Editing Encyclopedia:Wikipedians (section)

==Personality==
Researchers have begun to identify key personality traits in Wikipedians. According to a study published in 2008, Wikipedia members are more likely than non-members to locate their "real me" online—that is, to feel more comfortable expressing their "real" selves online than offline.<ref name=Amichai2008a>{{cite journal |last1=Amichai-Hamburger |first1=Y. |first2=Naama |last2=Lamdan |first3=Rinat |last3=Madiel |first4=Tsahi |last4=Hayat |date=November 2008 |title=Personality Characteristics of Wikipedia Members |journal=CyberPsychology & Behavior |volume=11 |number=6 |pages=679–81 |pmid=18954273 |doi=10.1089/cpb.2007.0225}}</ref> This corresponds with more general findings that Internet communities tend to attract users who are introverted offline but more able to open up and feel empowered on the Web.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amichai-Hamburger |first1=Y. |last2=Wainapel |first2=G. |last3=Fox |first3=S. |date=May 2002 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/11346051 |title=On the Internet no one knows I'm an introvert: extroversion, neuroticism and Internet interaction |journal=CyberPsychology & Behavior |volume=5 |issue=2 |pages=125–128 |doi=10.1089/109493102753770507 |pmid=12025878}}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Amichai-Hamburger |first1=Y. |last2=McKenna |first2=K. |last3=Tal |first3=S. |date=September 2008 |url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/222367002 |title=E-empowerment: Empowerment by the Internet |journal=Computers in Human Behavior |volume=24 |issue=5 |pages=1776–1789 |doi=10.1016/j.chb.2008.02.002}}</ref> A gender difference was found in terms of extroversion: whereas female Wikipedia members were on average more introverted than female non-members, male members were just as extroverted as males in the control group.