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2017 - 'Researchers found that 77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors, and they think this is probably for the best.' h
by olivermarks 6y ago
2017 - 'Researchers found that 77 percent of Wikipedia articles are written by 1 percent of Wikipedia editors, and they think this is probably for the best.'
https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-elite-diversity-foundation https://www.vice.com/en/article/7x47bb/wikipedia-editors-eli...
- Kim_Bruning 6y agoThere's a strong long-tail effect. Here's a 2015 essay that sets out to debunk the above 2017 source. http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia http://www.aaronsw.com/weblog/whowriteswikipedia
- jjcon 6y agoI’m confused - that article is from 2006 - how can it be used to debunk a 2017 study?
- Kim_Bruning 6y agoApologies, It's from 2006 even. I'm clearly getting old. The reason it can be used to debunk the 2017 study is because said study is working with an old idea that already existed in 2006. Aaron Swartz posits that at the very least you should not discount the importance of the long tail.
- jjcon 6y ago> posits that at the very least you should not discount the importance of the long tail. thats not a debunking
- jjice 6y agoThat's a damn strong Pareto distribution. Makes sense though. Those are an interesting and passionate few.