WikiWarMonitor is a website dedicated to resolving Wikipedia edit wars.Department of Biomedical Engineering and Computational Science BECS, ICTeCollective Project Webpages ,Aalto University Retrieved July 28, 2014 It is operated by a group of researchers from Oxford Internet Institute, Rutgers University, and Central European University.(July 21, 2013), editing wars in different language versions of Wikipedia, editing conflicts are modeled statistically. It studies the dynamic features of editorial wars in Wikipedia under the scope of collective social behaviour and social disputes(June 20, 2012), Dynamics of Conflicts in Wikipedia, PLOS ONE Retrieved July 28, 2014(June 16, 2013) Das letzte Wort (In German), C't Retrieved July 28, 2014(February 20, 2013) Conflicts in Wikipedia now modelled by statistical physicists, Phys.org Retrieved July 28, 2014(February 20, 2013) Mathematical model 'describes' how online conflicts are resolved , University of Oxford Retrieved July 28, 2014
WikiWarMonitor is part of a project called ICTeCollective (which stands for Harnessing ICT-enabled Collective Social Behaviour) and is supported by the European Commission, CORDIS FP7 (Seventh Framework Programme), information and communications technology (or ICT), and Future and Emerging Technologies Open Scheme (FET-Open).
According to CORDIS, the objective of ICT research under the EU's Seventh Framework Programme (which ICTeCollective and WikiWarMonitor are part of) is "to improve the competitiveness of European industry – as well as to enable Europe to master and shape the future developments of these technologies so that the demands of its society and economy are met."ICT in FP7: Objectives and Overview, CORDIS Retrieved July 28, 2014
Findings WikiWarMonitor publishes a list of the 100 most controversial Wikipedia articles in 13 different languages using a special algorithm.WikiWarMonitor Home Page www.phy.bme.hu/, Retrieved July 28, 2014(July 22, 2013), Researchers Reveal The World's Most Controversial Wikipedia Articles, Business Insider Retrieved July 28, 2014(August 10, 2013) Os 100 artigos que incendeiam guerras na Wikipedia (In Portuguese), Exame Retrieved July 28, 2014 One of their findings was that the editorial conflicts vary by language and are endless when it comes to polarizing terms such as 'homosexuality', or individuals such as former U.S. President George W. Bush.(June 21, 2012) Las guerras de Wikipedia (In Spanish), BBC Mundo Retrieved July 28, 2014
Top 100 controversial articles on English Wikipedia WikiWarMonitor list of top 100 controversial articles in English Wikipedia as of 2013:Top 100 English words 2013
George W. Bush Anarchism Muhammad List of World Wrestling Entertainment employees Global warming Circumcision United States Jesus Race and intelligence Christianity Michael Jackson Barack Obama Islam Intelligent design Adolf Hitler Falun Gong European Union Abortion Kosovo Islamophobia September 11 attacks John Kerry Transnistria Chiropractic Macedonians (ethnic group) Homeopathy Srebrenica massacre Scientology Capitalism Japan Israel and apartheid Israel Prem Rawat White people Catholic Church Ann Coulter Jehovah's Witnesses Hamas Jimmy Wales Elvis Presley Fidel Castro Joseph Stalin Jyllands-Posten Muhammad cartoons controversy John Howard Black people India List of Barney & Friends episodes and videos 2006 Lebanon War Evolution Assyrian people Republic of Macedonia Wikipedia United Kingdom Socialism Ayn Rand Developed country Holodomor Freemasonry Fox News Channel Libertarianism World War II Fascism Afghanistan Deaths in 2008 Moldova Ron Paul Canada Mahmoud Ahmadinejad Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Iran Wii Armenian genocide British Isles Britney Spears Banu Qurayza Mexico United States and state terrorism Lyndon LaRouche John Cena Nicolaus Copernicus Second Amendment to the United States Constitution Turkey Akatsuki (Naruto) 9/11 conspiracy theories Super Smash Bros. Brawl Atheism Ward Churchill Islam and antisemitism Scotland Quebec God Homosexuality International recognition of Kosovo Creation Science People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals Ronald Reagan Northern Ireland The Used Northern Cyprus Truth
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