diff --git a/literature/notes b/literature/notes index 2f7eeadf2c1302dcc6643c95b4a2c535ac556a39..2f149a68a674c13fce32e35e062e205de184f125 100644 --- a/literature/notes +++ b/literature/notes @@ -1763,3 +1763,38 @@ rejected outright." dropped slightly, from a peak of 67% in 2005 to 56% in 2010. The overall rate of reciprocation has dropped dramatically, since none of the major bots are programmed to reciprocate BRD initiations." //reciprocation = answer to posts on their talk pages initiated by reverted editors + +"Figure 6 suggests that a large number of newcomers (2,250 BRD initializations from +918 unique registered editors) are attempting to enter into dialog with an algorithmic editor after +being reverted by them" //people not aware they are trying to talk to a bot? + +"ditors who +revert using Huggle have an average response rate of 7%, compared to editors who use the +browser-based extension Twinkle, which has an average response rate of 53% – only slightly +lower than editors who revert manually." + +"2006 saw an even higher number of proposed policies, but lower acceptance +with 24 out of 348 proposals accepted (7% acceptance). From 2007 forward, the rate at which +policies are proposed decreases monotonically down to a mere 16 in 2011 while the acceptance +rate stays steady at about 7.5%" + +"We find an increase in essay creation that corresponds to the decline in policy creation" +"in 2006, 22% of new essays began as failed policy proposals. +However, the percentage of essays that started out as rejected policies or guidelines decreases +sharply to 12% in 2007 and 1% by 2011." + +"over time, contributions to all types are more +likely to be rejected independent of the tenure of the editor making the contribution." + +"rules are less open to revision by affected editors than they were during the growth period" +"increasing the power imbalance between newer and older editors." +"essays are not official, enforceable rules and are not widely cited. While +an increase in essay writing is an encouraging sign of newer editors’ continued interest in +participating in community governance, it is not an effective mechanism for social change." +"informal norms documented in essays are trumped by +formal norms embedded in bots and human computation tools." + +"Wikipedia has changed from “the encyclopedia that anyone can edit” to “the encyclopedia that +anyone who understands the norms, socializes him or herself, dodges the impersonal wall of +semi-automated rejection and still wants to voluntarily contribute his or her time and energy can +edit”"