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[Title] The social roles of bots and assisted editing programs [Author(s)] Geiger R.S. [Keyword(s)] Automation Robot Collaboration Governance Wiki Wikipedia [Language] English 2009 [R] 0 [C] 0 [Abstract] 
This paper investigates software programs as non-human social actors in Wikipedia, arguing that influence must not be overlooked in social scientific research of the on-line encyclopedia project. Using statistical and archival methods, the roles of assisted editing programs and bots are examined. proportion of edits made by these non-human actors is shown to be significantly more than previously described in earlier research. Copyright
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