Create 2024/Turning points in Wikipedia disputes: Research and discussion of resolution efforts: Submissions:2021/Editing seems too hard

This submission has been accepted for WikiConference North America 2024.

What have scholars learned about editing disputes on Wikipedia and how do they understand these disputes? What kinds of dispute resolution efforts are effective?

Updated slides (Oct.7th): Link to Google Slides for @ProfGray's talk on Wikipedia disputes and dispute resolution

The presentation will:

• briefly review WP dispute resolution efforts;
• summarize recent academic research on WP disputes;
• mention cases from academic studies and from the presenter’s take on edit disputes over Israel-Palestine topics.
• reflect on next steps for WP resolution efforts, both for individual editors and organized groups.

The talk will include a quick tour of tidbits from research about "crossroads" or turning points within WP dispute resolution efforts, along with research on edit warring and contentious topics.

Note: Most of the covered research will center on English Wikipedia, with some non-English cases. The lessons may apply broadly to other Wikimedia projects.

To view and improve the list of academic studies to be summarized, see: New article in en-Wikipedia: Disputes on Wikipedia