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Infrequent Anonymous Cowards Reliable on Wikipedia

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the a-visit-from-the-correction-fairy dept.

Hugh Pickens writes "Researchers at Dartmouth University have recently discovered that infrequent anonymous contributors, so called "Good Samaritans," are as reliable as registered users who update constantly and have a reputation to maintain. A graph from page 31 of the group's original paper (pdf file) shows that the quality of contributions of anonymous users goes down as the number of edits increases while quality goes up with the number of edits for registered users."

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  1. ha! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    RESPECT ME!

  2. True on slashdot too by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which is why I should be allowed to accrue karma.

  3. Oyu? by benhocking · · Score: 4, Funny

    It took me a while to figure out what y'all were talking about, but luckily, Wikipedia knew.

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  4. Re:Not news by Whiteox · · Score: 5, Funny

    (By the way, in US english, commas and periods should ALWAYS go inside the quotes.) * Citation Required

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