On Ranking Controversies in Wikipedia: Models and Evaluation

• Main Authors: VUONG, Ba-Quy, LIM, Ee Peng, SUN, Aixin, LE, Minh-Tam, LAUW, Hady Wirawan, CHANG, Kuiyu
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2008
• Subjects: Databases and Information Systems; Numerical Analysis and Scientific Computing
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1261; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2260/viewcontent/wsdm08.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Wikipedia 1 is a very large and successful Web 2.0 example. As the number of Wikipedia articles and contributors grows at a very fast pace, there are also increasing disputes occurring among the contributors. Disputes often happen in articles with controversial content. They also occur frequently am...