[Wiki-research-l] WikiConference North America - Submissions deadline Aug 31

WikiConference North America 2016 7-10 October 2016, San Diego, CA, USA SUBMISSIONS DEADLINE: August 31, 11:59pm Samoa Time! https://wikiconference.org/wiki/Submissions WikiConference North America (formerly WikiConference USA) is the third annual conference on the North American continent

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Thinking big: scaling up Wikimedia's contributor population by two orders of magnitude

That looks very interesting! Happy to already see Wikidata in the list which, I think, lends itself well to small contributions. I'd be happy to exchange about easier contribution possibilities there. I also CCed Lydia, Wikidata's Project Manager. Jan 2016-08-30 20:21 GMT+02:00 Dario

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wikipedia quality statistics

Hi Pine, You may find some of the findings in the following research helpful: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_hoax_articles_on_English_Wikipedia Best, Leila On Tue, Aug 30, 2016 at 11:21 PM, Pine W wrote: > Hi research community, > > I have been

[Wiki-research-l] Wikipedia quality statistics

Hi research community, I have been struggling to find a way to present the subject of Wikipedia's quality to newbies for the LearnWiki video series. On the one hand, I have heard of studies that compare Wikipedia favorably to Britannica, and studies showing that medical students and licensed