On Wed, May 7, 2014 at 4:12 PM, phoebe ayers phoebe.wiki@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_e...
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-wikipedias...
I don't think it should be our highest priority, but I do think more research and development in this area is warranted.
Erik