Wikipedia n-grams
“Using N-grams to identify edit wars on Wikipedia”in 2019 IEEE Fifth International Conference on Multimedia Big Data (BigMM).
pp. 398-403
DOI: 10.1109/BigMM.2019.00021
One of most widely used websites in the world.
Is it reliable?
Biography of
Shivaji
Wikipedia articles are seamlessly editable.
There is a complete record of all changes.
In case there are differences of opinion or action between editors they can resolve the issues using
Talk page
Participation in Wikipedia is based on a set of
Wikipedia: Etiquettes
If matters go out of hand there is a well defined method for
Dispute Resolution
Shivaji: Points of Dispute
Including 'Chatrapati' in the title
Shivaji: Points of Dispute
Who stabbed first?
Page Statistics
Each Wikipedia comes with an entire range of statistics
Page Views
Visits to the article peak around Shivaji Jayanti in February each year.
Interests around news cycles
- Foundation of the Shivaji statue
- Controversy around Maharashtra School text books
Pageviews v Edits
The number of edits are proportional to Pageviews
N-gram Analysis
Helps identify the exact versions in which the Edit Wars occur
Close read Edit Wars
N-gram analysis allows identification of specific revisions.