Volunteer contributions to Wikipedia increased during COVID-19 mobility restrictions

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作者
Ruprechter, Thorsten [1 ]
Ribeiro, Manoel Horta [2 ]
Santos, Tiago [1 ]
Lemmerich, Florian [3 ]
Strohmaier, Markus [4 ,5 ,6 ]
West, Robert [2 ]
Helic, Denis [1 ]
机构
[1] Graz Univ Technol, A-8010 Graz, Austria
[2] Ecole Polytech Fed Lausanne, CH-1015 Lausanne, Switzerland
[3] Univ Passau, D-94032 Passau, Germany
[4] Rhein Westfal TH Aachen, D-52062 Aachen, Germany
[5] GESIS Leibniz Inst Social Sci, D-50667 Cologne, Germany
[6] Complex Sci Hub Vienna, A-1080 Vienna, Austria
基金
瑞士国家科学基金会;
关键词
DIVERSITY;
D O I
10.1038/s41598-021-00789-3
中图分类号
O [数理科学和化学]; P [天文学、地球科学]; Q [生物科学]; N [自然科学总论];
学科分类号
07 ; 0710 ; 09 ;
摘要
Wikipedia, the largest encyclopedia ever created, is a global initiative driven by volunteer contributions. When the COVID-19 pandemic broke out and mobility restrictions ensued across the globe, it was unclear whether contributions to Wikipedia would decrease in the face of the pandemic, or whether volunteers would withstand the added stress and increase their contributions to accommodate the growing readership uncovered in recent studies. We analyze 223 million edits contributed from 2018 to 2020 across twelve Wikipedia language editions and find that Wikipedia's global volunteer community responded resiliently to the pandemic, substantially increasing both productivity and the number of newcomers who joined the community. For example, contributions to the English Wikipedia increased by over 20% compared to the expectation derived from pre-pandemic data. Our work sheds light on the response of a global volunteer population to the COVID-19 crisis, providing valuable insights into the behavior of critical online communities under stress.
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