Is Wikipedia Growing a Longer Tail?

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dc.contributor.authorLam, Shyong (Tony) K.
dc.contributor.authorRiedl, John
dc.date.accessioned2023-06-08T11:44:31Z
dc.date.available2023-06-08T11:44:31Z
dc.date.issued2009
dc.description.abstractWikipedia has millions of articles, many of which receive little attention. One group of Wikipedians believes these obscure entries should be removed because they are uninteresting and neglected; these are the deletionists. Other Wikipedians disagree, arguing that this long tail of articles is precisely Wikipedia's advantage over other encyclopedias; these are the inclusionists. This paper looks at two overarching questions on the debate between deletionists and inclusionists: (1) What are the implications to the long tail of the evolving standards for article birth and death? (2) How is viewership affected by the decreasing notability of articles in the long tail? The answers to five detailed research questions that are inspired by these overarching questions should help better frame this debate and provide insight into how Wikipedia is evolving.en
dc.identifier.doi10.1145/1531674.1531690
dc.identifier.urihttps://dl.eusset.eu/handle/20.500.12015/4861
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherAssociation for Computing Machinery
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of the 2009 ACM International Conference on Supporting Group Work
dc.subjectWikipedia
dc.subjectcollaboration
dc.subjectevolution
dc.subjectlong tail
dc.titleIs Wikipedia Growing a Longer Tail?en
gi.citation.publisherPlaceNew York, NY, USA
gi.citation.startPage105–114
gi.conference.locationSanibel Island, Florida, USA

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