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post Tue 11th January 2011, 12:01pm
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Visualizing Weeding Out On Wikipedia

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What can we learn from visualizing the nature and shape of collective decisions about the inclusion of a topic in Wikipedia? …
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post Tue 11th January 2011, 3:11pm
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This is worth looking at, but I think there may be some incomplete understanding of the AFD process and how it has changed over time. For example, the finding that most AFDs are closed in under a week is likely more representative of the previous guideline of leaving AFDs open for 5 days than a reflection of how contentious they were. I haven't had a chance to contact the authors yet - if someone does, let me know.
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