[wiki-research] study on how users employ wikitext

[Desilets, Alain]

I looked a bit at this question in the following paper:

http://iit-iti.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/publications/nrc-48272_e.html

But it's not a longitudinal study, so I can't say if people become more adept at it with time.

Alain Désilets 

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> Travis Kriplean
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> Subject: [wiki-research] study on how users employ wikitext 
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I was wondering if anyone knows about any research that 
> examines how users of wikis employs wikitext. I'm 
> particularly interested in work that examines whether people 
> become more adept and use more advanced features over time, 
> and the extent to which there are significant differences 
> between contributors in terms of their wikitext expertise.
> 
> If anyone has any leads on papers in this area, please let me know.
> 
> Best,
> Travis
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