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The inclusivity of Wikipedia and the drawing of expert boundaries: An examination of talk pages and reference lists

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  • Brendan Luyt

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Wikipedia is frequently viewed as an inclusive medium. But inclusivity within this online encyclopedia is not a simple matter of just allowing anyone to contribute. In its quest for legitimacy as an encyclopedia, Wikipedia relies on outsiders to judge claims championed by rival editors. In choosing these experts, Wikipedians define the boundaries of acceptable comment on any given subject. Inclusivity then becomes a matter of how the boundaries of expertise are drawn. In this article I examine the nature of these boundaries and the implications they have for inclusivity and credibility as revealed through the talk pages produced and sources used by a particular subset of Wikipedia's creators—those involved in writing articles on the topic of Philippine history.

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  • Brendan Luyt, 2012. "The inclusivity of Wikipedia and the drawing of expert boundaries: An examination of talk pages and reference lists," Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology, Association for Information Science & Technology, vol. 63(9), pages 1868-1878, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:bla:jamist:v:63:y:2012:i:9:p:1868-1878
    DOI: 10.1002/asi.22671
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