I just realized that I missed the reply-all on the message below when I sent it yesterday. I'm re-sending to the list.
---- Hey folks, I had some time to try to address a couple of questions. Pine asked: Does Analytics have any ideas to contribute to how to stabilize and > increase the population of active editors and to improve editor gender > diversity? Right now, there is a product team at the WMF[1] that is focused on developing new features to help new editors. We post research results describing our recent work on meta[2]. Right now, we're trying to solve general problems that newcomers face. For example, figuring out how to find simple & productive tasks to perform. See [3]. As far as new ideas, I personally have a ton that I'd love to talk about. It would probably be better to start a new thread or even a set of wiki pages on such strategies. Right now, I'm pursuing an old IEG to restructure mentorship[4] in enwiki and maintaining a tool for helping wiki mentors find promising newcomers in need of help[5] besides my work with the Growth team discussed above. 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Growth 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Onboarding_new_Wikipedians 3. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:GettingStarted 4. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Reimagining_Mentorship_on_Wikipedia 5. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Snuggle Gerard asked: [...] can you please tell us to what extend the other languages are studied > at all? I'm not sure at which scope to answer this question. There's a lot of external research that studies trends cross-language (e.g. [1] and [2]). WikiStats provides summary statistics and timeseries for all Wikimedia Projects[3]. We also perform studies cross-wiki internally. For example, see my recently presented study of article creation trends across the top 10 Wikipedias[4]. Now, if you're trying to make a point about how we ought to extend our studies to non-English Wikipedia wiki projects more, you'll find us in agreement. In my observation, there are two main reasons that we don't do more in non-English wikis. (1) data-access: until recently, we didn't have the infrastructure to run complex queries on non-English wikis without taking the Toolserver down. Our relative ease in analyzing English Wikipedia made it a great space for developing and testing hypotheses. (2) ethnography: as English is our common language at the WMF and many of us are natives of the English Wikipedia, we understand that community better. I personally find it easier to develop and vet metrics. In order for me to effectively extend me analysis to non-English wikis, I need collaborators from those wikis help me understand the community and vet my metrics. In the past, I have collaborated with Henrique Andrade to look at the Portuguese Wikipedia. I'm interested in working with others. 1. http://xxx.tau.ac.il/pdf/1312.0976.pdf 2. http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~bhecht/publications/bhecht_CommAndTech2009.pdf 3. http://stats.wikimedia.org/ 4. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_article_creation > On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 5:21 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak < > dariusz.jemieln...@fulbrightmail.org> wrote: > >> hi there, >> >> sounds cool! CSCW 2015 is also an interesting idea, I'd love to >> contribute to. >> >> best, >> >> dj >> >> >> On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Dario Taraborelli < >> dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> All, >>> >>> these are highlights from a session the Wikimedia Foundation's Research >>> & Data team >>> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data>hosted at CSCW >>> '14 in Baltimore. The audience was a group of researchers >>> either working on Wikipedia/Wikimedia-related research projects or >>> interested in learning about opportunities to collaborate with the >>> Foundation. >>> >>> Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions/comments. >>> Contact >>> >>> - Dario Taraborelli - da...@wikimedia.org >>> - Aaron Halfaker - ahalfa...@wikimedia.org >>> - Jonathan Morgan - jmor...@wikimedia.org >>> >>> >>> IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-research >>> (webclient<http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-research> >>> ) >>> >>> Mailing list: wiki-research-l (mailing >>> list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l> >>> ) >>> >>> Resources >>> We gave a short overview of existing resources of potential interest to >>> Wikipedia/Wikimedia researchers: >>> >>> >>> - OAuth allows 3rd-party software to edit Wikipedia on behalf of a >>> Wikipedia editor and it's a (mostly untapped) opportunity to run >>> experimental research or test new interfaces targeted at Wikipedians. >>> See: >>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAuth#Using_OAuth >>> - Data portal summarizes data sources that are currently available >>> to researchers and app developers. See: >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Data >>> - Wikimedia Research Newsletter: A monthly overview