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Taha Yasseri is an Iranian physicist known for his research on [[Wikipedia]]. He is a senior research fellow in [[computational social science]] at the [[Oxford Internet Institute]], a Turing Fellow at [[Alan Turing Institute|the Alan Turing Institute]] for Data Science, and a Research Fellow in Humanities and Social Sciences at Wolfson College, [[University of Oxford]]. |
Taha Yasseri is an Iranian physicist known for his research on [[Wikipedia]]. He is a senior research fellow in [[computational social science]] at the [[Oxford Internet Institute]], a Turing Fellow at [[Alan Turing Institute|the Alan Turing Institute]] for Data Science, and a Research Fellow in Humanities and Social Sciences at Wolfson College, [[University of Oxford]].Yasseri's research on Wikipedia has been widely covered in the media<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://motherboard.vice.com/en_us/article/xywe54/these-computer-scientists-are-making-a-global-map-of-sexism|title=These Computer Scientists Are Making a ‘Global Map of Sexism’|date=2015-10-09|work=Motherboard|access-date=2018-03-25|language=en-us}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/feb/23/wikipedia-bot-editing-war-study|title=Study reveals bot-on-bot editing wars raging on Wikipedia's pages|last=Sample|first=Ian|date=2017-02-23|website=the Guardian|language=en|access-date=2018-03-25}}</ref>. |
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| ⚫ | Yasseri has studied the statistical trends of systemic bias at Wikipedia introduced by editing conflicts and their resolution. His research examined the [[counterproductive work behavior]] of edit warring. Yasseri contended that simple reverts or "undo" operations were not the most significant measure of counterproductive behavior at Wikipedia and relied instead on the statistical measurement of detecting "reverting/reverted pairs" or "mutually reverting edit pairs". Such a "mutually reverting edit pair" is defined where one editor reverts the edit of another editor who then, in sequence, returns to revert the first editor in the "mutually reverting edit pairs". The results were tabulated for several language versions of Wikipedia. The English Wikipedia's three largest conflict rates belonged to the articles ''[[George W. Bush]]'', ''[[Anarchism]]'' and ''[[Muhammad]]''. By comparison, for the German Wikipedia, the three largest conflict rates at the time of the [[Oxford]] study were for the articles covering (i) ''[[Croatia]]'', (ii) ''[[Scientology]]'' and (iii) ''[[9/11 conspiracy theories]]''<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yasseri|first=Taha|last2=Spoerri|first2=Anselm|last3=Graham|first3=Mark|last4=Kertesz|first4=Janos|date=2013-05-23|title=The Most Controversial Topics in Wikipedia: A Multilingual and Geographical Analysis|url=https://papers.ssrn.com/abstract=2269392|language=en|location=Rochester, NY}}</ref>. |
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In a study published by ''[[PLoS ONE]]'' in 2012 he estimated the share of contributions to different editions of Wikipedia from different regions of the world. It reported that the proportion of the edits made from [[North America]] was 51% for the [[English Wikipedia]], and 25% for the [[simple English Wikipedia]]. The Wikimedia Foundation hopes to increase the number of editors in the Global South to 37% by 2015<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Yasseri|first=Taha|last2=Sumi|first2=Robert|last3=Kertész|first3=János|date=2012-01-17|title=Circadian Patterns of Wikipedia Editorial Activity: A Demographic Analysis|url=http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0030091|journal=PLOS ONE|language=en|volume=7|issue=1|pages=e30091|doi=10.1371/journal.pone.0030091|issn=1932-6203}}</ref>. |
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Revision as of 17:05, 25 March 2018
Taha Yasseri is an Iranian physicist known for his research on Wikipedia. He is a senior research fellow in computational social science at the Oxford Internet Institute, a Turing Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute for Data Science, and a Research Fellow in Humanities and Social Sciences at Wolfson College, University of Oxford.Yasseri's research on Wikipedia has been widely covered in the media[1][2].
Career
Research
Yasseri has studied the statistical trends of systemic bias at Wikipedia introduced by editing conflicts and their resolution. His research examined the counterproductive work behavior of edit warring. Yasseri contended that simple reverts or "undo" operations were not the most significant measure of counterproductive behavior at Wikipedia and relied instead on the statistical measurement of detecting "reverting/reverted pairs" or "mutually reverting edit pairs". Such a "mutually reverting edit pair" is defined where one editor reverts the edit of another editor who then, in sequence, returns to revert the first editor in the "mutually reverting edit pairs". The results were tabulated for several language versions of Wikipedia. The English Wikipedia's three largest conflict rates belonged to the articles George W. Bush, Anarchism and Muhammad. By comparison, for the German Wikipedia, the three largest conflict rates at the time of the Oxford study were for the articles covering (i) Croatia, (ii) Scientology and (iii) 9/11 conspiracy theories[3].
In a study published by PLoS ONE in 2012 he estimated the share of contributions to different editions of Wikipedia from different regions of the world. It reported that the proportion of the edits made from North America was 51% for the English Wikipedia, and 25% for the simple English Wikipedia. The Wikimedia Foundation hopes to increase the number of editors in the Global South to 37% by 2015[4].
References
- ^ "These Computer Scientists Are Making a 'Global Map of Sexism'". Motherboard. 2015-10-09. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
{{cite news}}: zero width space character in|title=at position 1 (help) - ^ Sample, Ian (2017-02-23). "Study reveals bot-on-bot editing wars raging on Wikipedia's pages". the Guardian. Retrieved 2018-03-25.
- ^ Yasseri, Taha; Spoerri, Anselm; Graham, Mark; Kertesz, Janos (2013-05-23). "The Most Controversial Topics in Wikipedia: A Multilingual and Geographical Analysis". Rochester, NY.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Yasseri, Taha; Sumi, Robert; Kertész, János (2012-01-17). "Circadian Patterns of Wikipedia Editorial Activity: A Demographic Analysis". PLOS ONE. 7 (1): e30091. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0030091. ISSN 1932-6203.
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