Dear Peeter,
I agree that Editors' motivation is multi-layered. There has been research
on it since 2005 or 2007. Sometimes by means of surveys addressing the
different categories or motives, while in other occasions they are
complemented by computational analysis. I had to review the motivation for
my phd thesis I am currently doing, so here are some of the main studies I
found:
O. Nov. 2007. What motivates Wikipedians? *CACM* 50, 11 (2007), 60–64. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1297797.1297798
S. Kuznetsov. 2006. Motivations of contributors to Wikipedia. *ACM SIGCAS
computers and society* 36, 2 (2006), 1.
B. Xu and D. Li. 2015. An empirical study of the motivations for content
contribution and community participation in Wikipedia. *IAM* 52, 3 (April
2015), 275–286.
DOI:http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2014.12.003
X. Zhang and F. Zhu. 2006. Intrinsic motivation of open content
contributors: The case of Wikipedia. *Workshop on Information Systems and
Economics* (2006), 1601–1615.
H.-L. Yang and C.-Y. Lai. 2010. Computers in Human Behavior. *Computers in
Human Behavior* 26, 6 (November 2010), 1377–1383. DOI:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.chb.2010.04.011
In case you can't find one, just e-mail me.
Best regards,
Marc Miquel
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2016-02-21 9:39 GMT+01:00 Peeter Tinits <peeter.tinits(a)gmail.com>om>:
Dear Wiki-research list members,
I am new to the list, so I hope this is the right place.
I'm looking for studies or good sources on what motivates the volunteer
Wikipedians to become involved and stay involved in writing articles to and
editing Wikipedia?
This motivation is probably quite multi-layered ranging from wider goals
(that may be sometimes post-hoc rationalizations) and shorter goals and
incentives (that may be less easily rationalized). E.g. for me, I believe
somewhat in the mission, but what gets me going probably is more if I see
someone being wrong on the public part of the internet.
What motivates the wikipedians? What do the wikipedians get out of this
for themselves? What are the proximal motivations that get them going? If
you know any sources, sending them to my personal e-mail as well as to the
list is ok.
Many thanks!
Best regards,
Peeter Tinits
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