Talk before you type: Interpersonal communication on Wikipedia - Wikipedia Research Showcase - November 2020

Abstract

Formally, the work of Wikipedia’s community of volunteers is asynchronous and anarchic: around the world, editors labor individually and in disorganized ways on the collective project. Yet this work is also underscored by informal and vibrant interpersonal communication: in the lively exchanges of talk pages and the labor-sharing of editorial networks, anonymous strangers communicate their intentions and coordinate their efforts to maintain the world’s largest online encyclopaedia.

This presentation was made by Anna Rader to the November 2020 Wikimedia Research Showcase.