Wikipedia administrators (Simple English Wikipedia)

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

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acm.org (Global: 1,200^th place; Simple English: 964^th place)

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Burke, Moira; Kraut, Robert (April 2008). "Taking up the mop: Identifying future wikipedia administrators". CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. pp. 3441–3446. doi:10.1145/1358628.1358871. ISBN 9781605580128. S2CID 5868576.

archive.org (Global: 6^th place; Simple English: 3^rd place)

Ayers, Phoebe; Matthews, Charles; Yates, Ben (2008). How Wikipedia Works. No Starch Press. ISBN 9781593271763.
Broughton, John (2008). Wikipedia – The Missing Manual. O'Reilly Media. p. 199. ISBN 9780596515164.
Stvilia, Besiki; Twidale, Michael B.; Smith, Linda C.; Gasser, Les (2008). "Information quality work organization in wikipedia". Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 59 (6): 983. doi:10.1002/asi.20813. S2CID 10156153.

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11^th place; Simple English: 9^th place)

Lee, Dave (18 July 2012). "Jimmy Wales denies Wikipedia admin recruitment crisis". BBC News. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

cnn.com (Global: 36^th place; Simple English: 21^st place)

"Capitol Hill is making a mess on Wikipedia". CNN. 19 October 2017. Retrieved 20 December 2017.

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

Burke, Moira; Kraut, Robert (April 2008). "Taking up the mop: Identifying future wikipedia administrators". CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. pp. 3441–3446. doi:10.1145/1358628.1358871. ISBN 9781605580128. S2CID 5868576.
Stvilia, Besiki; Twidale, Michael B.; Smith, Linda C.; Gasser, Les (2008). "Information quality work organization in wikipedia". Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 59 (6): 983. doi:10.1002/asi.20813. S2CID 10156153.
Das, Sanmay (2013). "Manipulation among the arbiters of collective intelligence: How wikipedia administrators mold public opinion" (PDF). Proceedings of the 22nd ACM international conference on Conference on information & knowledge management - CIKM '13. pp. 1097–1106. doi:10.1145/2505515.2505566. ISBN 978-1-4503-2263-8. S2CID 52865675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
Jankowski-Lorek, Michal; Ostrowski, Lukasz; Turek, Piotr; Wierzbicki, Adam (2013). "Modeling Wikipedia admin elections using multidimensional behavioral social networks". Social Network Analysis and Mining. 3 (4): 787. doi:10.1007/s13278-012-0092-6. S2CID 10440786.

lists.wikimedia.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,992^nd place)

Wales, Jimmy (11 February 2003). "Sysop Status". EN-I Wikimedia Mailing List. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

newyorker.com (Global: 191^st place; Simple English: 264^th place)

Schiff, Stacy (31 July 2006). "Know It All". The New Yorker. Retrieved 19 February 2014.

nytimes.com (Global: 7^th place; Simple English: 8^th place)

Hafner, Katie (17 June 2006). "Growing Wikipedia Refines Its 'Anyone Can Edit' Policy". The New York Times. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15^th place; Simple English: 11^th place)

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Burke, Moira; Kraut, Robert (April 2008). "Taking up the mop: Identifying future wikipedia administrators". CHI '08 Extended Abstracts on Human Factors in Computing Systems. pp. 3441–3446. doi:10.1145/1358628.1358871. ISBN 9781605580128. S2CID 5868576.
Stvilia, Besiki; Twidale, Michael B.; Smith, Linda C.; Gasser, Les (2008). "Information quality work organization in wikipedia". Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology. 59 (6): 983. doi:10.1002/asi.20813. S2CID 10156153.
Das, Sanmay (2013). "Manipulation among the arbiters of collective intelligence: How wikipedia administrators mold public opinion" (PDF). Proceedings of the 22nd ACM international conference on Conference on information & knowledge management - CIKM '13. pp. 1097–1106. doi:10.1145/2505515.2505566. ISBN 978-1-4503-2263-8. S2CID 52865675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2017-12-08.
Jankowski-Lorek, Michal; Ostrowski, Lukasz; Turek, Piotr; Wierzbicki, Adam (2013). "Modeling Wikipedia admin elections using multidimensional behavioral social networks". Social Network Analysis and Mining. 3 (4): 787. doi:10.1007/s13278-012-0092-6. S2CID 10440786.

theatlantic.com (Global: 322^nd place; Simple English: 222^nd place)

Meyer, Robinson (16 July 2012). "3 Charts That Show How Wikipedia Is Running Out of Admins". The Atlantic. Retrieved 23 January 2014.

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

Further coverage:
- Steadman, Ian (19 July 2012). "Wikipedia might be running out of administrators, figures show". Wired. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.
- Das, Sanmay (2013). "Manipulation among the arbiters of collective intelligence: How wikipedia administrators mold public opinion" (PDF). Proceedings of the 22nd ACM international conference on Conference on information & knowledge management - CIKM '13. pp. 1097–1106. doi:10.1145/2505515.2505566. ISBN 978-1-4503-2263-8. S2CID 52865675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

wired.co.uk (Global: 3,046^th place; Simple English: 2,377^th place)

Further coverage:
- Steadman, Ian (19 July 2012). "Wikipedia might be running out of administrators, figures show". Wired. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved 24 January 2014.

wustl.edu (Global: 3,400^th place; Simple English: 2,185^th place)

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Das, Sanmay (2013). "Manipulation among the arbiters of collective intelligence: How wikipedia administrators mold public opinion" (PDF). Proceedings of the 22nd ACM international conference on Conference on information & knowledge management - CIKM '13. pp. 1097–1106. doi:10.1145/2505515.2505566. ISBN 978-1-4503-2263-8. S2CID 52865675. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2021-02-19. Retrieved 2017-12-08.

Wikipedia administrators (Simple English Wikipedia)

acm.org (Global: 1,200th place; Simple English: 964th place)

dl.acm.org

archive.org (Global: 6th place; Simple English: 3rd place)

bbc.co.uk (Global: 11th place; Simple English: 9th place)

cnn.com (Global: 36th place; Simple English: 21st place)

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

lists.wikimedia.org (Global: low place; Simple English: 3,992nd place)

newyorker.com (Global: 191st place; Simple English: 264th place)

nytimes.com (Global: 7th place; Simple English: 8th place)

semanticscholar.org (Global: 15th place; Simple English: 11th place)