Abstract
<p>Before a Wikipedia bot is allowed to edit, the operator of the bot must get approval. The Bot Approvals Group (BAG), a committee of Wikipedia bot developers, users and editors, discusses each bot request to reach consensus regarding approval or denial. We examine factors related to approval of a bot by analyzing 100 bots’ project pages. The results suggest that usefulness, value-based decision making and the bot’s status (e.g., automatic or manual) are related to approval. This study may contribute to understanding decision making regarding the human-automation boundary and may lead to developing more efficient bots.</p>
Year of Conference
2020
Conference Name
Hawai'i International Conference on System Science
Conference Location
Wailea, HI
DOI
10.24251/HICSS.2020.018
Refereed Designation
Refereed