[Wikimedia-l] New Office hours for WMF/Research starting in January 2020
Hi all, We, the Research team at Wikimedia Foundation, have received some requests over the past months for making ourselves more available to answer some of the research questions that you as Wikimedia volunteers, affiliates' staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Starting January 2020, we will experiment with monthly office hours organized jointly by our team and the Analytics team where you can join us and direct your questions to us. We will revisit this experiment in June 2020 to assess whether to continue it or not. The scope We encourage you to attend the office hour if you have research related questions. These can be questions about our teams, our projects, or more importantly questions about your projects or ideas that we can support you with during the office hours. You can also ask us questions about how to use a specific dataset available to you, to answer a question you have, or some other question. Note that the purpose of the office hours is to answer your questions during the dedicated time of the office hour. Questions that may require many hours of back-and-forth between our team and you are not suited for this forum. For these bigger questions, however, we are happy to brainstorm with you in the office hour and point you to some good directions to explore further on your own (and maybe come back in the next office hour and ask more questions). Time and Location We meet on the 4th Wednesday of every month 17.00-18.00 (UTC) in #wikimedia-research IRC channel on freenode [1]. The first meeting will be on January 22. Up-to-date information on mediawiki [2] Archiving If you miss the office hour, you can read the logs of it at [3]. The future announcements about these office hours will only go to the following lists so please make sure you're subscribed to them if you like to receive a ping: * wiki-research-l mailing list [4] * analytics mailing list [5] * wikidata mailing list [6] * the Research category in Space [7] on behalf of Research and Analytics at WMF, Martin [1] irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-research [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [3] https://wm-bot.wmflabs.org/logs/%23wikimedia-research/ [4] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l [5] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics [6] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikidata [7] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/tags/research -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Team Office hours October 13, 2020
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2020-10-13 at 16:00-17:00 PM UTC. To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Team Office hours October 13, 2020
A friendly reminder that this is happening today - we will be starting in 1 hour (16:00pm UTC). Join us if you want to discuss about research. :) On Thu, Oct 8, 2020 at 3:28 PM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours on 2020-10-13 at 16:00-17:00 PM UTC. > > To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. > There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics > in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), > otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information > (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin (WMF Research Team) > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Upcoming WMF/Research-Team Office hours on September 1st, 2020
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2020-09-01 at 16.00-17.00 (UTC). Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives (*). To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Started in the beginning of 2020 as an experiment [5], after the first 6 editions we have evaluated the scope and format of the Research office hours. In order to decrease barriers of accessibility and to facilitate more direct interaction, we have switched the format from IRC to video call. We will re-evaluate the current format at the end of the year. We would also be glad to hear your feedback and/or comments. (*) Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [6]. Hope to see many of you, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiki-research-l/2019-December/007039.html [6] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours December 1, 2020
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2020-12-01 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours December 1, 2020
A friendly reminder that this is happening today - we will be starting in ~1 hour (5pm UTC). Join us if you want to discuss about research. :) On Fri, Nov 27, 2020 at 12:11 PM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours on 2020-12-01 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). > > To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. > There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics > in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), > otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information > (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin (WMF Research Team) > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours November 3, 2020
A friendly reminder that this is happening today - we will be starting in ~1 hour (17:00pm UTC). Join us if you want to discuss about research. :) On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 11:48 AM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours on Tuesday, 2020-11-03 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). > > To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. > There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics > in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), > otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information > (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin (WMF Research Team) > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours November 3, 2020
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on Tuesday, 2020-11-03 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] January 20, 2021: Macro-level organizational analysis of peer production communities
