@proceedings{6949, author = {Ayse Dalgali and Kevin Crowston}, title = {Factors Influencing Approval of Wikipedia Bots}, abstract = {

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.

}, year = {2020}, journal = {Hawai'i International Conference on System Science}, address = {Wailea, HI}, doi = {10.24251/HICSS.2020.018}, language = {eng}, }