Re: [Wikimedia-l] New essay on the ambiguity of NC licenses

[Erik Moeller]

On Tue, Aug 11, 2020 at 2:51 PM Samuel Klein  wrote:
> There should be no 'collaborative and transformative work' done on this
> archive

Bulk uploads often entail collaboration or transformation as the
uploads are organized, and as format issues and other considerations
are worked through. If you want to enable uploads in a wiki context, I
don't think you'll be able to (or want to!) get around that. :) That's
part of the reason why I think the upload stage should be reserved for
the point when licensing issues have in fact been resolved.

> Erik, to your point — yes, this should also include old books that are in
> the process of relicensing, if those books have been uploaded to us by or
> on behalf of a license holder, and we are confirming that and working
> through related steps.

Is your assumption that the set of works that would be so archived is
closer to being usable in Wikimedia projects (i.e. freely licensed)
than any other set of works? If so, I still don't see how this is
true. The decision to apply a license like NC is often a very
intentional one, difficult to reverse, as the many discussions about
this license have shown. In contrast, the decision to just use
conventional copyright is often not a decision at all. In many cases,
a copyrighted work may be "free for the asking".

> It helps our work to have a persistent public place (not randomly deleted
> from time to time!) to discuss determining their license status, getting
> formal and informal license clearance, discussions with the contributors to
> refine their understanding of options, debates among ourselves about
> whether a license grant was sufficient and how to obtain more clarity, 

I agree with that! I think it could be done e.g. in a WikiBase
instance which focuses on tracking URLs of valuable educational
content rather than files. This would have some advantages:

- it is inclusive of material under all licensing terms, in any repository
- it is inclusive of material that is not trivially downloadable or
that is in formats that require conversion or transformation
- it can hold URLs to collections alongside URLs to single files

It could be scoped to track material that is associated with plausible
efforts to liberate it for use in Wikimedia, e.g., organized under
WikiProjects.

And what of archiving? As I said before, a partner like the Internet
Archive would IMO be well-suited to help archive URLs that permit it,
without requiring the manual labor of managing copies in some kind of
pseudo-wiki.

Fundamentally I just don't buy the apparent premise that amassing NC
type content, or content under your "any legal way but not yet free"
formulation, actually helps in the goal of content liberation. Is that
stuff worth archiving? Sure, but Wikimedia is not the IA.

I do appreciate the discussion, and the WikiNotYetFree proposal (even
if I disagree with its premise for the same reasons).  If there's
interest in the idea formulated above, of a wiki that truly is a
clearinghouse and not an archive of nonfree content, I would be happy
to try to help articulate it further.

Warmly,
Erik

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[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] August 19, 2020: Readership and Navigation

[Janna Layton]

Hi all,

The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, August 19,
at 9:30 AM PDT/16:30 UTC, and will be on the theme of readership and
navigation.

YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MeUl0zjHdF8

As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You
can also watch our past research showcases here:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase

This month's presentations:

What matters to us most and why? Studying popularity and attention dynamics
via Wikipedia navigation data.

By Taha Yasseri (University College Dublin), Patrick Gildersleve (Oxford
Internet Institute)

While Wikipedia research was initially focused on editorial behaviour or
the content to a great extent, soon researchers realized the value of the
navigation data both as a reflection of readers interest and, more
generally, as a proxy for behaviour of online information seekers. In this
talk we will report on various projects in which we utilized pageview
statistics or readers navigation data to study: movies financial success
[1], electoral popularity [2], disaster triggered collective attention [3]
and collective memory [4], general navigation patterns and article typology
[5], and attention patterns in relation to news breakouts.

   -

   [1] Early Prediction of Movie Box Office Success Based on Wikipedia
   Activity Big Data. PLoS One (2013).
   https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0071226
   -

   [2] Wikipedia traffic data and electoral prediction: towards
   theoretically informed models. EPJ Data Science (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1140/epjds/s13688-016-0083-3
   -

   [3] Dynamics and biases of online attention: the case of aircraft
   crashes. Royal Society Open Science (2016).
   https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.160460
   -

   [4] The memory remains: Understanding collective memory in the digital
   age. Science Advances (2018). https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.1602368
   -

   [5] Inspiration, captivation, and misdirection: Emergent properties in
   networks of online navigation. Springer (2018).
   https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:73baed3c-d3fe-4200-8e90-2d80b11f21cf



Query for Architecture, Click through Military. Comparing the Roles of
Search and Navigation on Wikipedia

By Dimitar Dimitrov (GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences)

As one of the richest sources of encyclopedic information on the Web,
Wikipedia generates an enormous amount of traffic. In this paper, we study
large-scale article access data of the English Wikipedia in order to
compare articles with respect to the two main paradigms of information
seeking, i.e., search by formulating a query, and navigation by following
hyperlinks. To this end, we propose and employ two main metrics, namely (i)
searchshare -- the relative amount of views an article received by search
--, and (ii) resistance -- the ability of an article to relay traffic to
other Wikipedia articles -- to characterize articles. We demonstrate how
articles in distinct topical categories differ substantially in terms of
these properties. For example, architecture-related articles are often
accessed through search and are simultaneously a "dead end" for traffic,
whereas historical articles about military events are mainly navigated. We
further link traffic differences to varying network, content, and editing
activity features. Lastly, we measure the impact of the article properties
by modeling access behavior on articles with a gradient boosting approach.
The results of this paper constitute a step towards understanding human
information seeking behavior on the Web.


