An analysis of FAR and FARC discussions on FFAs showed that IQ could be changed not only actively by editors, malicious agents, or IQAs editing the article, The IQ of the majority of FFAs had been reevaluated as lower, and these FFAs lost their high-quality status after the community decided to increase IQ requirements.
We believe that this study of the patterns and sources of IQ variance in Wikipedia can contribute to a better understanding of IQ dynamics, and that it has useful implications for optimizing IQ assurance in traditional databases. In particular, the activity theoretic model of IQ change and information type specific edit process patterns identified in this study can serve as a reusable knowledge resource for predicting IQ changes and guiding IQ maintenance actions and resource allocation. The model can also inform the design of software architecture and tools for automatic IQ assurance. Future work will include investigating the cost structure of IQ and linking it to IQ decision making.