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> From: Dario Taraborelli <[email protected]> > Date: October 25, 2013, 13:55:05 EDT > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > <[email protected]>, "A mailing list for the Analytics Team > at WMF and everybody who has an interest in Wikipedia and analytics." > <[email protected]> > Subject: [Wiki-research-l] Join the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon on > November 9 > Reply-To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > <[email protected]> > > Cross-posting the announcement from the Wikimedia Blog. The details of the > event are on Meta and we're also creating meetup.com pages for the local > events. Check them out and RSVP if you're planning to attend. Looking forward > to see you on November 9! > > Dario, on behalf of the organizers > > Join the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon on November 9 > > Last summer at Wikimania in Hong Kong, the annual global Wikimedia > conference, we (a group of Wikipedia researchers) discussed how we could make > wiki researchmore impactful. In our work in academia and on Wikimedia > projects, we saw a host of missed opportunities to share ideas, hypotheses, > code, and research methods. We set out to create a space to bring researchers > together with Wikipedians and facilitate problem solving, discovery and > innovation with the use of open data and open source tools. Labs2 (L2) aims > to build this space, by providing infrastructure and venues for collaborative > wiki research. > Today we’re thrilled to announce the inaugural Wiki Research Hackathon – a > global event hosted by Wikimedia Foundation researchers, academic researchers > and Wikipedians from around the world on Saturday, November 9, 2013. > What > This hackathon is an opportunity for anyone interested in research on wikis, > Wikipedia, and open collaboration to meet, share ideas, and work together. It > is targeted at Wikipedia editors, students, researchers, coders and anyone > interested in designing new tools, statistics and data visualization, and > producing new knowledge about Wikimedia projects and their communities. > The goal of this event is to: > share knowledge about research tools and datasets (and how to use them) > ask burning research questions (and learn how to answer them) > get involved in ongoing research projects (or start new ones) > design new data-driven apps and tools (or hack existing ones) > Where > > > (Locations are approximate) > This hackathon will be held both as a series of local meetups (Perth, > Mannheim, Oxford,Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Minneapolis, San Francisco, > Seattle, etc.) and virtual meetups (Asia/Oceania, Europe/Africa & The > Americas) for those who can’t make it to the local events. An IRC channel > (#wikimedia-labsconnect) and a Google Hangout open throughout the day will > allow attendees to connect online. > How > Interested attendees can sign up for the event on Meta-wiki. > Local and virtual meetups are listed on theevent page. All you need to do is > add your name to the list of participants for the event that makes sense for > you. > Who > For any question about the event (including volunteering for a local meetup), > you can reach us at [email protected] or leave a message on the hackathon’s > talk page on Meta-wiki. We look forward to seeing you on November 9. > Aaron Halfaker, Wikimedia Foundation > Jonathan Morgan, Wikimedia Foundation > Morten Warncke-Wang, University of Minnesota > Aaron Shaw, Northwestern University > Dario Taraborelli, Wikimedia Foundation > Taha Yasseri, Oxford University > Henrique Andrade, Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
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