   -

   Different Topic, Different Traffic: How Search and Navigation Interplay
   on Wikipedia. Journal of Web Science (2019).
   https://doi.org/10.34962/jws-71


-- 
Janna Layton (she/her)
Administrative Associate - Product & Technology
Wikimedia Foundation 
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[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Foundation Sustainability Update

[Deb Tankersley]

Hello,

Just a quick note to say that we've published two annual reports regarding
the Wikimedia Foundation's sustainability efforts for calendar year
2019 - carbon
footprint
[1]
and impact statement
[2]
- along with a blog post
[3]
and a brief update on the Meta Sustainability page

[4].

Sincerely,

Deb

[1]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Carbon_Footprint_Report_-_June_30,_2020.pdf

[2]
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:2019_Wikimedia_Foundation_Annual_Sustainability_Impact_Statement_-_June_22,_2020.pdf

[3]
https://diff.wikimedia.org/2020/08/13/how-the-wikimedia-foundation-is-continuing-efforts-to-reduce-its-carbon-impact/
[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Sustainability#Wikimedia_Foundation_sustainability_timeline

--

deb tankersley (she/her)

sr program manager, engineering

Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy Update: Draft outline of Transition events

[Rupika Sharma]

Apologies, Sent to the wrong mailing list ;) but nevertheless happy to
share it as another friendly reminder for feedback.

With thanks,
Rupika

On Thu, 13 Aug 2020 at 20:21, Rupika Sharma  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> Hope everyone is safe and sound in the light of the ongoing Pandemic. I
> would like to share an update regarding the progress of the Movement
> Strategy and the design of the transition events.
>
> The Transition Design Group [1] has been meeting over the past month to
> discuss the design of the virtual events that will aim to facilitate the 
> inclusive
> Transition process for the movement to start implementing the Movement
> Strategy recommendations [2]. The Design Group discussions have been largely
> centred around people and their ease of participation, processes for the
> Transition events, and the legitimacy of the process, needed resources,
> and communications [3]. Transition will be a turning point for our
> movement to create a 18-month collaborative implementation work plan that
> will empower our community and affiliates.
>
> The virtual Transition events are being planned from the month of September
> to December, 2020. We invite your feedback on the draft outline for the
> transition events to ensure the events can be as inclusive,
> participative, and engaging as possible [4]. The draft outline offers
> both light and detailed information regarding the events. The Transition
> events aim to be easy to join only once or for multiple events. They are
> for everyone, whether a newcomer or a seasoned strategy enthusiast. They
> are being designed for diverse participation across time zones and
> regions in order to create a movement-wide implementation plan. The
> review period for the draft outline is till August 20. After receiving
> your feedback, the Design Group will finalize the plan and the Wikimedia
> Foundation will ensure the delivery of the events according to the design.
>
> Please comment on the Meta talk page [4] and feel free to use the
> questions below as an orientation:
>
>1. How can the plan be improved? In your opinion, what are some
> barriers to entry that must be lowered so everyone can take part in
> Transition?
>2. How can we make sure that you and your community have what you need
> to participate in the Transition events?
>3. If you have attended other virtual events, what has your experience
> been like and what lessons can be applied in this case?
>
> You are also encouraged to share your individual feedback directly via
> email strategy2...@wikimedia.org for any suggestions or ideas.
>
> On behalf of the Design Team,
> Rupika
>
> [1]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/People
>
> [2]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations
>
> [3]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Updates
>
> [4]
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Events_Outline/Draft
>
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[Wikimedia-l] Movement Strategy Update: Draft outline of Transition events

[Rupika Sharma]

Hello everyone,

Hope everyone is safe and sound in the light of the ongoing Pandemic. I
would like to share an update regarding the progress of the Movement
Strategy and the design of the transition events.

The Transition Design Group [1] has been meeting over the past month to
discuss the design of the virtual events that will aim to facilitate
the inclusive
Transition process for the movement to start implementing the Movement
Strategy recommendations [2]. The Design Group discussions have been largely
centred around people and their ease of participation, processes for the
Transition events, and the legitimacy of the process, needed resources, and
communications [3]. Transition will be a turning point for our movement to
create a 18-month collaborative implementation work plan that will empower
our community and affiliates.

The virtual Transition events are being planned from the month of September
to December, 2020. We invite your feedback on the draft outline for the
transition events to ensure the events can be as inclusive, participative,
and engaging as possible [4]. The draft outline offers both light and
detailed information regarding the events. The Transition events aim to be
easy to join only once or for multiple events. They are for everyone,
whether a newcomer or a seasoned strategy enthusiast. They are being
designed for diverse participation across time zones and regions in order
to create a movement-wide implementation plan. The review period for the
draft outline is till August 20. After receiving your feedback, the Design
Group will finalize the plan and the Wikimedia Foundation will ensure the
delivery of the events according to the design.

Please comment on the Meta talk page [4] and feel free to use the questions
below as an orientation:

   1. How can the plan be improved? In your opinion, what are some barriers
to entry that must be lowered so everyone can take part in Transition?
   2. How can we make sure that you and your community have what you need
to participate in the Transition events?
   3. If you have attended other virtual events, what has your experience
been like and what lessons can be applied in this case?

You are also encouraged to share your individual feedback directly via
email strategy2...@wikimedia.org for any suggestions or ideas.

On behalf of the Design Team,
Rupika

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/People

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Recommendations

[3]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Updates

[4]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20/Transition/Events_Outline/Draft
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