Science Fiction and Fantasy in Wikipedia: Exploring Structural and Semantic Cues

TL;DR

Examination of structural and semantic features of Wikipedia articles that can be used to identify content related to science fiction and fantasy (SF/F) is examined.

Abstract

Identifying which Wikipedia articles are related to science fiction, fantasy, or their hybrids is challenging because genre boundaries are porous and frequently overlap. Wikipedia nonetheless offers machine-readable structure beyond text, including categories, internal links (wikilinks), and statements if corresponding Wikidata items. However, each of these signals reflects community conventions and can be biased or incomplete. This study examines structural and semantic features of Wikipedia articles that can be used to identify content related to science fiction and fantasy (SF/F).

Figures (3)

• Figure 1: The most frequent values in Wikidata items related to "Science Fiction and Fantasy" (SF/F) baseline set.
• Figure 2: The most frequent categories assigned to Wikipedia articles from SF/F baseline set.
• Figure 3: The most frequent wikilinks in lead section of Wikipedia articles from SF/F baseline set.