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Cancelling disputes: how social capital affects the arbitration of disputes on Wikipedia

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This article examines how social capital affects the resolution of disputes by focusing on English Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee, sometimes described as “Wikipedia’s Supreme Court.” Drawing on quantitative and qualitative data, the article contends that the Arbitration Committee not only examines the merits of the claims made by the disputants, but also and more crucially considers the position of each disputant within the community of editors in its decision-making process. In doing so, ...

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Published
Peer review status:
Peer reviewed

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10.1017/lsi.2023.15

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
SSD
Department:
Law
Sub department:
Law Faculty
Oxford college:
Green Templeton College
Role:
Author
ORCID:
0000-0002-0908-9561
Publisher:
Cambridge University Press
Journal:
Law and Social Inquiry More from this journal
Volume:
49
Issue:
2
Pages:
1060 - 1081
Publication date:
2023-05-04
Acceptance date:
2023-03-06
DOI:
EISSN:
1747-4469
ISSN:
0897-6546
Language:
English
Pubs id:
1331583
Local pid:
pubs:1331583
Deposit date:
2023-03-07

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