Wikipedia/Suggested essays

Suggested essays in social science

• Carry out a questionnaire or an interview survey, for example regarding:
  • To what extent is it considered acceptable to use Wikipedia as source in student essays?
  • To what extent does systematic bias exist on Wikipedia?
  • What causes subjective enforcement of the Wikipedia policies?
  • What measures are most efficient in improving the reliability of Wikipedia?
• Arrange a blind test measurement of the quality of a certain Wikipedia language version in comparison to a commercial encyclopedia
• Carry out a case study, evaluating the success of some wiki site.
• Study Wikipedia statistics
• Write a review paper on a few research articles or some master theses related to wikis and Wikipedia, compare their conclusions and argue for your own opinion on the matter

Suggested technical projects in computer science

• Install, configure, administrate and build up your own wiki
• Evaluate some new MediaWiki extension or application
• Program a MediaWiki robot script
• Suggest and specify the development of some new MediaWiki application or extension, and develop a first prototype or demonstrator
• Write a review paper on some technical research articles or a Master of Science theses related to wiki technology.