Conference proceeding
What aren't we measuring?: methods for quantifying wiki-work
Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Symposium on wikis and open collaboration
27 Aug 2012
Abstract
Wikis and other open collaboration systems rely on the work of contributors to survive. But what is work and how do we quantify it? Answering this question in the right context is essential for attaining robust and generalizable results across open contribution systems. Our goal is to develop a repertoire of metrics and understand their possible dimensions in order to refine our ability as a research community to measure wikis and wiki activity appropriately across a wide range of contexts. This panel explores the current practice of measuring work in wikis, offers perspectives about the limitations of current approaches and suggests new opportunities for measuring contribution behavior.
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- Title
- What aren't we measuring?
- Creators
- Aaron Halfaker - University of MinnesotaBrian Keegan - Northwestern UniversityAndrea Forte - Drexel UniversityR GeigerDario Taraborelli - Wikimedia FoundationMaryana Pinchuk - Wikimedia FoundationMikhil Masli - University of Minnesota
- Publication Details
- Proceedings of the Eighth Annual International Symposium on wikis and open collaboration
- Conference
- Eighth Annual International Symposium on wikis and open collaboration, 8th
- Series
- WikiSym '12
- Publisher
- Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)
- Resource Type
- Conference proceeding
- Language
- English
- Academic Unit
- Information Science
- Scopus ID
- 2-s2.0-84877586319
- Other Identifier
- 991019173709404721