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The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's Reaction to Popularity Is Causing Its Decline

Aaron Halfaker; R. Stuart Geiger; Jonathan T. Morgan; John Riedl · American Behavioral Scientist, 57(5), 664–688 · 2013

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Type: Article
Author: Aaron Halfaker; R. Stuart Geiger; Jonathan T. Morgan; John Riedl
Identifier: DOI 10.1177/0002764212469365
Accessed: 2026-09-01

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EstablishedHalfaker and colleagues found that Wikipedia's pool of active contributors had been declining for years and identified restrictive quality control and the algorithmic tools used to reject contributions as key causes of falling newcomer retention.