Wikipedia bots (English Wikipedia)

Analysis of information sources in references of the Wikipedia article "Wikipedia bots" in English language version.

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4worldcat.org

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3theguardian.com

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3doi.org

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2wikipedia.org

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2web.archive.org

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2nih.gov

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1digitaltrends.com

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1wsj.com

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1gizmodo.com

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1bbc.co.uk

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1wikimedia.org

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1vice.com

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1springer.com

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1theverge.com

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1aljazeera.com

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1arxiv.org

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1harvard.edu

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aljazeera.com (Global: 268^th place; English: 215^th place)

stream.aljazeera.com

Aljazeera, July 21, 2014, "MH17 Wikipedia entry edited from Russian Government IP Address". Negin (July 21, 2014). "MH17 Wikipedia entry edited from Russian government IP address". The Stream - Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2014.

arxiv.org (Global: 69^th place; English: 59^th place)

Tsvetkova, Milena; García-Gavilanes, Ruth; Floridi, Luciano; Yasseri, Taha (2017-02-23). Gómez, Sergio (ed.). "Even good bots fight: The case of Wikipedia". PLOS ONE. 12 (2) e0171774. arXiv:1609.04285. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271774T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171774. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5322977. PMID 28231323.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8^th place; English: 10^th place)

Nasaw, Daniel (July 24, 2012). "Meet the 'bots' that edit Wikipedia". BBC News.

digitaltrends.com (Global: 1,702^nd place; English: 1,049^th place)

Dormehl, Luke (20 January 2020). "Meet the 9 Wikipedia bots that make the world's largest encyclopedia possible". Digital Trends.

doi.org (Global: 2^nd place; English: 2^nd place)

de Laat, Paul B. (2015). "The use of software tools and autonomous bots against vandalism: eroding Wikipedia's moral order?". Ethics and Information Technology. 17 (3): 175–188. doi:10.1007/s10676-015-9366-9. ISSN 1388-1957.
Tsvetkova, Milena; García-Gavilanes, Ruth; Floridi, Luciano; Yasseri, Taha (2017-02-23). Gómez, Sergio (ed.). "Even good bots fight: The case of Wikipedia". PLOS ONE. 12 (2) e0171774. arXiv:1609.04285. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271774T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171774. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5322977. PMID 28231323.
Zheng, Lei (Nico); Albano, Christopher M.; Vora, Neev M.; Mai, Feng; Nickerson, Jeffrey V. (7 November 2019). "The Roles Bots Play in Wikipedia". Proceedings of the ACM on Human-Computer Interaction. 3 (CSCW): 1–20. doi:10.1145/3359317.

gizmodo.com (Global: 474^th place; English: 329^th place)

Dvorsky, George (2017-02-23). "Bots on Wikipedia Wage Edit Wars Between Themselves That Last For Years". Gizmodo. Retrieved 2025-12-16.

harvard.edu (Global: 18^th place; English: 17^th place)

ui.adsabs.harvard.edu

Tsvetkova, Milena; García-Gavilanes, Ruth; Floridi, Luciano; Yasseri, Taha (2017-02-23). Gómez, Sergio (ed.). "Even good bots fight: The case of Wikipedia". PLOS ONE. 12 (2) e0171774. arXiv:1609.04285. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271774T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171774. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5322977. PMID 28231323.

nih.gov (Global: 4^th place; English: 4^th place)

ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Tsvetkova, Milena; García-Gavilanes, Ruth; Floridi, Luciano; Yasseri, Taha (2017-02-23). Gómez, Sergio (ed.). "Even good bots fight: The case of Wikipedia". PLOS ONE. 12 (2) e0171774. arXiv:1609.04285. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271774T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171774. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5322977. PMID 28231323.

pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov

Tsvetkova, Milena; García-Gavilanes, Ruth; Floridi, Luciano; Yasseri, Taha (2017-02-23). Gómez, Sergio (ed.). "Even good bots fight: The case of Wikipedia". PLOS ONE. 12 (2) e0171774. arXiv:1609.04285. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271774T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171774. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5322977. PMID 28231323.

