Hi, you might be interested in "Getting to the Source": https://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2491064 https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Heather_Ford/publication/262291510_Getting_to_the_source_where_does_Wikipedia_get_its_information_from/links/56cfed9508aeb52500c9b44a/Getting-to-the-source-where-does-Wikipedia-get-its-information-from.pdf
That work was done 5 years ago, so it's worth checking for followup research. Citations might be a good place to start: https://scholar.google.com/scholar?cites=809641647115845540&as_sdt=2005&sciodt=0,5&hl=en -Adam [[mw:User:Adamw]] On Wed, Aug 29, 2018 at 12:43 PM Pine W <wiki.p...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Sashi, > > I think that there is a research project regarding Wikipedia sources in the > WMF Annual Plan for this fiscal year. I believe that the Head of the > Wikipedia Library, Jake Orlowitz, is involved. I suggest that you reach out > to him at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Ocaasi_(WMF). > > Also, I recommend that you subscribe to the Research-l mailing list at > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l. You could > try > asking your question there, especially if you don't hear back from Jake. > > Good luck with your research, > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > > > On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 3:44 PM sashi <learn...@creoliste.fr> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > I thought I would ask if any of the junior or senior researchers here on > > this mailing list have conducted previous inquiries into Wikipedia's > > sourcing. > > > > I am currently working on a project of determining what proportion of > > Wikipedia is sourced to newspapers, the military, the Church, social > > media, etc. > > > > The data I've compiled this month, along with a brief write-up, have > > been posted to Wikipediocracy: > > > > http://wikipediocracy.com/2018/08/26/wikipedia-sources-methods/ > > > > I imagine I'm reinventing the wheel... such studies have been done > > before, by the WMF, with power tools (bots), right? > > > > Thanks for any corrections / suggestions, > > > > sashi > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
