On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:12 PM, phoebe ayers <phoebe.wiki(a)gmail.com> wrote:
The research group at the WMF to the best of my
knowledge hasn't run any
reliability-of-articles studies itself, but there have been lots done by
domain experts in various fields.
We commissioned one:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Accuracy_and_quality_of_Wikipedia_…
We also did this experiment a while ago, which is IMO the best model
for a generalizable approach (i.e. work with groups of credentialed
experts, provide a simple API):
http://blog.wikimedia.org/2010/12/09/encyclopedia-of-life-curates-wikipedia…
I don't think it should be our highest priority, but I do think more
research and development in this area is warranted.
Erik
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Erik Möller
VP of Engineering and Product Development, Wikimedia Foundation