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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. Re:*BSD is Dying by PhoenixAtlantios · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Even though this is quite obviously a troll, the constant dire predictions about X company/software/OS dying is really starting to bug me. Nothing in the software world (and maybe even the real world) is dying until it's dead; recoveries are always possible. A downward trend doesn't mean something will die out, just look at RealPlayer (though whether that's a good thing or not is debatable).