Factors influencing approval of Wikipedia bots

Dalgali A., Crowston K.

53rd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS 2020, Hawaii, Amerika Birleşik Devletleri, 7 - 10 Ocak 2020, cilt.2020-January, ss.136-145 identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Bildiri / Tam Metin Bildiri
  • Cilt numarası: 2020-January
  • Basıldığı Şehir: Hawaii
  • Basıldığı Ülke: Amerika Birleşik Devletleri
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.136-145
  • Yıldız Teknik Üniversitesi Adresli: Hayır

Özet

Before a Wikipedia bot is allowed to edit, the operator of the bot must get approval. The Bot Approvals Group (BAG), a committee of Wikipedia bot developers, users and editors, discusses each bot request to reach consensus regarding approval or denial. We examine factors related to approval of a bot by analyzing 100 bots' project pages. The results suggest that usefulness, value-based decision making and the bot's status (e.g., automatic or manual) are related to approval. This study may contribute to understanding decision making regarding the human-automation boundary and may lead to developing more efficient bots.