Cross‐cultural analysis of the Wikipedia community
| Main Authors: | Shachaf, Pnina, Hara, Noriko, Hew, Khe Foon |
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demonstrates their roles as communities of practice (CoPs). Prior research on CoPs and on
the Wikipedia community often lacks cross‐cultural analysis. Despite the fact that over 75%
of Wikipedia is written in languages other than English, research on Wikipedia primarily
focuses on the English Wikipedia and tends to overlook the Wikipedias in other languages.
This paper first argues that Wikipedia communities can be analyzed and understood as CoPs.
Second, norms of behaviors are examined in four Wikipedia languages (English, Hebrew,
Japanese, and Malay), and the similarities and differences across these four languages are
reported. Specifically, typical behaviors on three types of discussion spaces (Talk, User Talk,
and Wikipedia Talk) are identified and examined across languages. Hofstede’s dimensions of
cultural diversity as well as the size of the community, and the function of each discussion
area provide lenses for understanding the similarities and differences. As such, this paper
expands the research on online CoPs through an examination of cultural variations across
multiple CoPs, and increases our understanding of Wikipedia communities in various
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Journal:Journal Journal PeerReview:PeerReviewed PeerReview File:application/pdf File |
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Shachaf, Pnina Hara, Noriko Hew, Khe Foon |
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Cross‐cultural analysis of the Wikipedia community |
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2010 |
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B. Information use and sociology of information |
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http://eprints.rclis.org/15529/1/WikipediaCommunity.pdf http://eprints.rclis.org/15529/ |
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This paper reports a cross‐cultural analysis of four Wikipedias in different languages and
demonstrates their roles as communities of practice (CoPs). Prior research on CoPs and on
the Wikipedia community often lacks cross‐cultural analysis. Despite the fact that over 75%
of Wikipedia is written in languages other than English, research on Wikipedia primarily
focuses on the English Wikipedia and tends to overlook the Wikipedias in other languages.
This paper first argues that Wikipedia communities can be analyzed and understood as CoPs.
Second, norms of behaviors are examined in four Wikipedia languages (English, Hebrew,
Japanese, and Malay), and the similarities and differences across these four languages are
reported. Specifically, typical behaviors on three types of discussion spaces (Talk, User Talk,
and Wikipedia Talk) are identified and examined across languages. Hofstede’s dimensions of
cultural diversity as well as the size of the community, and the function of each discussion
area provide lenses for understanding the similarities and differences. As such, this paper
expands the research on online CoPs through an examination of cultural variations across
multiple CoPs, and increases our understanding of Wikipedia communities in various
languages. |
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