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A Wikipedia Literature Review

Digital Libraries 2015-03-19 v1 Information Retrieval
Authors: Owen S. Martin
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Abstract

This paper was originally designed as a literature review for a doctoral dissertation focusing on Wikipedia. This exposition gives the structure of Wikipedia and the latest trends in Wikipedia research.

Keywords

Wikipedia literature review doctoral dissertation online encyclopedia research trends knowledge collaboration open content

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@article{arxiv.1110.5863,
  title  = {A Wikipedia Literature Review},
  author = {Owen S. Martin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1110.5863},
  year   = {2015}
}

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