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Research on Wikipedia

Ayers, Phoebe, et al. How Wikipedia Works : And How You Can Be a Part of It. First edition., No Starch Press, 2008.

  Kahili-Heede, Melissa K., et al. “Library Instruction and Wikipedia: Investigating Students’ Perceived Information Literacy, Lifelong Learning, and Social Responsibility through Wikipedia Editing.” Journal of the Medical Library Association, vol. 110, no. 2, 2022, pp. 174–84, https://doi.org/10.5195/jmla.2022.1291. https://ctw-tc.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01CTW_TC/19ruo9s/cdi_doaj_primary_oai_doaj_org_article_c9fe7c18b38a42c3a9349ddfa375fa22  

Marit Hinnosaar, et al. “Wikipedia Matters.” Journal of Economics & Management Strategy, vol. 32, no. 3, Wiley, Mar. 2021, pp. 657–69, https://doi.org/10.1111/jems.12421. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

Petroni, Fabio, et al. “Improving Wikipedia Verifiability with AI.” Nature Machine Intelligence, vol. 5, no. 10, Nature Portfolio, Oct. 2023, pp. 1142–48, https://doi.org/10.1038/s42256-023-00726-1. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

Reagle, Joseph M. Good Faith Collaboration : The Culture of Wikipedia. MIT Press, 2010.

Tkacz, Nathaniel. Wikipedia and the Politics of Openness. University of Chicago Press, 2015.  

Wikipedia Resources (Maintained by Wikipedia)

Editing Wikipedia a Guide for Student Editors Supported by the Wiki Education Foundation. upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e5/Editing_Wikipedia_brochure_%28Wiki_Education_Foundation%29_%282016%29.pdf. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • A great guide for all new editors to get oriented to Wikipedia and editing.

‌“List of Wikipedia Controversies – Wikipedia.” Wikipedia.org, 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Wikipedia_controversies#2020s. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • A history of Wikipedia-related controversies.

“History of Wikipedia – Wikipedia.” Wikipedia.org, 2023, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Wikipedia. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • A history of Wikipedia maintained by editors.

“How reliable is Wikipedia?” Wikipedia.org, 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tip_of_the_day/August_21. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • An article on the use of Wikipedia as a source.

“Wikipedia:Contents/Lists – Wikipedia.” Wikipedia.org, 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Contents/Lists. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • A list of lists maintained by Wikipedia that can help users discover pages to edit

‌“Wikipedia:Tips – Wikipedia.” Wikipedia.org, 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Tips. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • Bite-sized tips on how to edit Wikipedia

‌“Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks – Wikipedia.” Wikipedia.org, 2022, en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Meetup/ArtAndFeminism/Tasks. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • A list of pages identified by art+feminism that are in need of citation, links, content, or creation

‌Wikimedia Foundation. “Participate – Wikimedia Foundation.” Wikimedia Foundation, 18 Oct. 2024, wikimediafoundation.org/participate/. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • Resources to get involved as an editor, how to join or plan an edit-a-thon, find a local Wikimedia community, and more.

 

Wikipedia-Related Initiatives and Communities

“Home – Art+Feminism.” Art+Feminism, 23 July 2024, artandfeminism.org/. Accessed 17 Dec. 2024.

  • ‌Art+Feminism builds a community of activists that is committed to closing information gaps related to gender, feminism, and the arts, beginning with Wikipedia.