Re: [Wiki-research-l] [feedback requested] Taxonomy of knowledge gaps

[Good Don]

Yes I am coming to your place

On Fri, Sep 18, 2020, 4:33 AM Leila Zia  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> A quick status update on this thread.
>
> * We're one week in the feedback collection stage. You have almost 2
> more weeks to share your feedback at:
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Feedback_collection_September_2020
>
> * The upcoming Research Showcase is dedicated to this topic and
> further discussions and feedback collections. Participate if you're
> interested:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#September_2020
>
> Thanks to those of you who have already started engaging with this project.
>
> If you have questions, please reach out on the discussion page
> (preferred), the thread here or one of us (myself or the folks cc-ed).
>
> Thanks,
> Leila
>
> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:27 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I hope this email finds you well.
> >
> > I'm reaching out to let you know that the Research team [1] at the
> > Wikimedia Foundation has been working on developing a taxonomy of
> > knowledge gaps for the Wikimedia projects. We now have the first draft
> > of the taxonomy ready and we're seeking your input to improve it.
> >
> > ==Material==
> > * A summary of the taxonomy and motivation:
> >
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy_Summary-and-Motivation.pdf
> >
> > * Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12314
> >
> > * A video presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP3uXA9bfvU or
> > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy.mp4.webm
> > (same video on two platforms)
> >
> > ==Feedback==
> > Please provide your feedback by answering the 6 questions posted at
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Feedback_collection_September_2020
> > .
> >
> > We're collecting feedback until 2020-09-30.
> >
> > ==Talk with us==
> > If you have questions about the taxonomy and you'd like to talk with
> > us in a synchronous set-up, we invite you to join us in the upcoming
> > Research Showcase
> >
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#September_2020
> > . We will have a very short presentation about it and will leave 15-20
> > min for any questions you may have. If you all need more time to talk
> > about it in sync, we're happy to open time for that as well. Let us
> > know.
> >
> > ==What happens next?==
> > We have explained it at
> >
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#What_happens_next
> ?
> > . At a high level, we will iterate on the taxonomy based on the
> > feedback and will start researching on how to measure the different
> > gap types identified in the taxonomy.
> >
> > Thank you!
> > Isaac, Martin, Miriam, and Leila
> >
> >
> > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
> >
> > --
> > Leila Zia
> > Head of Research
> > Wikimedia Foundation
>
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[Wiki-research-l] Feedback about Wikipedia-related project.

[Garcia Duran Alberto]

Hi all

We are researchers from the dlab at EPFL working with Bob West.

We have plans to build a graph-based ML algorithm, which will further 
facilitate development of a tool to assist Wikipedia editors by providing 
recommendations on two novel use-cases. One consists of suggesting hyperlinks 
(Wikipedia articles) to be inserted within a section of an article. Note that 
this is different from "classical link prediction".

We feel the tool could be of great value, as it can work with newly created 
sections that do not have any content yet. What's more, the editor can type 
*any* section name (either non-existent in that article or even in the whole 
Wiki project) and the tool would have the power to suggest hyperlinks that are 
likely to be of interest for that section in the article. We think that 
(specially) stub articles can benefit from this tool.

However, we have one assumption. In addition to the section name, the editor 
must provide the "entity type" (Place, People, Date, Organization...) of the 
Wikipedia articles she would like to insert in the section. The reason is that 
within a section you can find links to articles of diverse types.

The reason we are reaching out to you is two fold:
(1) To check whether such a tool would be of interest and likely to be used by 
the editors.
(2) How limiting is the assumption that the editor needs to specify the entity 
type of the Wikipedia articles for which she needs recommendations from the 
tool?

One one hand, some of us think this is not a problem as the number of entity 
types is relatively small (between 10 and 20) and they can be easily and 
visually presented to the editor with a dropdown list. On the other side, 
others think this requirement is limiting.

We would like to know your opinion to decide whether we should move forward 
with this project.

Thanks!
dlab

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