Wikipedia is the world’s most popular online encyclopedia and one of the most visited sites on the web, but for users, it also is known for being complicated and intimidating.
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Manu Melwin Joy
Assistant Professor
SCMS School of Technology and Management
Kerala, India.
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Mail – manu_melwinjoy@yahoo.com
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3. The Wikipedia Adventure
• Wikipedia is the world’s most
popular online encyclopedia
and one of the most visited
sites on the web, but for
users, it also is known for
being complicated and
intimidating.
4. The Wikipedia Adventure
• As a result, the number of
volunteer editors has
dropped since 2007,
prompting the company to
develop “The Wikipedia
Adventure”.
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6. The Wikipedia Adventure
• It is a seven-mission,
gamified interactive
onboarding tutorial to
teach people how to edit
Wikipedia in just a few
hours.
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8. The Wikipedia Adventure
• The program takes the
user through a simulated
quest to edit an article,
meeting challenges
along the way.
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10. The Wikipedia Adventure
• They can earn badges and
barnstars for personal
accomplishments such as
bringing a piece of content up
to a higher standard and
diligent copyediting. Users
can then display their badges
publicly.
11. The Wikipedia Adventure
• According to Jake Orlowitz,
administrator and editor at
Wikipedia, 89% of the
participants who complete the
game feel more confident as
editors, 77% want to edit more,
and they make 290% more edits
than non-participants.
