Wikipedia editing dynamics
Abstract
A model for the probabilistic function followed in editing Wikipedia is presented and compared with simulations and real data. It is argued that the probability of editing is proportional to the editor's number of previous edits (preferential attachment), to the editor's fitness, and to an aging factor. Using these simple ingredients, it is possible to reproduce the results obtained for Wikipedia editing dynamics for a collection of single pages as well as the averaged results. Using a stochastic process framework, a recursive equation was obtained for the average of the number of edits per editor that seems to describe the editing behavior in Wikipedia.
- Publication:
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Physical Review E
- Pub Date:
- January 2015
- DOI:
- 10.1103/PhysRevE.91.012824
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1412.8657
- Bibcode:
- 2015PhRvE..91a2824G
- Keywords:
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- 89.75.Fb;
- 87.23.Ge;
- 89.20.Hh;
- 87.64.Aa;
- Structures and organization in complex systems;
- Dynamics of social systems;
- World Wide Web Internet;
- Computer simulation;
- Physics - Physics and Society;
- Computer Science - Social and Information Networks
- E-Print:
- 15 pages, 6 figures