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(contracted; show full)dia contributors |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Notability&oldid=455862975 | title=Wikipedia: Notability | work=Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia }}</ref> It attempts to assess whether a topic has "gained sufficiently significant attention by the world at large and over a period of time"<ref name="WikipediaNotability"/> as evidenced by significant coverage in reliable [[secondary source]]s that are independent of the topic.<ref name=tabb>{{
cCite journal | first=Kathryn |last=Tabb | url=http://www.gla.ac.uk/media/media_102864_en.pdf | format=PDF | title=Authority and Authorship in a 21st-Century Encyclopaedia and a 'Very Mysterious Foundation' | journal=ESharp | issue=12: Technology and Humanity | issn=1742-4542 }}</ref>
(contracted; show full)s there have been numerous '''academic studies about Wikipedia''' in [[peer-reviewed]] publications. This research can be grouped into two categories. The first analyzed the production and reliability of the encyclopedia content, while the second investigated social aspects, such as usage and administration. Such studies are greatly facilitated by the fact that [[Wikipedia]]'s database can be downloaded without needing to ask the assistance of the site owner.<ref>{{
cCite journal|doi=10.1145/1641309.1641326|isbn=978-1-60558-730-1 |title=Measuring the wikisphere |year=2009 |first2=James |last2=Purtilo |last=Stuckman |first=Jeff |journal=Proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Wikis and Open Collaboration|pages=1}}</ref>
* [[Flagged revisions]] &ndash; software extension to the MediaWiki wiki software that allows moderation of edits to Wiki pages. It was developed by the Wikimedia Foundation for use on Wikipedia and similar wikis hosted on its servers. On June 14, 2010, English Wikipedia began a 2-month trial of a similar feature known as [[Wikipedia:Pending changes|pending changes]].<ref name=signpost-2010-06-07>{{cCite news |title="Pending changes" trial to start on June 14 |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2010-06-07/News_and_notes|work=Wikipedia Signpost |author=phoebe and HaeB |date=7 June 2010 }}</ref> In May 2011, this feature was removed indefinitely from all articles, after a discussion among English Wikipedia editors.<ref>{{cite web |title=Wikipedia:Pending changes/Request for Comment February 2011 |url=http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Pending_changes/Re(contracted; show full)* {{Guardiantopic|technology/wikipedia}}
* [http://topics.nytimes.com/top/news/business/companies/wikipedia/index.html Wikipedia] topic page at ''[[The New York Times]]''

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