Sourcing public policy: organisation publishing in Wikipedia

Figures & data

Table 1. Top 200 sources on English Wikipedia classified by type.

Type of Source	Per cent
Media	32.0
Entertainment	27.0
Government	13.0
Library/collection/database	8.5
Non-government organisation	8.0
Academic	6.0
Search engine	3.0
Dead	1.5
Social media	1.0
Total	100.0

Source: Authors analysis based on BestRef, Lewoniewski et al. (2020).

Figure 1. Reliability scale on the reliable sources noticeboard. (Source: WP, 2023i: Perennial Sources).

Lewoniewski, W., Węcel, K., & Abramowicz, W. (2020). Modeling popularity and reliability of sources in multilingual Wikipedia. Information, 11(5), 263. https://doi.org/10.3390/info11050263

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