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==Research Questions== ===Promoting Contribution=== * Who contributes to Wikipedia? (demographics/ education / other volunteerism and community involvement) * How does [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikidemia/feedback to contributors|feedback to contributors]] affect subsequent propensities to contribute? * What interventions can increase the quantity and quality of Wikipedia articles? * What makes contributors mad? [[Wikipedia:Wikiproject_Wikidemia/Stressbusters|stressed]]? * What makes contributors happy? * What is the effect of contributors' emotional reactions on their contributions? * What role do [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikidemia/watchlists|watchlists]] play in encouraging contributions and edit wars? * What is the effect of placing an article on the Main Page as a [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Wikidemia/featured article|featured article]] on readership and contributions? * What steps are needed to secure accreditation on articles? Should there be any? ===Promoting Readership/Consumption=== * Who reads Wikipedia articles? * How well known is Wikipedia amongst the general population in various places around the world? * What interventions can successfully publicize Wikipedia to larger audiences? * Enhancing [[web usability]], see for instance: [[Wikipedia:Easy navigation]], [[Wikipedia:WikiProject Usability]] * [[m:Promotion|Promotion]] of Wikipedia and other [[MediaWiki]] projects at [[m:|Meta]] ===Multilingual Wikipedia=== * What Wikipedia language editions exist, and why? * What factors make a language edition grow? * How are lacks of language planning (e.g. a lack of standardization) dealt with? * What kind of inter-Wikipedia collaboration exists? * How to compare language editions to each other? ===Curtailing mischief=== {{Main|Wikipedia:WikiProject Vandalism studies}} * How can disputes (e.g., edit wars) be resolved more efficiently? * How can vandalism be decreased or fixed more quickly? * What categories does vandalism fall into, and how much of total vandalism does each category (e.g. advertising) represent? * How long does vandalism typically remain visible before it is removed - statistical analysis needed. See for example [[Wikipedia talk:Don't protect Main Page featured articles/December Main Page FA analysis]] * How effective are bots in helping deal with mischief? What strategies can we use to further their effectiveness? * Who typically reverts vandalism? (figures for admins, regular editors, IP editors, bots) * What effects does semi-protection have on levels of contribution and vandalism? Several articles should be studied before protection, during and after. **What level of vandalism is acceptable; at what point is protection warranted? ===Article quality=== *How can our best articles be kept in pristine condition? **What policies and initiatives can we enact to prevent article deterioration **A case study of 'edit creep' is needed *What is the average quality of our articles? *Is the average quality improving? Does a typical article improve over its lifespan? How quickly? What trends do we see? *How can our article assessment system be improved? *What percentage of articles cite no references at all? ===Networking=== * How (much) are the pages linked together? (Paths, Meshing) * Which pages are visited together? How close are they in matter of content? * How important is [irc://irc.freenode.net/wikipedia #wikipedia] to the administration of Wikipedia? *... ===Coherence and consistency=== * How to promote [[wikipedia:coherence|coherence]] and [[:category:wikipedia coherence|consistency of Wikipedia guidelines]], without hampering the ''freedom'' associated with Wikipedia's methods? [[Wikipedia_talk:Coherence|discuss]] * Can [[Wikipedia:WikiProject|WikiProject]]s be coordinated with [[Wikipedia:Portal|Portal]]s and [[Wikipedia:Categorization|Categories]] in a comprehensive way from a more logical focus to help align Wikipedia - The Community with Wikipedia the encyclopedia? [[Wikipedia_talk:WikiProject_Community|discuss]] *... ===Collaboration=== * How does [[collaboration]] in wikipedia differ/contrast, complement &/or extend more traditional forms of textual collaboration? * Can lessons learned about wikipedia [[collaboration]] shed light on [[:category:collaboration|other forms of (online) collaboration]]? * Do [[Wikipedia:Wikipedians|Wikipedians]] exhibit a hightened [[sense of community]] over other [[Internet community|Internet communities]]? Why? Why not?
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