New research shines light on Wikipedia contributors
Wikipedia allows anyone to contribute to articles, but University of Minnesota researchers have found that a mere one-tenth of one percent of Wikipedia editors account for about half of what they call the "content value" of the online encyclopedia.
Associate professor of computer science and engineering Loren Terveen says researchers also found that a relatively small number of Wikipedia edits are damaging to articles, and that erroneous or malicious edits are fixed quickly.
