2008/11/19 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dear All, > > My name is Avanidhar Chandrasekaran > (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:Avanidhar). > > I work with GroupLens Research at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities. > As part of my research, I am involved in analyzing the usefulness and > Necessity of author reputation in Wikipedia. > > In lieu of this, I have simulated an Interface to color words in an article > based on their Age. > > Being experienced contributors to Wikipedia, I invite you to participate in > this study, which involves the following. > > 1. Please visit the following Instances of wikipedia and evaluate the > interface components which have been incorporated into each of them. Each > of these use their own algorithm to color text. > > a) The Wikitrust project > > http://wiki-trust.cse.ucsc.edu/index.php/Main_Page > > b) The Wiki-reputation project at Grouplens research > > http://wiki-reputation.cs.umn.edu/index.php/Main_Page > > 2) Once you have evaluated the two interfaces, kindly complete this survey > on Wikipedia quality > > http://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=hagN5S1JZHxH6pF9SmXkkA_3d_3d > > > We hope to get your valuable feedback on these interfaces and how Wikipedia > article quality can be improved. > > Thanks for your time > > Avanidhar Chandrasekaran, > > GroupLens Research, University of Minnesota >
Quite interesting - the "age of words" color coding might be useful in detecting obtuse type vandalism. m _______________________________________________ Wikipedia-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikipedia-l
