Researching Wikipedia was a way for me to:
- Support the project through showing knowledge gaps through findings and tools based on them.
- Encourage multilingualism and multilcultural knowledge creation across languages.
- Being part of a global community that strives to make a difference by making knowledge available to everyone.
Being a researcher was a way to support the project. I was also a member of the Catalan community and I took part in the global Strategy Process 2030.
Here some of the papers I have published about Wikipedia. I believe these are a good.
- Miquel-Ribé, M. (2019). The Sum of Human Knowledge? Not in One Wikipedia Language Edition. Wikipedia@ 20. https://wikipedia20.mitpress.mit.edu/pub/26ke5md7/release/15
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- This is a book chapter that explains the state of multilingualism and cultural diversity in Wikipedia – I refer to other publications I made on the topic.
- Miquel-Ribé, M; Vaidla, K.; Fort, F.; Torres, A. (2021). “Wikimedia 2030 movement strategy: How an inclusive open strategy process has placed people at the centre”. BiD: textos universitaris de biblioteconomia i documentació, núm. 47 (desembre). https://repositori.tecnocampus.cat/bitstream/handle/20.500.12367/2579/miquel_bid_wiki.pdf
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- This is a paper that explains the strategy process we followed to create a set of recommendations for the Wikimedia Movement.
- My doctoral dissertation: Identity-based motivation in digital engagement: the influence of community and cultural identity on participation in Wikipedia. https://www.tdx.cat/handle/10803/402142#page=1
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- I honestly believe it is a quite boring read. From the perspective of a non-Wikipedian or non-scholar, I think Chapter 3 can be interesting, since it explains Wikipedia. Overall, the research papers that directly or indirectly derived from that work were much better.
These are journal publications:
- Miquel-Ribé M, Consonni C, Laniado D. Community Vital Signs: Measuring Wikipedia Communities’ Sustainable Growth and Renewal. Sustainability. April 14, 2022; 14(8):4705. https://doi.org/10.3390/su14084705 (pdf).
- Miquel-Ribé, M., & Laniado, D. (2021). The Wikipedia Diversity Observatory: helping communities to bridge content gaps through interactive interfaces. Journal of Internet Services and Applications, 12(1), 1-25. https://jisajournal.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13174-021-00141-y
- Miquel-Ribé, M., Kaltenbrunner, A., & Keefer, J. M. (2021). Bridging LGBT+ Content Gaps Across Wikipedia Language Editions. The International Journal of Information, Diversity, & Inclusion (IJIDI), 5(4), 90-131. https://jps.library.utoronto.ca/index.php/ijidi/article/view/37270/28852
- Miquel-Ribé, M., Laniado, D., & Kalterbrunner, A. (2021). The Role of Local Content in Wikipedia: A Study on Reader and Editor Engagement. Area abierta, 21(2), 123-151. https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/articulo?codigo=8018773
- Miquel-Ribé, M., & Laniado, D. (2018). Wikipedia Culture Gap: Quantifying Content Imbalances Across 40 Language Editions. Frontiers in Physics, 6, 54. https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fphy.2018.00054/full