Dynamics of Conflicts in Wikipedia

被引：142

作者：

Yasseri, Taha ^{[1
]}

Sumi, Robert ^{[1
]}

Rung, Andras ^{[1
]}

Kornai, Andras ^{[1
,2
]}

Kertesz, Janos ^{[1
]}

机构：

[1] Budapest Univ Technol & Econ, Dept Theoret Phys, Budapest, Hungary

[2] Hungarian Acad Sci, Comp & Automat Res Inst, Budapest, Hungary

来源：

PLOS ONE | 2012年 / 7卷 / 06期

关键词：

D O I：

10.1371/journal.pone.0038869

中图分类号：

O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];

学科分类号：

07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;

摘要：

In this work we study the dynamical features of editorial wars in Wikipedia (WP). Based on our previously established algorithm, we build up samples of controversial and peaceful articles and analyze the temporal characteristics of the activity in these samples. On short time scales, we show that there is a clear correspondence between conflict and burstiness of activity patterns, and that memory effects play an important role in controversies. On long time scales, we identify three distinct developmental patterns for the overall behavior of the articles. We are able to distinguish cases eventually leading to consensus from those cases where a compromise is far from achievable. Finally, we analyze discussion networks and conclude that edit wars are mainly fought by few editors only.

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