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most citedWhy We Read Wikipedia

90 citations · 90 across the 3 of their papers we have counts for

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8 papers

cs.CY2020

A Taxonomy of Knowledge Gaps for Wikimedia Projects (Second Draft)

Miriam Redi, Martin Gerlach, Isaac Johnson +2

In January 2019, prompted by the Wikimedia Movement's 2030 strategic direction, the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation identified the need to develop a knowledge gaps index…

cs.CY2020

Global gender differences in Wikipedia readership

Isaac Johnson, Florian Lemmerich, Diego Sáez-Trumper +3

Wikipedia represents the largest and most popular source of encyclopedic knowledge in the world today, aiming to provide equal access to information worldwide. From a global online…

cs.IR2019

Eliciting New Wikipedia Users' Interests via Automatically Mined Questionnaires: For a Warm Welcome, Not a Cold Start

Ramtin Yazdanian, Leila Zia, Jonathan Morgan +2

Every day, thousands of users sign up as new Wikipedia contributors. Once joined, these users have to decide which articles to contribute to, which users to seek out and learn from…

cs.CY2019

Thanks for Stopping By: A Study of "Thanks" Usage on Wikimedia

Swati Goel, Ashton Anderson, Leila Zia

The Thanks feature on Wikipedia, also known as "Thanks", is a tool with which editors can quickly and easily send one other positive feedback. The aim of this project is to better…

cs.CY2018

Why the World Reads Wikipedia: Beyond English Speakers

Florian Lemmerich, Diego Sáez-Trumper, Robert West +1

As one of the Web's primary multilingual knowledge sources, Wikipedia is read by millions of people across the globe every day. Despite this global readership, little is known abou…

cs.IR2018

Structuring Wikipedia Articles with Section Recommendations

Tiziano Piccardi, Michele Catasta, Leila Zia +1

Sections are the building blocks of Wikipedia articles. They enhance readability and can be used as a structured entry point for creating and expanding articles. Structuring a new…