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聽from the University鈥檚聽聽has examined Wikipedia as a breaking news source, in a new research paper

鈥淲hen a major global news event occurs, such as the Easter bombings in Sri Lanka or the Christchurch shootings, Wikipedia contributors from around the world come together in a virtual 鈥榥ewsroom鈥� to craft a narrative, followed closely by readers seeking the latest information,鈥� she said.

Her research found in any given month, the site鈥檚 most popular articles聽鈥� both in number of views and number of edits 鈥� are those that report聽breaking news.

Using the case study of聽聽鈥撀燼lso known as the Lindt Cafe siege聽鈥� Dr Avieson analysed Wikipedia鈥檚 breaking news practice.

鈥淟ess than two hours after Man Haron Monis locked the doors on the Lindt Caf茅, a Wikipedia contributor in the Phillippines started a page, based on what she was seeing on BBC 高清福利片,鈥� Dr Avieson said.

鈥淥ver the next few hours she was joined by contributors from Australia, Sweden (where it was 3am), the US (Chicago, Ohio, Alaska, Utah and Hawaii),聽plus Canada, Pakistan, Finland, Ireland, France, Canada, Egypt, Iraq and Ukraine. This disaparate group of volunteers worked collaboratively to synthesise the news that was emanating from reporters on the ground in Martin Place and appearing online all around the world.

鈥淭he global representation shows up in the page鈥檚 diverse references which range from聽The Gympie Times听迟辞听The Jerusalem Post, Fox 高清福利片听补苍诲听Times of India.鈥�

Dr Avieson鈥檚 research also highlighted some of the consequences of using Wikipedia as a source of news.聽

鈥淲ikipedia contributors don鈥檛 undertake the core role of journalists, which is to produce聽new聽work. Contributors鈥� news gathering practices are solely 鈥榓ggregation and assemblage鈥�, and it is important to recognise that the journalistic labour that underpins a Wikipedia page has been funded by media organisations and appropriated without economic consideration. The high traffic to the 2014 Sydney hostage crisis page demonstrates that Wikipedia is a competitor to media organisations,鈥� she said.

鈥淪imilarly, in terms of professionalism, contributors don鈥檛 answer to journalism codes of ethics and the hierarchy that has formed is based on seniority and meritocracy, where editors gain administrative privileges according to the culture of Wikipedia. This raises some ethical concerns.鈥�

Dr Avieson鈥檚 research comes ahead of the upcoming conference,聽. Being held at the University of Sydney from 12-14 June, the conference will bring together world-leading Wikipedia researchers to examine Wikipedia鈥檚 unrealised potential for supporting the preservation of languages and traditions..