Real time analysis and visualization of
controversies around Wikipedia article
Erik Borra, Esther Weltevrede, Andreas Kaltenbrunner,
Michele Mauri, David Laniado, Richard Rogers,
Paolo Ciuccarelli, Giovanni Magni, Tommaso Venturini
EINS Open Call Project: CONTROPEDIA
www.contropedia.net
[email protected]
@akalten_bcn
Wikipedia
● largest repository of human
knowledge
● anyone may edit it
● conditions and reflects
public opinion
● article on global warming (image)
<2MB image of Global Warming overlay
Controversiality measure
● count edits to sentences including a wiki link
● substantive, disagreeing edits
○ no vandalism edits
○ only consider deletions from sentences
● language agnostic approach
<2MB image of Global Warming dashboard
Contropedia can:
● show what was most disputed in an article,
when and why
● increase transparency in Wikipedia
● lower barriers to participation
● foster critical digital literacy
Future Work
● integrating talk pages
● beyond wiki links: templates, references,
images
● edit networks, editor camps
● cross-language visualizations (comparison)
● networks of articles
Try the Contropedia demo!
http://www.contropedia.net/demo
[email protected]
@akalten_bcn