springer.com (Global: 274^th place; English: 309^th place)

link.springer.com

de Laat, Paul B. (2015). "The use of software tools and autonomous bots against vandalism: eroding Wikipedia's moral order?". Ethics and Information Technology. 17 (3): 175–188. doi:10.1007/s10676-015-9366-9. ISSN 1388-1957.

theguardian.com (Global: 12^th place; English: 11^th place)

Hern, Alex (2014-08-05). "Wikipedia: meet the man who has edited 3m articles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
Halliday, Josh; Arthur, Charles (July 26, 2012). "Boot up: The Wikipedia vandalism police, Apple analysts, and more". The Guardian. Retrieved September 5, 2012.
Sample, Ian (2017-02-23). "Study reveals bot-on-bot editing wars raging on Wikipedia's pages". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-12-16.

theverge.com (Global: 114^th place; English: 90^th place)

"This machine kills trolls". The Verge. 18 February 2014.

vice.com (Global: 175^th place; English: 137^th place)

Wilson, Kyle (11 February 2020). "The World's Second Largest Wikipedia Is Written Almost Entirely by One Bot". Vice.

web.archive.org (Global: 1^st place; English: 1^st place)

Gulbrandsson, Lennart (17 June 2013). "Swedish Wikipedia surpasses 1 million articles with aid of article creation bot". Wikimedia Blog. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.
Aljazeera, July 21, 2014, "MH17 Wikipedia entry edited from Russian Government IP Address". Negin (July 21, 2014). "MH17 Wikipedia entry edited from Russian government IP address". The Stream - Al Jazeera English. Archived from the original on November 16, 2016. Retrieved July 22, 2014.

wikimedia.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

blog.wikimedia.org

Gulbrandsson, Lennart (17 June 2013). "Swedish Wikipedia surpasses 1 million articles with aid of article creation bot". Wikimedia Blog. Archived from the original on 24 February 2018. Retrieved 24 February 2018.

wikipedia.org (Global: low place; English: low place)

en.wikipedia.org

"Wikipedia:Bots". English Wikipedia.
Aube (March 23, 2009). "Abuse Filter is enabled". Wikipedia Signpost. Retrieved July 13, 2010.

worldcat.org (Global: 5^th place; English: 5^th place)

search.worldcat.org

Hern, Alex (2014-08-05). "Wikipedia: meet the man who has edited 3m articles". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
de Laat, Paul B. (2015). "The use of software tools and autonomous bots against vandalism: eroding Wikipedia's moral order?". Ethics and Information Technology. 17 (3): 175–188. doi:10.1007/s10676-015-9366-9. ISSN 1388-1957.
Sample, Ian (2017-02-23). "Study reveals bot-on-bot editing wars raging on Wikipedia's pages". The Guardian. ISSN 0261-3077. Retrieved 2025-12-16.
Tsvetkova, Milena; García-Gavilanes, Ruth; Floridi, Luciano; Yasseri, Taha (2017-02-23). Gómez, Sergio (ed.). "Even good bots fight: The case of Wikipedia". PLOS ONE. 12 (2) e0171774. arXiv:1609.04285. Bibcode:2017PLoSO..1271774T. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0171774. ISSN 1932-6203. PMC 5322977. PMID 28231323.

wsj.com (Global: 79^th place; English: 65^th place)

online.wsj.com

Jervell, Ellen Emmerentze (July 13, 2014). "For This Author, 10,000 Wikipedia Articles Is a Good Day's Work". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved August 18, 2014.

Wikipedia bots (English Wikipedia)

aljazeera.com (Global: 268th place; English: 215th place)

stream.aljazeera.com

arxiv.org (Global: 69th place; English: 59th place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 8th place; English: 10th place)

digitaltrends.com (Global: 1,702nd place; English: 1,049th place)

doi.org (Global: 2nd place; English: 2nd place)

gizmodo.com (Global: 474th place; English: 329th place)

harvard.edu (Global: 18th place; English: 17th place)