Wikipedia history analysis shows external accommodation: the AIDS origin article progressively weakened and integrated the contentious polio vaccine theory¶

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q1 i? Revisions to the AIDS origin article first brought in the OPV AIDS hypothesis, then weakened it, and finally integrated it alongside other theories, illustrating an elaborate external accommodation. → Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle 2008

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Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle 2008¶

Ulrike Cress & Joachim Kimmerle. (2008). A systemic and cognitive view on collaborative knowledge building with wikis. Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11412-007-9035-z

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Qualitative analysis of the Wikipedia article "AIDS origin" history pages, tracing revisions from 20 February 2006 through 28 November 2006 in which the contentious polio vaccine theory was relativized and reorganized. The authors interpret this as external accommodation where the text's organization changed.

"So this example represents a very elaborate form of accommodation where first a new idea was brought in, then it was weakened and finally it was integrated into the text and the theory received its position besides the other theories."

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