Hi SJ, * I made a note for us to address your question about the meta-gaps as part of the update to the taxonomy paper: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy&type=revision&diff=20480121&oldid=20477349&diffmode=source
* We did get a chance to discuss this as a team. Here is what I heard: ** We all think this is an important point you have raised. Thank you! We will think more about it and if you have ideas about such meta-gaps, please tell us (ideally in the meta page where we're collecting feedback). ** One meta-gap that quickly surfaced was our (over?)reliance on past research and documentation that is written in English. When we look for references, by default we look for those in English, even when collectively in the team we speak French, German, Italian, Spanish, Persian, and Portuguese, (if not more), too. This answer is complete. I'm sending it your way just so you know we will think more, your thoughts are welcome, and we will add this to the final taxonomy documentation. Thanks, Leila On Tue, Sep 15, 2020 at 1:46 PM Leila Zia <l...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > Hi SJ, > > Please see below. > > > On Fri, Sep 11, 2020 at 2:15 PM Samuel Klein <meta...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Wow. Thanks for doing this. >> a) did you mine emijrp's subconscious yet? > > > (I assume you are referring to their work in > https://github.com/emijrp/all-human-knowledge .) > > We indeed reviewed the work as a source. There are two aspects in emijrp's > work that are very helpful: 1) what constitutes a content gap? 2) how to > measure it? > > Now that you mentioned it: I'll reach out to them to seek their feedback more > actively. thanks! > >> >> b) what meta-gaps are you aware of (areas where the gap analysis itself >> might have blind spots) > > > This is a great question. I have some answers for you; we will talk as a team > and get back to you on this. > >> >> c) this seems appropriate for a wikijournal >> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal> of knowledge... > > > noted down. > > >> >> >> >> >> On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 6:48 PM Leila Zia <l...@wikimedia.org> 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. >> > >> > ==Why are we contacting you?== >> > The taxonomy of knowledge gaps aims to be a high level representation >> > and grouping of the different knowledge gaps Wikimedia projects face >> > today. Each of you, whether you are a volunteer editor, patroller, >> > organizer, affiliate, etc. have valuable on the ground knowledge of >> > the different types of knowledge gaps. We believe it's important to >> > hear from you before we finalize the taxonomy. >> > >> > ==Material== >> > The material you may need to review is listed at >> > >> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Learn_more >> > ! >> > . I will list them below as well, for archive completeness: >> > >> > * 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. We are also happy to set up more >> > time to answer your questions if there is demand for it. >> > >> > ==Disclaimer== >> > As you're going through the material we have shared with you, you will >> > see imperfections and rooms for improvement. I acknowledge that they >> > exist and they may be numerous. We could spend another month and >> > improve the documents. We made the call to not let perfect be the >> > enemy of good. Please keep that in mind, assume good faith, and ask >> > questions if any part of what you read is not clear to you. We're here >> > to engage and answer your questions, and ultimately learn about your >> > perspective. >> > >> > Thank you! >> > >> > Leila, on behalf of >> > Martin Gerlach, Research Scientist, WMF >> > Isaac Johnson, Research Scientist, WMF >> > Miriam Redi, Senior Research Scientist, WMF >> > Leila Zia, Head of Research, WMF >> > >> > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html >> > >> > _______________________________________________ >> > 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> >> > >> _______________________________________________ >> 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> _______________________________________________ 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>
