Effects of Contributor Experience on the Quality of Health-Related Wikipedia Articles.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Consulting the Internet for health-related information is a common and widespread phenomenon, and Wikipedia is arguably one of the most important resources for health-related information. Therefore, it is relevant to identify factors that have an impact on the quality of health-related Wikipedia articles.

Objective

In our study we have hypothesized a positive effect of contributor experience on the quality of health-related Wikipedia articles.

Methods

We mined the edit history of all (as of February 2017) 18,805 articles that were listed in the categories on the portal health & fitness in the English language version of Wikipedia. We identified tags within the articles' edit histories, which indicated potential issues with regard to the respective article's

SUBMITTER: Holtz P 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5968213 | biostudies-literature | 2018 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature