[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] February 15 at 9:30AM PT, 17:30 UTC

[Emily Lescak]

Hello everyone,

The next Research Showcase will be livestreamed next Wednesday, February 15
at 9:30AM PT / 17:30 UTC. The theme is The Free Knowledge Ecosystem.

YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8VJmR-3lTac

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

This month's presentations:

The evolution of humanitarian mapping in OpenStreetMap (OSM) and how it
affects map completeness and inequalities in OSMBy *Benjamin Herfort,
Heidelberg Institute for Geoinformation Technology*Mapping efforts of
communities in OpenStreetMap (OSM) over the previous decade have created a
unique global geographic database, which is accessible to all with no
licensing costs. The collaborative maps of OSM have been used to support
humanitarian efforts around the world as well as to fill important data
gaps for implementing major development frameworks such as the Sustainable
Development Goals (SDGs). Besides the well-examined Global North - Global
South bias in OSM, the OSM data as of 2023 shows a much more spatially
diverse spread pattern than previously considered, which was shaped by
regional, socio-economic and demographic factors across several scales.
Humanitarian mapping efforts of the previous decade have already made OSM
more inclusive, contributing to diversify and expand the spatial footprint
of the areas mapped. However, methods to quantify and account for the
remaining biases in OSM’s coverage are needed so that researchers and
practitioners will be able to draw the right conclusions, e .g. about
progress towards the SDGs in cities.


Dataset reuseː Toward translating principles to practiceBy *Laura Koesten,
University of Vienna*The web provides access to millions of datasets. These
data can have additional impact when used beyond the context for which they
were originally created. But using a dataset beyond the context in which it
originated remains challenging. Simply making data available does not mean
it will be or can be easily used by others. At the same time, we have
little empirical insight into what makes a dataset reusable and which of
the existing guidelines and frameworks have an impact.In this talk, I will
discuss our research on what makes data reusable in practice. This is
informed by a synthesis of literature on the topic, our studies on how
people evaluate and make sense of data, and a case study on datasets on
GitHub. In the case study, we describe a corpus of more than 1.4 million
data files from over 65,000 repositories. Building on reuse features from
the literature, we use GitHub’s engagement metrics as proxies for dataset
reuse and devise an initial model, using deep neural networks, to predict a
dataset’s reusability. This demonstrates the practical gap between
principles and actionable insights that might allow data publishers and
tool designers to implement functionalities that facilitate reuse.
We hope you can join us!

Warm regards,
Emily


-- 
Emily Lescak (she / her)
Senior Research Community Officer
The Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wikimedia-l] Call to submit proposals for the forthcoming Africa Environment Day

[Florence Devouard]

**

*Dear Africa-focused Wikimedians and Friends!*

*


We are delighted to share an exciting opportunity for you and your 
communities. As you know, the lack of coverage of African content on 
Wikimedia projects has been a source of concern for some time.



Wiki In Africa 
(WIA) 
[1] and Wikimedia Community User Group Côte d’Ivoire 
(WMUG 
IC) [2] have been tasked by the African Knowledge Initiative 
(AKI) 
[3] to organise, support, and launch a month-long focus on Africa’s 
climate and environment, called Africa Environment 
[4].



From March 3,  in celebration of Wangari Maathai Day, the Africa 
Environment focus 
encourages Wikimedia and other communities to contribute content related 
to Africa’s Climate 
to the Wikimedia 
projects 
during 
March 2023 and beyond!



Individuals, communities, and organizations are invited to contribute in 
a variety of different ways. Please explore all the options here: 
https://w.wiki/6Jfm 



Those Wikimedia communities wishing to host training or contribution 
events can apply for a microgrant of any amount between USD100 and 
USD1500. The deadline to apply for this microgrant is 28 February.



Read the AKI Africa Environment micro-funding criteria and application 
process here: https://w.wiki/6Jdo 


Please feel free to share that message with anyone you might think 
interested


Florence Devouard / Anthere Wiki in Africa co-ED


A partnership between the Wikimedia Foundation and the African Union, 
the African Knowledge Initiative celebrates three critical subjects in 
its inaugural year: youth, environment, and the African continent. Each 
focus subject has been entrusted to two implementing Wikimedia-focused 
partners.