reviewing or >>> summarizing recent research (contributions are welcome, please contact >>> Dario if you're interested in contributing) >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter >>> >>> Subject recruitment. Aaron and Dario have managed a >>> process<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Subject_recruitment>for >>> documenting and vetting subject recruitment occurring on Wikimedia >>> projects. This process was set in place to help resolve the tension >>> between researchers' need to recruit subjects and editors' desire to not be >>> bothered. The process involves a public discussion and mentorship in order >>> to ensure that proposed studies that affect editors are well documented, >>> are addressing original questions and do not result in unnecessary >>> disruption of wiki work. This is a service we've been providing on a >>> volunteer basis as members of the Research Committee, it's meant to offer >>> support to researchers but doesn't eliminate the risk that an account used >>> for recruitment purposes might be blocked by an administrator. IRBs and >>> minors. One of the issues that we discussed is dealing with IRB & other >>> ethics boards' requirements when studies may result in interaction with >>> minors. Aaron <ahalfa...@wikimedia.org> is willing to discuss the >>> issue with researchers and university staff upon request. Annual >>> survey modules. Interest was expressed in exploring strategies for >>> expanding the annual editor/reader survey with new questions contributed by >>> researchers. At this point (March 2014) we cannot commit to any such >>> project, but in general there is potential for cooperations between WMF and >>> academic researchers in this area. Interested parties should contact Tilman >>> Bayer (tbayer at wikimedia dot org) who has been conducting the last WMF >>> editor survey and can provide information about these surveys (methodology, >>> results, available data etc.) and their calendar. >>> WikiResearch Workshop at CSCW 2015. We discussed planning a workshop >>> for CSCW next year. Anyone who is interested in collaborating, please >>> contact us. Details are TBD, but our general goals include: >>> >>> - increase awareness of the public data resources that are available >>> - highlight research areas that are ripe for investigation, esp. >>> where WMF could benefit from the results >>> - get a better sense of what kind of data resources (and/or what >>> data formats) researchers would like to have >>> - brainstorm a (lightweight, ethical, practical) model for >>> partnership between WMF and academic research orgs that want access to >>> certain non-public data >>> >>> >>> Wiki Research Hackathons. On Nov. 9th, 2013, we held our first global >>> research hackathon >>> (announcement<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/November_9th,_2013>). >>> We had universities and other local meetups from around the world connect >>> via Google Hangout to share ideas, data and presentations geared toward >>> datasets, code and other resources. We'll be planning another hackathon in >>> the coming months. You can help by hosting or attending your own local >>> event. Please contact us if you're interested. >>> >>> Public listing on WMF's strategic research questions. We discussed the >>> potential for the Wikimedia Foundation to list out key areas of research >>> that we are interested in. This is something we are keenly interested in >>> and you should expect to hear from us soon through >>> wiki-research-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l>and >>> @WikiResearch <https://twitter.com/WikiResearch>. >>> >>> Tweet @WikiResearch. We maintain a relatively high-visibility twitter >>> account from which we tweet about new research, data, and other >>> initiatives. If you tweet about your own wiki-related work >>> @WikiResearch <https://twitter.com/WikiResearch>, we will retweet it so >>> long as it's relevant. We will also experiment with the use of this Twitter >>> handle to increase the visibility of libraries and analytics tools to >>> support Wikipedia research. >>> >>> Internships/grad student residencies. We talked briefly about research >>> collaborations, internships and other forms of work opportunities at WMF. >>> We're actively exploring possibilities and will broadcast details through >>> wiki-research-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l>and >>> @WikiResearch <https://twitter.com/WikiResearch> when we know more. >>> >>> We're hiring. We are looking to expand the research team at WMF, if you >>> are interested in working with us keep an eye on wiki-research-l and >>> @WikiResearch for job openings or contact us off-list. >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wiki-research-l mailing list >>> Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >>> >>> >> >> >> -- >> >> ________________________ >> Dariusz Jemielniak, Ph.D. >> associate professor of management >> chair of International Management >> head of the Center for Research on Organizations and Workplaces (CROW) >> Kozminski University >> http://www.crow.kozminski.edu.pl > > >
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