Thanks Max! amazing to get your feedback. I am really looking forward to make some improvements, there are lots of details that dind't quite work, but its nice to start seeing how can it feel like!
in any case I really appreaciate your comments, have a nice weekend! Marta Marta Delatte creative director and co-founder ellenjames.net <http://www.ellenjames.net/> @martadelatte PhD Researcher Media & Memory Research Initiative University of Hull (UK) 44 (0) 7923 528128 wanderingliquen.com @liquen_ 2016-10-05 13:00 GMT+01:00 <[email protected]>: > Send Gendergap mailing list submissions to > [email protected] > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > [email protected] > > You can reach the person managing the list at > [email protected] > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of Gendergap digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Wikipedia bias detector (Maximilian Klein) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 4 Oct 2016 14:31:21 -0500 > From: Maximilian Klein <[email protected]> > To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the > participation of women within Wikimedia projects." > <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia bias detector > Message-ID: > <CAKbmofiTbym-8TR-EZ7nTdMmg_9XWhd0x7uto3-VFK64hMHJyg@mail. > gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > Hi Marta, > > I absolutely love the app. It's both an amazing new lens through which to > explore Wikipedia, and a fantastic tool for oversight. One thing I noticed > when I was using it was that some of the most "controversial" articles -- > by whatever algorithmic definition the app uses -- are actually very well > worded to avoid sexism/racism/mainsplaining and other phobias. That is > somehow either 1) by virtue of their controversiality or 2) because I > viewed them after they'd already been cleaned up, there was not much bias > to report. > > It might be nice to have a "free of these biases" button available as well > as the canonical bias buttons. With this click the controversial > measurement might be decreased. This feedback loop, might keep the many > articles getting attention fresh. > > Anyway, amazing work on the app, an exemplary blend of user interface and > bias-addressing theory. > > Make a great day, > Max Klein ‽ http://notconfusing.com/ > > On Fri, Sep 23, 2016 at 8:58 AM, Marta Delatte <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Dear friends, > > > > I'm about to submit a manuscript for the upcoming issue on Feminist > > engagements with archives and new modes of History published by the > > Australian Feminist Studies and I would love to have a bit more activity > on > > the Wikipedia bias detector that we are building and I am presenting in > > this paper. That is why I am asking you If you feel like exploring the > > feature a bit. When accessing the prototype you will be able to explore a > > few Wikipedia categories and react with the feedback buttons is you think > > that there is any biased information. This prototype will be adapted for > > the upcoming art+feminism edit-a-thon, if feel like you can give us a > hand > > with that, we would love to hear from you! > > > > here the video > > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mgYvTuUphE > > > > STEPS TO FOLLOW > > > > 1. To access the prototype please follow this link --> > > http://net.wanderingliquen.com/ > > 2. You need to register > > 3. Choose a map to explore > > 4. Red nodes indicate controversy > > 5. You can check the information on Wikipedia > > 6. Do you think it is biased? React > > 7. Keep exploring > > > > > > for more info please visit > > https://wanderingliquen.com/ > > > > > > thanks! > > > > > > Marta Delatte > > creative director and co-founder > > ellenjames.net <http://www.ellenjames.net/> > > @martadelatte > > > > PhD Researcher > > Media & Memory Research Initiative > > University of Hull (UK) > > 44 (0) 7923 528128 > > wanderingliquen.com > > @liquen_ > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Gendergap mailing list > > [email protected] > > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > > visit: > > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > > -------------- next part -------------- > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > URL: <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/gendergap/ > attachments/20161004/72a914a7/attachment-0001.html> > > ------------------------------ > > Subject: Digest Footer > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > [email protected] > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap > > ------------------------------ > > End of Gendergap Digest, Vol 69, Issue 2 > **************************************** >
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