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The Politics of the World Encyclopedia. A Study of Political Leanings of the Wikipedia User Base
Norman Paul Cohen and Emil O. W. Kirkegaard
Published: 2024/09/01
Abstract
We scraped user pages of 7,739 Wikipedia editors. Of these, 224 users positioned themselves politically using the semi-standardized "userboxes". Based on this sample, Wikipedia editors’ views had a strong tilt towards the left. The results are congruent with the political leanings of related occupations, such as journalists and academics. Keywords: Wikipedia, Bias, Ideology
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