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TALK BEFORE YOU TYPE: COORDINATION IN WIKIPEDIA
What is the structure? How big is it and how much has it grown? How many people contribute? Have contributions changed over the years?
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WIKIPEDIA
Evolution Administrative and Coordinating elements
Growing at a faster pace Becoming less anarchic More driven by policies and guidelines
“Talk” pages
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VANDALISM
Fast repair in 2003 First page protected in 2004 0.09% pages marked as protected in 2005 Light restriction on creation in 2006 Still fast repair in 2006
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CLASSIFICATION OF POSTS
Requests/suggestions for editing coordination Requests for information References to vandalism References to guidelines and policies References to internal resources Off-topic remarks Polls Requests for peer review Information boxes Images Other
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RESULTS
Requests for coordination Most common kind of posting Over half of the contributions
Requests for information 1 in 10 posts Gain expert knowledge of specific topics Requests answered/supportive community
References to guidelines 7.9% activity Policies and guidelines actively used
References to internal resources 5.4% Importance to refer to existing content
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CASUAL INFORMATION VISUALIZATION: DEPICTION OF DATA IN EVERYDAY LIFE
“Infovis is the use of computers to interactively amplify cognition, using visual representations”
(S. K. Card)
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USER POPULATION AND USAGE PATTERN
Doesn’t require users to be analysts Modify small amount of attributes Brief exploration
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CHALLENGES
Design Broader set of design goals Does not focus on episodes of work
Evaluation Less productivity focussed Multiple varieties of insights Casual usage patterns
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REFERENCES Talk Before You Type: Coordination in Wikipedia Fernanda B. Viégas, Martin
Wattenberg, Jesse Kriss, Frank van Ham. HICSS-40, 2007. Zachary Pousman, John T. Stasko and Michael Mateas, "Casual Information
Visualization: Depictions of Data in Everyday Life", IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics, Vol. 13, No. 6, November/December 2007, pp. 1145-1152.
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