'Thesis' Tag

• The Work of Sustaining Order in Wikipedia: The Banning of a Vandal

  October 28, 2009

  With the help of my advisor, Dr. David Ribes, I recently got a chapter of my master’s thesis accepted to the ACM conference on Computer Supported Cooperative Work, to be held in February 2010 in Savannah, Georgia. It is titled “The Work of Sustaining Order in Wikipedia: The Banning of a Vandal” and focuses on [...]

  posted in Academic Works, Conference Presentations, Published Works, Wikis by R. Stuart Geiger

• Wikisym Poster: The Social Roles of Bots and Assisted Editing Tools

  October 24, 2009

  This project investigates various software programs as non-human social actors in Wikipedia, arguing that their influence must not be overlooked in research of the on-line encyclopedia project. Using statistical and archival methods, the roles of assisted editing programs and bots are examined. First, the proportion of edits made by these non-human actors is significantly more [...]

  posted in Conference Presentations, Wikis by R. Stuart Geiger

• Senior Thesis: Democracy in Wikipedia

  May 10, 2007

  My thesis studied the legal culture of Wikipedia to examine the law through stories and histories, giving the reader a sense of not only what the Wikipedian legal system is, but also what fundamental assumptions the community makes in utilizing such a system.

  posted in Academic Works, Thesis by R. Stuart Geiger