I would love to see a grant from the WEF to pay humans to do Revision Scoring as a Service as per http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service
Can someone please put that in IdeaLab and send me the URL? On Thu, Apr 9, 2015 at 6:59 AM, Jason Radford <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > I wanted to share two projects currently under consideration for IdeaLab > funding and which may be of directly related to engaging new and seasoned > editors. If you are interested or know someone who might be, let me know. > If you have feedback for these projects, please submit it on their > discussion pages. > > Thanks, > Jason > > > Wiki Controversy Monitoring Engine > Call for Developers > > Purpose: The controversy monitoring engine maintains a real-time rating of > the controversiality of Wikipedia articles by listening to the live stream > of edits from Wikipedia. We need someone who is interested in building the > web interface and interactive visualizations around these controversies to > enable administrators to monitor, investigate, and, if need be, intervene to > deescalate controversies. The goal is to create a site like > stats.wikimedia.org editors and admins can use to identify and deescalate > controversies. > > Requirements: Knowledge of web development, web-based visualization, and\or > data analysis using Wikipedia's API or WikiData. > > For More Information: see > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/Controversy_Monitoring_Engine > > > > Consciousness-Raising Repository > Call for Working Group Participants > > Purpose: We're putting together a group of diverse Wikipedians to help put > together a repository of stories from users experiencing marginalization on > Wikipedia. Whether first timers or old timers, we're looking to recruit > users interested in engaging the community around marginalization. The > purpose of the repository is to serve as a database of knowledge about the > forms marginalization can take and as an outlet for users experiencing > marginalization. > > Requirements: Interest in working with marginalization and marginalized > groups. Interest in the Wiki-community. Willing to attend an hour-long > biweekly meeting. > > For more information: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IdeaLab/A_Consciousness_Raising_Repository > > -- > > Jason Radford > Doctoral Student, Sociology, University of Chicago > Visiting Researcher, Lazer Lab, Northeastern University > Connect: LinkedIn, Twitter, University of Chicago > Play Games for Science at Volunteer Science > > _______________________________________________ > EE mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/ee > _______________________________________________ Education mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/education
