[WikiEN-l] UIC Journal: Evaluating quality control of Wikipedia's feature[d] articles

[David Gerard]

On 19 April 2010 18:46, Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com> wrote:

> I wonder if there might be a subtle bias playing into these reviews.
> Perhaps if reviewers begin with the assumption that the article was
> written by amateur hobbyists, that influences the outcome. If Lindsey
> went back to them and let them know that the articles had been written
> or comprehensively reviewed by recognized experts, would that alter
> the results?


This is why the useful reviews of quality (e.g. Wikipedia vs
Britannica for Nature) were done at least single-blind.


- d.