Just a reminder, that this will be starting in about 24 minutes. On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 6:01 PM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, January 20, > at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC. In this month’s showcase, Aaron Shaw will > present ongoing research illustrating the values and challenges of > macro-level organizational analysis of peer production and social computing > systems. Specifically, he will give an overview on different studies > showing convergent trends of formalization in large Wikipedias; divergent > editor engagement in small Wikipedias; and commensal patterns of ecological > interdependence across communities. > > Youtube stream: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Wcc-TeaEY> > https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujd8S82YfmA > > 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 > > > > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase>*Speaker*: > Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University) > *Title*: The importance of thinking big. Convergence, divergence, and > interdependence among wikis and peer production communities > *Abstract*: Designing and governing collaborative, peer production > communities can benefit from large-scale, macro-level thinking that focuses > on communities as the units of analysis. For example, understanding how and > why seemingly comparable communities may follow convergent, divergent, > and/or interdependent patterns of behavior can inform more parsimonious > theoretical and empirical insights as well as more effective strategic > action. This talk gives a sneak peak at research-in-progress by members of > the Community Data Science Collective <http://communitydata.science/> to > illustrate these points. In particular, I focus on studies of (1) > convergent trends of formalization in several large Wikipedias; (2) > divergent editor engagement among three small Wikipedias; and (3) commensal > patterns of ecological interdependence across communities. Together, the > studies underscore the value and challenges of macro-level organizational > analysis of peer production and social computing systems. > > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] January 20, 2021: Macro-level organizational analysis of peer production communities
Hi all, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, January 20, at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC. In this month’s showcase, Aaron Shaw will present ongoing research illustrating the values and challenges of macro-level organizational analysis of peer production and social computing systems. Specifically, he will give an overview on different studies showing convergent trends of formalization in large Wikipedias; divergent editor engagement in small Wikipedias; and commensal patterns of ecological interdependence across communities. Youtube stream: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Wcc-TeaEY> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujd8S82YfmA 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 <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase>*Speaker*: Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University) *Title*: The importance of thinking big. Convergence, divergence, and interdependence among wikis and peer production communities *Abstract*: Designing and governing collaborative, peer production communities can benefit from large-scale, macro-level thinking that focuses on communities as the units of analysis. For example, understanding how and why seemingly comparable communities may follow convergent, divergent, and/or interdependent patterns of behavior can inform more parsimonious theoretical and empirical insights as well as more effective strategic action. This talk gives a sneak peak at research-in-progress by members of the Community Data Science Collective <http://communitydata.science/> to illustrate these points. In particular, I focus on studies of (1) convergent trends of formalization in several large Wikipedias; (2) divergent editor engagement among three small Wikipedias; and (3) commensal patterns of ecological interdependence across communities. Together, the studies underscore the value and challenges of macro-level organizational analysis of peer production and social computing systems. -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours February 2, 2021
A friendly reminder that this is happening later today at 17:00pm UTC (see here for other timezones [1]). Join us if you want to discuss about research. :) We will also share some updates around our work on the taxonomy of knowledge gaps: we just published a revised (second) version taking into account community feedback [2]. Best, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1612285248 [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy On Thu, Jan 28, 2021 at 6:45 PM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours next week on 2021-02-02 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm > CET). > > To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. > There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics > in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), > otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information > (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin (WMF Research Team) > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours February 2, 2021
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours next week on 2021-02-02 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours June 01, 2021
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2021-06-01 at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours June 01, 2021
Just a quick reminder that Wikimedia Research Office Hours will be happening later today in ~8 hours from when this mail was sent (16:00 UTC/9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link: https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours More information here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours -Martin On Thu, May 27, 2021 at 3:31 PM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours on 2021-06-01 at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CEST). > > To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set > agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad > [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are > welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to > attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours July 13, 2021
