Scaling Consensus: Increasing Decentralization in Wikipedia Governance
Published: Jan 1, 2008
Abstract
How does "self-governance" happen in Wikipedia? Through in-depth interviews with eleven individuals who have held a variety of responsibilities in the English Wikipedia, we obtained rich descriptions of how various forces produce and regulate social structures on the site. Our analysis describes Wikipedia as an organization with highly refined policies, norms, and a technological architecture that supports organizational ideals of consensus...
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Scaling Consensus: Increasing Decentralization in Wikipedia Governance
Published Date
Jan 1, 2008
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