Archives des mots-clés : wikipedia

“Hundreds of scholarly studies have investigated various aspects of the immensely popular Wikipedia. Although a number of literature reviews have provided overviews of this vast body of research, none of them has specifically focused on the readers of Wikipedia and issues concerning its readership. In this systematic literature review, we review 99 studies to synthesize current knowledge regarding the readership of Wikipedia and also provide an analysis of research methods employed. The scholarly research has found that Wikipedia is popular not only for lighter topics such as entertainment, but also for more serious topics such as health information and legal background. Scholars, librarians and students are common users of Wikipedia, and it provides a unique opportunity for educating students in digital literacy. We conclude with a summary of key findings, implications for researchers, and implications for the Wikipedia community.”

URL : http://spectrum.library.concordia.ca/978653/

Evaluer Wikipédia : de l’expertise du produit éditorial à l’analyse des règles et pratiques citationnelles :

“L’originalité du mode d’élaboration de Wikipédia a suscité de nombreuses recherches relatives à la qualité de l’information disponible dans cette source. Leur synthèse, présentée ici, ne prétend pas à l’exhaustivité mais vise plutôt à les catégoriser. Nous différencions ainsi trois approches de l’évaluation de cette encyclopédie collaborative que nous désignons sous les termes d’ “expertise informationnelle”, de “processus éditorial-produit ” et de “point de vue interne”. En lien avec cette dernière approche, nous exposons les enjeux et questions de recherche à propos d’un objet d’étude spécifique : les règles et pratiques citationnelles au sein de Wikipédia.”

URL : http://archivesic.ccsd.cnrs.fr/sic_00959595/fr/

Comparing the usage of global and local Wikipedias with focus on Swedish Wikipedia :

“This report summarizes the results of a short-term student research project focused on the usage of Swedish Wikipedia. It is trying to answer the following question: To what extent (and why) do people from non-English language communities use the English Wikipedia instead of the one in their local language? Article access time series and article edit time series from major Wikipedias including Swedish Wikipedia are analyzed with various tools.”

URL : http://arxiv.org/abs/1308.1776

Wikipédia. Une somme originale de copies :

“Comment Wikipédia peut être le reflet du savoir d’une époque en rejetant la copie. La question de la copie vis-à-vis de Wikipédia est abordée à trois niveaux : 1/Wikipédia est une synthèse de la connaissance mais sa licence l’oblige à être foncièrement originale 2/Wikipédia comme copie des encyclopédies ou nouveau modèle 3/Wikipédia, source de textes prêts à être recopiés.”

URL : http://halshs.archives-ouvertes.fr/halshs-00724611

Readability of Wikipedia :

“Wikipedia is becoming widely acknowledged as a reliable source of encyclopedic information. However, concerns have been expressed about its readability. Wikipedia articles might be written in a language too difficult to be understood by most of its visitors. In this study, we apply the Flesch reading ease test to all available articles from the English Wikipedia to investigate these concerns. The results show that overall readability is poor, with 75 percent of all articles scoring below the desired readability score. The ‘Simple English’ Wikipedia scores better, but its readability is still insufficient for its target audience. A demo of our methodology is available at www.readabilityofwikipedia.com .”

URL : http://firstmonday.org/htbin/cgiwrap/bin/ojs/index.php/fm/article/view/3916/3297