Aaron Halfaker

2014

• Accept, Decline, Postpone: How newcomer productivity is reduced in English Wikipedia by pre-publication review Jodi Schneider, Bluma Gelley & Aaron Halfaker (2014). OpenSym.
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• Snuggle: Designing for Efficient Socialization and Ideological Critique Aaron Halfaker, R. Stuart Geiger & Loren Terveen (2014). CHI.
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2013

• When the Levee Breaks: Without Bots, What Happens to Wikipedia's Quality Control Processes? R. Stuart Geiger & Aaron Halfaker. (2013). WikiSym.
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• Using Edit Session to Measure Participation in Wikipedia R. Stuart Geiger & Aaron Halfaker. (2013). CSCW (pp. 861-870) DOI:10.1145/2441776.2441873.
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• Making Peripheral Participation Legitimate: Reader engagement experiments in Wikipedia Aaron Halfaker, Oliver Keyes, & Dario Taraborelli. (2013). CSCW (pp. 849-860) DOI:10.1145/2441776.2441872.
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• The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's reaction to sudden popularity is causing its decline Aaron Halfaker, R. Stuart Gieger, Jonathan Morgan, & John Riedl. (2013). American Behavioral Scientist, 57(5) 664-688, DOI:10.1177/0002764212469365
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2012

• Article Feedback v.5 A series of Wikimedia Foundation technical reports.
  • Utility of feedback by elicitation
  • Utility of feedback by prominence
  • Converting readers to editors
• Bots and Cyborgs: Wikipedia's Immune System Aaron Halfaker & John Riedl. (2012). IEEE Computing, 45(3), 79-82.
• Defense Mechanism or Socialization Tactic? Improving Wikipedia's Notifications to Rejected Contributors R. Stuart Geiger, Aaron Halfaker, Maryana Pinchuk, & Steven Walling (2012). ICWSM.
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2011

• Don't Bite the Newbies: How reverts effect the quantity and quality of Wikipedia work Aaron Halfaker, Aniket (Niki) Kittur, & John Riedl (2011). WikiSym (pp. 163-172) DOI:10.1145/2038558.2038585
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• NICE: Social translucence through UI intervention Aaron Halfaker, Bryan Song, D. Alex Stuart, Aniket Kittur, & John Riedl (2011). WikiSym (pp. 101-104) DOI:10.1145/2038558.2038575
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• Wikimedia Summer of Research 2011 A series of Wikimedia Foundation technical reports.
  • Newbie reverts and article length
  • Patroller work load
  • Software for quick processing of Wikidumps
  • First edit session
  • Vandal fighter work load

2009

• A Jury of Your Peers: Quality, Experience and Ownership in Wikipedia Aaron Halfaker, Aniket Kittur, Robert E. Kraut, & John Riedl (2009). WikiSym Article 15, 10 pages. DOI:10.1145/1641309.1641332
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• Wikipedians are born, not made: A study of power editors on Wikipedia Katherine Panciera, Aaron Halfaker, & Loren Terveen (2009). GROUP (pp. 51-60). DOI:10.1145/1531674.1531682
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