Looking forward to all of the great ideas - thanks for your work on this, Chris, and for kicking off the campaign with a few submission, Aaron.
On Tue, Mar 1, 2016 at 2:14 PM, Anna Stillwell <astillw...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > Thank you. Great work. > /a > > On Mon, Feb 29, 2016 at 3:59 PM, Aaron Halfaker <ahalfa...@wikimedia.org> > wrote: > >> I just finished submitting two ideas that I'd like to advise. >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Automated_good-faith_newcomer_detection >> Build and deploy a machine learning model for flagging newcomers who are >> editing in good-faith. This has the potential to mitigate some of the >> secondary, demotivational effects when good-faith newcomers' work passes >> through curation/review processes. >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Fast_and_slow_new_article_review >> Concerns about the introduction of spam into Wikipedia has lead >> Wikipedians towards implementing high speed new article review/curation >> processes. The speed at which editors tag articles for deletion via these >> processes is great for dealing with spam, but it might also be faster that >> good-faith new article creators can build their articles. We could build a >> machine learning classifier that is tuned to detect spammy article drafts. >> This would allow the new pages queue to be split into a high-speed spammy >> article review, and a low-speed article review that allows creators time to >> make a better first draft. >> >> I'll submit some more when I can. :) >> >> On Sun, Feb 28, 2016 at 4:56 PM, Chris "Jethro" Schilling < >> cschill...@wikimedia.org> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I am pleased to announce the launch of the second Inspire Campaign for >>> IdeaLab.[1] The theme of this campaign is focused on improving tasks >>> related to content curation & review in our projects: >>> >>> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Inspire> >>> >>> Reviewing and organizing tasks are fundamental to all WIkimedia >>> projects, and these efforts maintain and directly improve the quality of >>> our projects in addition to increasing the visibility of their content. We >>> invite everyone to participate by sharing your ideas and proposals on how >>> to enhance these efforts. Constructive feedback and collaboration on ideas >>> is encouraged - your skills and advice can elevate a project into action. >>> The campaign runs until 29 March. >>> >>> All proposals are welcome - research projects, technical solutions, >>> community organizing and outreach, or something completely new! Grants are >>> available from the Wikimedia Foundation for projects developed during this >>> campaign that need financial support.[2] Google Hangout sessions are >>> available in March if you'd like to have a conversation about your ideas.[3] >>> >>> Join the Inspire Campaign and let’s work together to improve review and >>> curation tasks so that we can make our content more meaningful and >>> accessible. >>> >>> With thanks, >>> >>> Jethro >>> >>> [1] You can learn more about the results of the first Inspire Campaign >>> here: < >>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Spring_2015_Inspire_campaign> >>> [2] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Start> >>> [3] <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Events> (Note: If >>> another time would work better for you, feel free to e-mail me or ping me >>> on-wiki). >>> >>> --- >>> Chris "Jethro" Schilling >>> I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> >>> Community Organizer, Wikimedia Foundation >>> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/Home> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> Wmfall mailing list >>> wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org >>> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall >>> >>> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wmfall mailing list >> wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall >> >> > > > -- > Anna Stillwell > Major Gifts Officer > Wikimedia Foundation > 415.806.1536 > *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* > > > _______________________________________________ > Wmfall mailing list > wmf...@lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wmfall > > -- ---- Kacie Harold Interim Program Officer - Project and Event Grants Wikimedia Foundation _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
