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References in Wikipedia: The Editors' Perspective

Computation and Language 2021-03-05 v2 Computers and Society Digital Libraries

Abstract

References are an essential part of Wikipedia. Each statement in Wikipedia should be referenced. In this paper, we explore the creation and collection of references for new Wikipedia articles from an editors' perspective. We map out the workflow of editors when creating a new article, emphasising how they select references.

Cite

@article{arxiv.2102.12511,
  title  = {References in Wikipedia: The Editors' Perspective},
  author = {Lucie-Aimée Kaffee and Hady Elsahar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2102.12511},
  year   = {2021}
}
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