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours this Tuesday, 2021-07-13, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/UF7TNNT25SKDNPI436UUJPEPLYGDQMHG/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours May 04, 2021
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2021-05-04 at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours May 04, 2021
Just a friendly reminder that Research Office Hours will take place later today (in ~7 hours). You can join the video-meeting via this link: https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours More information here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours Best, Martin On Fri, Apr 30, 2021 at 10:11 AM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours on 2021-05-04 at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). > > To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set > agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad > [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are > welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to > attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours March 16, 2021
just a friendly reminder, that research office hours will start in ~20 minutes. Martin On Fri, Mar 12, 2021 at 10:50 AM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours on 2021-03-16 at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/5pm CET). > > To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set > agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad > [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are > welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to > attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin (WMF Research Team) > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours March 16, 2021
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2021-03-16 at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/5pm CET). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] February 17, 2021: Censorship (of Wikipedia)
Hi all, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, February 17, at 9:00 AM PST/17:00 UTC (Note that this is 30 minutes earlier than the usual time). This month’s showcase will be around the topic of censorship (of Wikipedia). In the first talk, Daniel Romero presents a study examining the effect of censorship on the collaborative behavior of editors. In the second talk, Margaret Roberts presents work on disaggregating the effects of censorship on proactive vs incidental consumption of information. Youtube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52wPt34rJc 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 Talk 1: Speaker: Daniel Romero (University of Michigan) Title: Shocking the Crowd: The Effect of Censorship Shocks on Chinese Wikipedia Abstract: Collaborative crowdsourcing has become a popular approach to organizing work across the globe. Being global also means being vulnerable to shocks – unforeseen events that disrupt crowds – that originate from any country. In this study, we examine changes in collaborative behavior of editors of Chinese Wikipedia that arise due to the 2005 government censorship in mainland China. Using the exogenous variation in the fraction of editors blocked across different articles due to the censorship, we examine the impact of reduction in group size, which we denote as the shock level, on three collaborative behavior measures: volume of activity, centralization, and conflict. We find that activity and conflict drop on articles that face a shock, whereas centralization increases. The impact of a shock on activity increases with shock level, whereas the impact on centralization and conflict is higher for moderate shock levels than for very small or very high shock levels. These findings provide support for threat rigidity theory – originally introduced in the organizational theory literature – in the context of large-scale collaborative crowds. Talk 2 Speaker: Margaret Roberts (University of California San Diego) Title: Censorship's Effect on Incidental Exposure to Information: Evidence from Wikipedia Abstract: The fast-growing body of research on internet censorship has examined the effects of censoring selective pieces of political information and the unintended consequences of censorship of entertainment. However, we know very little about the broader consequences of coarse censorship or censorship that affects a large array of information such as an entire website or search engine. In this study, we use China’s complete block of Chinese language Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org) on May 19, 2015, to disaggregate the effects of coarse censorship on proactive consumption of information—information users seek out—and on incidental consumption of information—information users are not actively seeking but consume when they happen to come across it. We quantify the effects of censorship of Wikipedia not only on proactive information consumption but also on opportunities for exploration and incidental consumption of information. We find that users from mainland China were much more likely to consume information on Wikipedia about politics and history incidentally rather than proactively, suggesting that the effects of censorship on incidental information access may be politically significant. -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] February 17, 2021: Censorship (of Wikipedia)
Just a friendly reminder, that the research showcase on censorship will take place later today at 17:00 UTC (9:00AM PST/18:00PM CET). Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52wPt34rJc On Fri, Feb 12, 2021 at 7:21 PM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, February > 17, at 9:00 AM PST/17:00 UTC (Note that this is 30 minutes earlier than the > usual time). This month’s showcase will be around the topic of censorship > (of Wikipedia). In the first talk, Daniel Romero presents a study examining > the effect of censorship on the collaborative behavior of editors. In the > second talk, Margaret Roberts presents work on disaggregating the effects > of censorship on proactive vs incidental consumption of information. > > Youtube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z52wPt34rJc > > 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 > > > Talk 1: > > Speaker: Daniel Romero (University of Michigan) > > Title: Shocking the Crowd: The Effect of Censorship Shocks on Chinese > Wikipedia > > Abstract: Collaborative crowdsourcing has become a popular approach to > organizing work across the globe. Being global also means being vulnerable > to shocks – unforeseen events that disrupt crowds – that originate from any > country. In this study, we examine changes in collaborative behavior of > editors of Chinese Wikipedia that arise due to the 2005 government > censorship in mainland China. Using the exogenous variation in the fraction > of editors blocked across different articles due to the censorship, we > examine the impact of reduction in group size, which we denote as the shock > level, on three collaborative behavior measures: volume of activity, > centralization, and conflict. We find that activity and conflict drop on > articles that face a shock, whereas centralization increases. The impact of > a shock on activity increases with shock level, whereas the impact on > centralization and conflict is higher for moderate shock levels than for > very small or very high shock levels. These findings provide support for > threat rigidity theory – originally introduced in the organizational theory > literature – in the context of large-scale collaborative crowds. > > Talk 2 > > Speaker: Margaret Roberts (University of California San Diego) > > Title: Censorship's Effect on Incidental Exposure to Information: > Evidence from Wikipedia > Abstract: The fast-growing body of research on internet censorship has > examined the effects of censoring selective pieces of political information > and the unintended consequences of censorship of entertainment. However, we > know very little about the broader consequences of coarse censorship or > censorship that affects a large array of information such as an entire > website or search engine. In this study, we use China’s complete block of > Chinese language Wikipedia (zh.wikipedia.org) on May 19, 2015, to > disaggregate the effects of coarse censorship on proactive consumption of > information—information users seek out—and on incidental consumption of > information—information users are not actively seeking but consume when > they happen to come across it. We quantify the effects of censorship of > Wikipedia not only on proactive information consumption but also on > opportunities for exploration and incidental consumption of information. We > find that users from mainland China were much more likely to consume > information on Wikipedia about politics and history incidentally rather > than proactively, suggesting that the effects of censorship on incidental > information access may be politically significant. > > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours September 07, 2021
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours next Tuesday, 2021-09-07, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team [1] https://research.wikimedia.org [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/V2LZBFARPF7I7GHUNYDBP5IELS7G3EKH/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours September 07, 2021
Just a quick reminder that Wikimedia Research Office Hours will be happening later today in a bit more than 6 hours (16:00 UTC/9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link: https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours More information here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours -Martin On Thu, Sep 2, 2021 at 10:35 AM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours next Tuesday, 2021-09-07, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm > CEST). > > To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set > agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad > [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are > welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to > attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org > > [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/YNSQ56OAIVK4ZBCGB6ZBXFHVMO4A3R5V/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours July 13, 2021
Just a quick reminder that Wikimedia Research Office Hours will be happening in ~2 hours (16:00 UTC/9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link: https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours More information here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours -Martin On Mon, Jul 12, 2021 at 11:08 AM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours this Tuesday, 2021-07-13, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm > CEST). > > To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set > agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad > [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are > welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to > attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/N2LO7IM6UNFXJBXILV5BGHLRLGCWUT6W/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours August 03, 2021
Just a quick reminder that Wikimedia Research Office Hours will be happening later today in a bit less than 3 hours (16:00 UTC/9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link: https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours More information here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours -Martin On Fri, Jul 30, 2021 at 11:00 AM Martin Gerlach wrote: > Hi all, > > Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly > Office hours this Tuesday, 2021-08-03, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm > CEST). > > To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set > agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad > [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are > welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to > attend) can be found here [4]. > > Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to > answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia > volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in > your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to > support you in: > >- > >You have a specific research related question that you suspect you >should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t >know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. >For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors >in my wiki? >- > >You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia >contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to >improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be >harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing >them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to >work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. >- > >You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation >does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: >if you are interested in building relationships with the academic >institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn >more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of >Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those >of you interested more closely in this space. >- > >You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. > > > Hope to see many of you, > Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org > > [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours > > [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours > > [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours > > [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html > > > -- > Martin Gerlach > Research Scientist > Wikimedia Foundation > -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/5ZTZYTBBHH35ZT7PJCAHYLQUTUUF7A5R/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours August 03, 2021
Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours this Tuesday, 2021-08-03, at 16:00-17:00 UTC (9am PT/6pm CEST). To participate, join the video-call via this link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin on behalf of the WMF Research Team [1] https://research.wikimedia.org [2] https://meet.jit.si/WMF-Research-Office-Hours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list -- wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l Public archives at https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/57YOUDGVX5YB42YOIZG7HYGO6WEALZDP/ To unsubscribe send an email to wikimedia-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
[Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wiki-research-l] Re: [Wikimedia Research Showcase] July 21: Effects of campaigns to close content gaps
Hi Z. Blace, you can watch the recording of this showcase on youtube [1]. Also, you can find the recordings of previous Research Showcases in this collection [2]. Best, Martin [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otN3H-hIImQ [2] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfLQLgwU3oDFiGaU3K7pUVoW On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 7:39 PM Željko Blaće wrote: > Overlapping with Art+Feminism session presenting research on almost the > same topic :-/ > > Again - calendar synchronization and wikimedia are not at level needed :-( > > Best Z. Blace > > > On Wednesday, July 21, 2021, Janna Layton wrote: > > > The Research Showcase will be starting in about 30 minutes. > > > > On Thu, Jul 15, 2021 at 4:59 PM Janna Layton > > wrote: > > > >> Hello all, > >> > >> The July Research Showcase will take place on July 21, 16:30 UTC (9:30am > >> PT/ 12:30pm ET/ 18:30pm CEST). The theme is the effects of campaigns to > >> close content gaps on Wikipedia, and speakers will be Kai Zhu from > McGill > >> University and Isabelle Langrock from the University of Pennsylvania. > >> > >> Livestream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otN3H-hIImQ > >> > >> Talk 1 > >> Speaker: Kai Zhu (McGill University, Canada) > >> Title: Addressing Information Poverty on Wikipedia > >> Abstract: Open collaboration platforms have fundamentally changed the > way > >> that knowledge is produced, disseminated, and consumed. In these > systems, > >> contributions arise organically with little to no central governance. > >> Although such decentralization provides many benefits, a lack of broad > >> oversight and coordination can leave questions of information poverty > and > >> skewness to the mercy of the system’s natural dynamics. Unfortunately, > we > >> still lack a basic understanding of the dynamics at play in these > systems > >> and specifically, how contribution and attention interact and propagate > >> through information networks. We leverage a large-scale natural > experiment > >> to study how exogenous content contributions to Wikipedia articles > affect > >> the attention that they attract and how that attention spills over to > other > >> articles in the network. Results reveal that exogenously added content > >> leads to significant, substantial, and long-term increases in both > content > >> consumption and subsequent contributions. Furthermore, we find > significant > >> attention spillover to downstream hyperlinked articles. Through both > >> analytical estimation and empirically informed simulation, we evaluate > >> policies to harness this attention contagion to address the problem of > >> information poverty and skewness. We find that harnessing attention > >> contagion can lead to as much as a twofold increase in the total > attention > >> flow to clusters of disadvantaged articles. Our findings have important > >> policy implications for open collaboration platforms and information > >> networks. > >> > >> Talk 2 > >> Speaker: Isabelle Langrock (University of Pennsylvania, USA) > >> Title: Quantifying and Assessing the Impact of Two Feminist > Interventions > >> Abstract: Wikipedia has a well-known gender divide affecting its > >> biographical content. This bias not only shapes social perceptions of > >> knowledge, but it can also propagate beyond the platform as its contents > >> are leveraged to correct misinformation, train machine-learning tools, > and > >> enhance search engine results. What happens when feminist movements > >> intervene to try to close existing gaps? In this talk, we present a > recent > >> study of two popular feminist interventions designed to counteract > digital > >> knowledge inequality. Our findings show that the interventions are > >> successful at adding content about women that would otherwise be > missing, > >> but they are less successful at addressing several structural biases > that > >> limit the visibility of women within Wikipedia. We argue for more > granular > >> and cumulative analysis of gender divides in collaborative environments > and > >> identify key areas of support that can further aid the feminist > movements > >> in closing Wikipedia’s gender gaps. > >> > >> -- > >> Janna Layton (she/her) > >> Administrative Associate - Product & Technology > >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > >> > > > >
