The Geographic Nature of Wikipedia Authorship

摘要: The efficacy and use of volunteered geographic information (VGI) is an active research area, but the geography VGI authorship largely unknown. Wikipedia online collaborative encyclopedia where anyone can edit articles, including those about place. Moreover, Wikipedia’s editorial transparency facilitates in situ observations collective authorship. empirical study described this chapter collects 32 million contributions to articles over 7 years. It finds exponential decay spatial patterns processes, which consistent with other sociospatial phenomena, like innovation diffusion. As global infrastructures continue reduce communication coordination costs, may provide insight into whether distance ultimately matters peer production. This begins by discussing core concepts behind authorship; then provides overview Wikipedia, its contributors, their production processes; discusses results implications from modeling geotagged article contributions; concludes future issues.