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Why readers (dis)trust Wikipedia
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We will conduct research to understand how readers use citations by combining quantitative and qualitative analysis to identify information quality and sourcing gaps, in order to determine to what degree readers’ learning goals are met by consuming Wikimedia content alone rather than requiring references and links to external resources.

Project page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:The_role_of_citations_in_how_readers_evaluate_Wikipedia_articles

Timeline

  • onboard external collaborator (NDA and MOU)
  • design v1 survey (EN)
  • launch v1 survey
  • analyze v1 survey data
  • design v2 survey (EN) T217570
  • launch v2 survey T217576
  • analyze data from v2 survey T221419
  • design follow up research (interviews studies)
  • support execution of follow-up research
  • publish results

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leila triaged this task as High priority.Jul 2 2018, 9:09 PM
leila created this task.
• Capt_Swing claimed this task.Jul 12 2018, 12:04 AM
• Capt_Swing merged a task: T171244: [Objective 11.2.1] Learn about readers’ and contributors’ needs around citations.
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)
• Capt_Swing added a subtask: T199139: Create MOU and NDA for Andrea Forte.
• Capt_Swing added subscribers: • DarTar, Lea_WMDE, Jan_Dittrich, Aklapper.
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 12 2018, 12:08 AM
• DarTar moved this task from Backlog to In Progress on the Research board.Jul 28 2018, 2:24 AM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Aug 9 2018, 9:35 PM
• Capt_Swing added a parent task: T199188: [1.2] Research study to understand how readers use citations.Aug 21 2018, 9:57 PM
• Capt_Swing renamed this task from [CDP-3] Output 1.2: Research to understand how readers use citations to Reader citation use (qualitative).Sep 19 2018, 5:58 PM
• Capt_Swing lowered the priority of this task from High to Medium.Sep 21 2018, 9:59 PM
• Capt_Swing added a subtask: T205164: Reader citation usage survey - round 1.
• Capt_Swing added a subtask: T205165: Reader citation usage survey - round 1 analysis.Sep 21 2018, 10:03 PM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Sep 21 2018, 10:09 PM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Nov 20 2018, 11:41 PM
• Capt_Swing added a subtask: T212004: Research exemption letter for Drexel University IRB.Dec 14 2018, 7:08 PM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Jan 11 2019, 6:30 PM
leila closed subtask T212004: Research exemption letter for Drexel University IRB as Resolved.Feb 11 2019, 11:46 PM
leila closed subtask T199139: Create MOU and NDA for Andrea Forte as Resolved.Feb 12 2019, 12:04 AM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Feb 21 2019, 7:52 PM
• Capt_Swing added a subtask: T216761: Reader citation usage survey - round 2.Feb 21 2019, 8:04 PM
leila closed subtask T205164: Reader citation usage survey - round 1 as Resolved.Feb 22 2019, 9:08 PM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Apr 18 2019, 10:02 PM
leila closed subtask T205165: Reader citation usage survey - round 1 analysis as Resolved.Apr 19 2019, 4:36 PM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)Jul 28 2019, 12:20 AM
• Capt_Swing closed subtask T216761: Reader citation usage survey - round 2 as Resolved.
• Capt_Swing renamed this task from Reader citation use (qualitative) to Why readers (dis)trust Wikipedia.Jan 13 2020, 4:50 PM
• Capt_Swing updated the task description. (Show Details)

16 interviews with former survey participants have been conducted. Researchers at Drexel are working to analyze the interview data. Our goal is to publish findings from the surveys and interviews at the 2020 CSCW conference (mid-April submission deadline).

• Capt_Swing mentioned this in T221421: Interviews with Wikipedia readers to understand why they trust Wikipedia articles (or don't).Jan 13 2020, 4:52 PM
leila closed this task as Resolved.Jun 12 2020, 11:27 PM
leila closed subtask T221421: Interviews with Wikipedia readers to understand why they trust Wikipedia articles (or don't) as Resolved.
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