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Identification of Writing Preferences in Wikipedia

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Complex Networks & Their Applications XII (COMPLEX NETWORKS 2023)

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In this paper, we investigate whether there is a standardized writing composition for articles in Wikipedia and, if so, what it entails. By employing a Neural Gas approximation to the topology of our dataset, we generate a graph that represents various prevalent textual compositions adopted by the texts in our dataset. Subsequently, we examine significantly attractive regions within our graph by tracking the evolution of articles over time. Our observations reveal the coexistence of different stable compositions and the emergence and disappearance of certain unstable compositions over time.

We thank the LABEX ASLAN (ANR-10-LABX-0081) of Université de Lyon for its financial support within the program “Investissements d’Avenir” (ANR-11-IDEX-0007) of the French government operated by the National Research Agency (ANR).

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  1. Université Lumière Lyon2, Laboratoire ICAR, 69676 BRON Cedex, Lyon, France

    Jean-Baptiste Chaudron & Denis Vigier

  2. École Normale Supérieure Lyon, Laboratoire ICAR, 69342 LYON cedex 07, Lyon, France

    Jean-Philippe Magué

  3. IXXI, Complex Systems Institute, Lyon, France

    Jean-Philippe Magué

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  3. IUT Lumière - Université Lyon 2, University of Lyon, Bron, France

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Chaudron, JB., Magué, JP., Vigier, D. (2024). Identification of Writing Preferences in Wikipedia. In: Cherifi, H., Rocha, L.M., Cherifi, C., Donduran, M. (eds) Complex Networks & Their Applications XII. COMPLEX NETWORKS 2023. Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 1144. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-53503-1_9

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