Improving Wikipedia's credibility : references and citations in a sample of history articles

• Main Authors: Luyt, Brendan, Tan, Daniel
• Other Authors: Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Library and information science::Libraries::Information systems
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/95416; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/8598
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

This study evaluates how well the authors of Wikipedia history articles adhere to the site's policy of assuring verifiability through citations. It does so by examining the references and citations of a subset of country histories. The findings paint a dismal picture. Not only are many claims n...