[1] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wiki_In_Africa[2] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:MyLanguage/Wikimedia_Community_User_Group_C%C3%B4te_d%27Ivoire 



[3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Knowledge_Initiative 



[4] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Africa_Environment 




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[Wikimedia-l] Re: The Wikimedia Enterprise API project

[Liam Wyatt]

Hello Sam, thank you for the kind words.

And also thank you to Chris and Martin for yours.


With regards to the “optimizations” mentioned in the product update: usage
change over the course of 2022 wasn’t really the motivating factor here
(given it’s only been one year so we’re fully expecting fluctuations), It’s
more about trying to increase the system’s efficiency and limit areas where
things could break at scale - in preparation for future demand. There has
been some increase in costs over the 2022 calendar year, as shown in the
finance report’s bar-graph and associated paragraph, but that was primarily
due to staffing changes, not hosting costs.

Our initial system architecture focused heavily on Wikipedia database dumps
and now we’re focusing on expanding the “realtime” data feeds. We decided
to rebuild the architecture to look more like an event-based system, to
work alongside exported-data products, instead of adding on more services
on top of the dump generation.

As mentioned in the product update, for those interested in this topic
there are quarterly summaries of the technical work on the project’s
MediaWiki page: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Enterprise#Updates
But, if you’d like to talk through the implementation details and the
thinking behind it, then the best format is a real-time conversation. I
encourage you to come to the “office hours” public meeting this Friday -
etails at the top of the project page on Meta. Even if you can’t make it to
that, we’ll make sure to discuss the product update and I’ll be uploading
the recording afterwards to Commons, with a timecoded summary of the
conversation.

Sincerely,

Liam


On Tue, 7 Feb 2023 at 23:29, Samuel Klein  wrote:

> Chris - My thoughts exactly. A satisfying report: useful, informative,
> densely linked.
>
> TLDR:  revenue at 2% of the WMF total; projected to be cashflow positive
> this year.
> 9 FTEs, up-to-date landing page
> , even headshot
> photos for a majority of the team.
> (And a subtle reminder that we should consider doing something awesome
> with a community-led merch store!)
>
> Liam - for the product update, I'm curious how hosting costs + usage have
> changed over the year (and implications for what we learn to optimize)
>
> SJ
>
> On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 10:16 AM Chris Keating 
> wrote:
>
>> Thanks Liam! That looks admirably clear and very thorough - would be
>> great to see this level of detail and transparency in other aspects of the
>> WMF's work
>>
>> Chris/ The Land
>>
>> On Tue, 7 Feb 2023, 14:35 Liam Wyatt,  wrote:
>>
>>> Dear all,
>>>
>>> Following the initial announcement and project launch in 2021, and press
>>> release about first customers in 2022, the Wikimedia Enterprise team
>>> has today published the *first financial report* and a summary of a
>>> forthcoming *product update*.
>>>
>>> This has been published today on the Diff blog, here:
>>>
>>> https://diff.wikimedia.org/2023/02/07/wikimedia-enterprise-financial-report-product-update/
>>> [also available in German
>>> 
>>> ]
>>>
>>> One of the principles
>>>  of
>>> the Wikimedia Enterprise project has been “the publication of overall
>>> revenue and expenses, differentiated from those of the Wikimedia Foundation
>>> in general, at least annually”. We are therefore proud to present the
>>> inaugural edition of the Wikimedia Enterprise financial report – covering
>>> the calendar-year 2022, its first year of operations.
>>>
>>> The update also includes a description of some of the API features that
>>> have been under development. While the primary use-case is companies which
>>> consistently require very high-speed updates of very large amounts of
>>> Wikimedia content, it is important to note that there are several
>>> free-access methods.
>>>
>>> If you have written questions or comments about the update, please share
>>> them on the project’s talkpage
>>>  on Meta. As
>>> described in the blogpost, we consider this report covering the 2022
>>> calendar year to be a “beta” version. We are actively seeking feedback
>>> about how its structure, content, and explanations can be improved for the
>>> next edition in late 2023, which will cover the 2022-23 fiscal year.
>>>
>>>
>>> If you prefer real-time conversation: A public meeting will be hosted
>>> by the Enterprise team this Friday, February 10 @1900 UTC to discuss this
>>> announcement - details on the project homepage
>>> .
>>>
>>> If you have any other questions please consult the FAQ
>>> .
>>>
>>> Sincerely,
>>>
>>> * Liam Wyatt [Wittylama]*
>>>
>>> Senior Program Manager
>>> for *Enterprise,* *Campaigns, &