Circadian Patterns of Wikipedia Editorial Activity: A Demographic Analysis

Wikipedia (WP) as a collaborative, dynamical system of humans is an appropriate subject of social studies. Each single action of the members of this society, i.e., editors, is well recorded and accessible. Using the cumulative data of 34 Wikipedias in different languages, we try to characterize and...

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Published in:PloS one Vol. 7; no. 1; p. e30091
Main Authors: Yasseri, Taha, Sumi, Robert, Kertész, János
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: United States Public Library of Science 17.01.2012
Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:
Academic publications
Activity patterns
Archives & records
Biology
Circadian rhythms
Communication
Computer Communication Networks - statistics & numerical data
Computer Communication Networks - trends
Computer Science
Demographics
Editorial Policies
Editorials
Encyclopedias as Topic
Geographical distribution
Historical analysis
Humans
Information Dissemination - methods
Information Services - trends
International conferences
International Cooperation
Internet
Language
Medicine
Metadata
Physics
Privacy
Reputations
Semantics
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Statistical analysis
Studies
Theoretical physics
Time Factors
Vandalism
Wikis
Hungary
ISSN:1932-6203, 1932-6203
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Summary:Wikipedia (WP) as a collaborative, dynamical system of humans is an appropriate subject of social studies. Each single action of the members of this society, i.e., editors, is well recorded and accessible. Using the cumulative data of 34 Wikipedias in different languages, we try to characterize and find the universalities and differences in temporal activity patterns of editors. Based on this data, we estimate the geographical distribution of editors for each WP in the globe. Furthermore we also clarify the differences among different groups of WPs, which originate in the variance of cultural and social features of the communities of editors.
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Conceived and designed the experiments: TY JK. Performed the experiments: TY RS. Analyzed the data: TY RS. Wrote the paper: TY.
ISSN:1932-6203
1932-6203
DOI:10.1371/journal.pone.0030091