This is probably the most comprehensive bibliography of Wikipedia research that I am aware of: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Research_Bibliography There are a wide variety of approaches represented on that list. As danah mentioned, I (along with Amy Bruckman and other students) have written a few papers that deal with social/motivation aspects of Wikiepedia, which can be found at: http://www-static.cc.gatech.edu/~aforte/pubs.html Andrea On Sat, 7 Oct 2006, Barry Wellman wrote:
Having had several experiences with Wikipedia entries and edits this week, I am curious if anyone is doing research on:
the social structure and reward structure of Wikipedists -- item enterers, editing others, administrators, etc. (I don't know the structure well enough to know the nomenclature).
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