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On the credibility of wikipedia: an accessibility perspective

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Luis CarriçoAuthors Info & Claims

WICOW '08: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM workshop on Information credibility on the web

Pages 27 - 34

https://doi.org/10.1145/1458527.1458536

Published: 30 October 2008 Publication History

Abstract

User interfaces play a critical role on the credibility of authoritative information sources on the Web. Citation and referencing mechanisms often provide the required support for the independent verifiability of facts and, consequently, influence the credibility of the conveyed information. Since the quality level of these references has to be verifiable by users without any barriers, user interfaces cannot pose problems on accessing information. This paper presents a study about the influence of accessibility of user interfaces on the credibility of Wikipedia articles. We have analysed the accessibility quality level of the articles and the external Web pages used as authoritative references. This study has shown that there is a discrepancy on the accessibility of referenced Web pages, which can compromise the overall credibility of Wikipedia. Based on these results, we have analysed the article referencing lifecycle (technologies and policies) and propose a set of improvements that can help increasing the accessibility of references within Wikipedia articles.

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On the credibility of wikipedia: an accessibility perspective
1. Applied computing
  1. Document management and text processing
    1. Document preparation
      1. Multi / mixed media creation
2. Human-centered computing
  1. Human computer interaction (HCI)
    1. Interaction paradigms
      1. Hypertext / hypermedia

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WICOW '08: Proceedings of the 2nd ACM workshop on Information credibility on the web

October 2008

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ISBN:9781605582597

DOI:10.1145/1458527

General Chairs:
Katsumi Tanaka
Kyoto University, Japan
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Takashi Matsuyama
Kyoto University, Japan
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Ee-Peng Lim
Singapore Management University, Singapore
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Adam Jatowt
Kyoto University, Japan

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