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On Wed, Nov 16, 2016 at 9:36 AM, Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > A reminder that this is happening in 2 hours from now. > > Best, > Leila > > > On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> [Apologies for cross-posting] >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Almost a year ago, we [1] embarked on a research project to understand >> who Wikipedia readers are. More specifically, we set a goal for finding a >> taxonomy of Wikipedia readers. In the upcoming Research Showcase, I will >> present the findings of this research. >> >> *Logistics* >> The Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, November 16, >> 2016 at 11:35 (PST) 19:35 (UTC). >> >> YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24F1xkbNwI >> >> As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC freedone at >> #wikimedia-research. And, you can watch our past research showcases at >> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase. >> >> *Title* >> Why We Read Wikipedia >> >> *Abstract* >> Every day, millions of readers come to Wikipedia to satisfy a broad range >> of information needs, however, little is known about what these needs are. >> In this presentation, I share the result of a research that sets to help us >> understand Wikipedia readers better. Based on an initial user study on >> English, Persian, and Spanish Wikipedia, we build a taxonomy of Wikipedia >> use-cases along several dimensions, capturing users’ motivations to visit >> Wikipedia, the depth of knowledge they are seeking, and their knowledge of >> the topic of interest prior to visiting Wikipedia. Then, we quantify the >> prevalence of these use-cases via a large-scale user survey conducted on >> English Wikipedia. Our analyses highlight the variety of factors driving >> users to Wikipedia, such as current events, media coverage of a topic, >> personal curiosity, work or school assignments, or boredom. Finally, we >> match survey responses to the respondents’ digital traces in Wikipedia’s >> server logs, enabling the discovery of behavioral patterns associated with >> specific use-cases. Our findings advance our understanding of reader >> motivations and behavior on Wikipedia and have potential implications for >> developers aiming to improve Wikipedia’s user experience, editors striving >> to cater to (a subset of) their readers’ needs, third-party services (such >> as search engines) providing access to Wikipedia content, and researchers >> aiming to build tools such as article recommendation engines. >> >> >> *How to prepare? What to expect?* >> If you decide to attend, here are a few things I would like to ask you to >> keep in mind, especially if this will be your first time to one of our >> research showcases: >> >> * Like many other research projects in fields that are not heavily >> explored, the findings of this research will create more questions than >> they answer. I encourage you to keep these questions in mind throughout the >> presentation and discussion: "What can we do with this finding? What other >> questions can we ask? What other ideas can we try?" >> >> * Be open to ask these questions to yourself, especially if you are a >> Wikipedia editor, even before coming to the showcase: "Why do I edit >> Wikipedia? Who am I writing the content for, if anyone? Will I change the >> way I write content if I know more about who reads it (to encourage or >> discourage certain types of reading or readers)? What needs an encyclopedia >> should serve? What is Wikipedia: A place one can quickly find the answer to >> his/her questions, or a place that one can go to when he/she wants to spend >> a quiet time reading and learning, or a place for both and even more? etc." >> >> * And, see if you would be interested to see the result of this study in >> your language. What will be presented is based on research on English, >> Persian, and Spanish Wikipedia (the data from the latter two projects have >> been used only for one part of the research). We are interested in running >> the study on at least 2-3 more languages to understand the robustness of >> some of the results across different languages, and to also help >> communities with having access to the results for their specific language >> project. >> >> Looking forward to seeing you there, and if you can't make it, please >> feel free to watch the video later and get in touch with us with >> questions/comments. :) >> >> Best, >> Leila >> -- >> Leila Zia >> Senior Research Scientist >> Wikimedia Foundation >> >> [1] WMF Research and researchers from three academic institutions: EPFL, >> GESIS, and Stanford University, in collaboration with WMF Reading. >> >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > Analytics@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > -- *Dario Taraborelli *Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation wikimediafoundation.org • nitens.org • @readermeter <http://twitter.com/readermeter>
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