore the law of dynamic contribution behavior of editors in wikis. Design/methodology/approach – After developing a dynamic model of contribution behavior, the authors employed both the metrological and clustering methods to process the time series data. The experimental data were collected from Baidu Baike, a renowned Chinese wiki system similar to Wikipedia. Findings – There are four categories of editors: “testers,” “dropouts,” “delayers” and “stickers.” Testers, who contribute the least content and stop contributing rapidly after editing a few articles. After editing a large amount of content, dropouts stop contr...

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基于时间序列分析的wiki编辑动态贡献行为研究

目的-维基是一种新的信息生产和组织形式，已成为最重要的知识资源之一。近年来，随着维基用户的增加，“搭便车”问题日益严重。为了激励编辑者为wiki系统贡献更多，充分了解他们的贡献行为是很重要的。本文旨在探讨维基百科中编者动态贡献行为的规律。设计/方法/方法-在开发了贡献行为的动态模型后，作者采用计量和聚类方法来处理时间序列数据。实验数据来自百度百科，一个类似于维基百科的著名中文维基系统。发现——有四类编辑:“测试者”、“退选者”、“拖延者”和“贴纸”。测试人员，他们贡献的内容最少，并且在编辑了几篇文章后就很快停止贡献。编辑大量内容后，退出停止控制…

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Program-Electronic Library and Information Systems 工程技术-计算机：信息系统

CiteScore

1.30

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0.00%

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审稿时长

>12 weeks

期刊介绍： ■Automation of library and information services ■Storage and retrieval of all forms of electronic information ■Delivery of information to end users ■Database design and management ■Techniques for storing and distributing information ■Networking and communications technology ■The Internet ■User interface design ■Procurement of systems ■User training and support ■System evaluation