Could it be the youtube link doesn't lead to the recorded version? A.
On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Dario Taraborelli < [email protected]> wrote: > After a break in September, we’re resuming our monthly Research and Data > showcase > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data/Showcase>. > The next showcase will be live-streamed > <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUyXqKa0hng> tomorrow *Wednesday October > 15 at 11.30 PT*. As usual you can join the conversation via IRC on > freenode.net by joining the #wikimedia-research channel. > > We look forward to seeing you there, > > Dario > > > This month: > > *Emotions under Discussion: Gender, Status and Communication in Wikipedia**By > David > Laniado <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Sdivad>*: I will present a > large-scale analysis of emotional expression and communication style of > editors in Wikipedia discussions. The talk will focus especially on how > emotion and dialogue differ depending on the status, gender, and the > communication network of the about 12000 editors who have written at least > 100 comments on the English Wikipedia's article talk pages. The analysis is > based on three different predefined lexicon-based methods for quantifying > emotions: ANEW, LIWC and SentiStrength. The results unveil significant > differences in the emotional expression and communication style of editors > according to their status and gender, and can help to address issues such > as gender gap and editor stagnation. > *Wikipedia as a socio-technical system**By Aaron Halfaker > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Halfak_(WMF)>*: Wikipedia is a > *socio-technical* system. In this presentation, I'll explain how the > integration of human collective behavior ("social") and information > technology ("technical") has lead to a phenomena that, while being > massively productive, is poorly understood due to lack of precedence. Based > on my work in this area, I'll describe five critical functions that > healthy, Wikipedia-like socio-technical systems must serve in order to > continue to function: allocation, regulation, quality control, community > management and reflection. Next I'll argue the Wikimedia Foundation's > analytics strategy currently focuses on outcomes related to a relatively > narrow aspect of system health and all but completely ignores productivity. > Finally, I'll conclude with an overview of three classes of new projects > that should provide critical opportunities to both practically and > academically understand the maintenance of Wikipedia's socio-technical > fitness. > > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > > -- Asaf Bartov Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! https://donate.wikimedia.org
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