Hello all, I have written a blog post on preferential attachment. It could interest you:
http://www.samarkande.com/blog/2008/10/09/wikipedia-et-lattachement-preferentiel/ The post is in French, sorry; but you will find in it links to Englis pages like this one: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Wikipedia_Signpost/2008-08-11/Growth_study And here is another link concerning participation (by the famous Jakob Nielsen): http://www.useit.com/alertbox/participation_inequality.html Cheers, — Emilie Ogez Marketing & Communication Manager T: (+33) 01.45.42.40.90 Mob: (+33) 06.23.41.43.68 E: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.xwiki.com <http://www.wisestamp.com/> Chat: Skype: ogez.emilie Contact Me: [image: Linkedin] <http://www.linkedin.com/pub/2/b53/128>[image: Facebook]<http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/profile.php?id=564738683&ref=profile>[image: Plaxo]<http://www.plaxo.com/profile/show/77311292653?pk=136b7a032cd7d4ff113634e890ce08305df8e7cf>[image: Twitter] <http://twitter.com/eogez>[image: Friendfeed]<http://friendfeed.com/eogez> --- @ WiseStamp Signature. <http://www.wisestamp.com> Get it now<http://www.wisestamp.com> 2008/11/14 Desilets, Alain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Regarding this, I have had heard different stories about contributors. > > I seem to recall one study that concluded that, while 85% of the **edits** > are done by a small core of contributors, if you take a random page and > select a sentence from it, this sentence is more likely to be the result of > edits by contributors from the "long tail" than core contributors. I forget > the reference for that study though. > > Does someone on this list have solid information about this? I think it's a > fairly crucial piece of information that we should have a clear handle on as > a research community. > > Alain > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:wiki- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Felipe Ortega > > Sent: November 13, 2008 5:33 PM > > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] "Regular contributor" > > > > You have a very similar effect in larger Wikipedias. In those ones, > > there is no very active, "single bus"-like contributor, but a core of > > very active users concentrating about 85% of the total number of edits > > per month. > > > > It seems that in these languages, though, there is a generational relay > > in which new active users jump into the core to substitute those who > > eventually give up, for any reason. So, the concentration becomes > > stable after a couple of years (aprox.) and the encyclopedia is able to > > continue growing. > > > > Best. > > > > F. > > > > > > --- El jue, 23/10/08, Gerard Meijssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > escribió: > > > > > De: Gerard Meijssen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Asunto: Re: [Wiki-research-l] "Regular contributor" > > > Para: "Research into Wikimedia content and communities" > > > <wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org> > > > Fecha: jueves, 23 octubre, 2008 10:27 > > > Hoi, > > > I missed that this was the research mailing list.. my fault. > > > Consequently my answer was not appropriate. With this in mind, it is > > > interesting to learn how the spread is in particularly the smaller > > > projects. In my opinion there must be a certain amount of productive > > > people in order to get to a community that does not have one person > > > who is the "bus factor". > > > > > > Having someone who drives the bus is really important. I wonder how > > > you can point this person out. I think that someone who is just > > > editing is important but it is not all that builds a community. > > > Thanks, > > > GerardM > > > > > > On the Volapuk wikipedia Smeira was really important. When he left, I > > > understand that activity collapsed. > > > > > > 2008/10/22 phoebe ayers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > 2008/10/21 Gerard Meijssen > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > > > > >> Hoi, > > > >> When you divide people up in groups, when you > > > single out the ones "most > > > >> valuable", you in effect divide the > > > community. Whatever you base your > > > >> metrics on, there will be sound arguments to deny > > > the point of view. When it > > > >> is about the number of edits, it is clear to the > > > pure encyclopedistas that > > > >> most of the policy wonks have not supported what > > > is the "real" aim of the > > > >> project. > > > >> > > > >> When you label groups of people, you divide them > > > and it is exactly the > > > >> egalitarian aspect that makes the community > > > thrive. > > > > > > > > > > > > But this isn't about labeling people for the rest > > > of time and saying that > > > > this is how they are defined *on Wikipedia* -- > > > it's about saying how do you > > > > study people who regularly contribute to Wikipedia, > > > and as a part of that > > > > how do you define the group that you are studying, > > > which is an important > > > > question for any research study. > > > > > > > > Given that it's impossible to study every > > > contributor to the project in > > > > every study, and since many researchers are interested > > > in why people who > > > > spend a lot of time or effort working on Wikipedia do > > > so (and what exactly > > > > it is they do), this is a very relevant question for > > > this list. > > > > > > > > --phoebe > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list > > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >
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