[Wiki-research-l] Re: Request for input on dataset releases

[Emily Lescak]

Hello,

Thanks to those of you who have taken the time to submit feedback! This is
a friendly reminder that the survey will close on November 3rd.

Best,
Emily


On Wed, Oct 26, 2022 at 2:50 PM Emily Lescak  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> As part of our efforts to better serve the Wikimedia research community,
> we are happy to share that we are collaborating with the Security team at
> WMF to help prioritize the release of data that can be useful for your
> research. The Security team is working to make more datasets privatized
> and public to avoid the need for non-disclosure agreements. You can learn
> more here: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy.
>
> Over the next 12 months, the Security team plans to release 5 datasets:
>
>-
>
>country-language-pageview ongoing (end of 2022)
>-
>
>country-language-pageview historical (March 2023)
>-
>
>geo-aggregated grants data back to 2009 (Feb 2023)
>-
>
>geoeditors monthly (June 2023)
>-
>
>dataset informed by research community priorities identified in this
>survey (second half of 2023)
>
> The released datasets need to meet certain privacy requirements:
>
>-
>
>They can not include any natural language (e.g. specific search
>queries or deletion logs) so as to avoid the release of personally
>identifiable information;
>-
>
>They need to be sufficiently large (at least thousands of entries,
>preferably more) so as to reduce noise;
>-
>
>The data can not be so sensitive that an individual user will be
>harmed by disclosure of the data (e.g. IP addresses, content containing
>personally identifying information).
>
>
> We invite you to complete a brief survey
> 
> to help us identify and prioritize the types of datasets that you would
> find useful for your work. Results of this survey will inform the fifth
> dataset, scheduled to be released in late 2023. This survey is conducted
> via a third-party service, which may subject it to additional terms. For
> more information on privacy and data-handling, see the survey privacy
> statement:
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Data_Release_Priorities_Survey_Privacy_Statement
>
> The survey will remain open until November 3, 2022. After that time,
> members of the Research and Security teams will review the data and report
> out about the suggestions that were received and how the work will proceed.
> If you prefer to not respond via the Google form, you can email your
> feedback to us or set up a time to discuss. You can also leave questions
> and comments on the Talk page:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy
>
> Thanks for your help!
>
>
> Emily Lescak, WMF Research team
>
> Hal Triedman, WMF Security team
>
>
> --
> Emily Lescak (she / her)
> Senior Research Community Officer
> The Wikimedia Foundation
>
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[Wiki-research-l] WMF Research Fund

[Emily Lescak]

Hi all,

We are excited to see increased awareness about the Wikimedia Research Fund
this year as compared to last year. We are receiving more inquiries from
prospective applicants, the number of views of the relevant pages is
significantly more than last year [1], and we are seeing good engagement in
office hours.

We are learning that there are quite a few researchers who have initial
ideas about projects that can benefit from input from existing Wikimedia
research, editor, organizer, or developer communities to strengthen their
proposals. Because we don't have one shared way to match or introduce
people to one another, we are starting to encourage people to start a
project on MetaWiki [2] and consider reaching out to wiki-research-l or
their relevant chapter or user group to seek input or look for
collaborators.

This means that the traffic for emails that come to this list between now
and December 16, the Research Fund's Stage I deadline [3], may increase.
The content of the emails may also ask for your input. Please offer input
to the extent that you have time and interest to help those who wish to
join our research community have a higher chance of success and a welcoming
experience.

The questions of how to welcome newcomers to our community and how to help
them be productive require dedicated attention. We hope that we can pick up
this topic with at least some of you in the coming year. :)

If you have questions or comments, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Best,

Emily


[1]
https://pageviews.wmcloud.org/?project=meta.wikimedia.org=all-access=user=0=2022-09-01=2022-10-12=Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund|Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:New_project
[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund#Important_Dates

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Emily Lescak (she / her)
Senior Research Community Officer
The Wikimedia Foundation
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