This event will start in 30 minutes. On Thu, Dec 6, 2018 at 1:43 PM Janna Layton <jlay...@wikimedia.org> wrote:
> Hello everyone, > > The next Research Showcase, *Why the World Reads Wikipedia*, will be > live-streamed this Wednesday, December 12, 2018, at 11:30 AM PST/19:30 UTC. > This presentation is about Wikipedia usage across languages. > > YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RKMFvi_CCB0 > > As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You > can also watch our past research showcases here: > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase > > This month's presentation: > > *Why the World Reads Wikipedia* > > By Florian Lemmerich, RWTH Aachen University; Diego Sáez-Trumper, > Wikimedia Foundation; Robert West, EPFL; and Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation > > So far, little is known about why users across the world read Wikipedia's > various language editions. To bridge this gap, we conducted a comparative > study by combining a large-scale survey of Wikipedia readers across 14 > language editions with a log-based analysis of user activity. For analysis, > we proceeded in three steps: First, we analyzed the survey results to > compare the prevalence of Wikipedia use cases across languages, discovering > commonalities, but also substantial differences, among Wikipedia languages > with respect to their usage. Second, we matched survey responses to the > respondents' traces in Wikipedia's server logs to characterize behavioral > patterns associated with specific use cases, finding that distinctive > patterns consistently mark certain use cases across language editions. > Third, we could show that certain Wikipedia use cases are more common in > countries with certain socio-economic characteristics; e.g., in-depth > reading of Wikipedia articles is substantially more common in countries > with a low Human Development Index. The outcomes of this study provide a > deeper understanding of Wikipedia readership in a wide range of languages, > which is important for Wikipedia editors, developers, and the reusers of > Wikipedia content. > > -- > Janna Layton > Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology > > Wikimedia Foundation > 1 Montgomery St. Suite 1600 > San Francisco, CA 94104 > -- Janna Layton Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology Wikimedia Foundation 1 Montgomery St. Suite 1600 San Francisco, CA 94104 _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l 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>