Motivos para contribuir al proyecto Wikipedia

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• Altruism and humanitarian concerns
• Responding to requests by friends or attempting to engage in an activity viewed favorably by important others
• Chances to learn new things
• Preparing for a new career or signaling knowledge to potential employers
• Addressing personal problems, such as guilt at being more fortunate than others
• Ego needs and public exhibition of knowledge
• Ideological concerns, such as belief that information should be free
• Fun

Los 8 motivos anteriores, para contribuir a la Wikipedia, fueron considerados como los principales como resultado de una investigación ("What Motivates Wikipedians?" Oded, Communications of the ACM, November 2007, Vol. 50, No. 11, pp. 60-64)

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