Re: [Wiki-research-l] Help us understand ORES and make good tradeoffs

2018-12-13 Thread Ofer Arazy
Hi Bowen, I've used ORES in my research on the factors driving article quality (where ORES scores are used as a proxy for article quality). If you are seeking input from the research community, I'm happy to participate in your survey Ofer On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 5:08 PM Bowen Yu wrote: >

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Readers of Wikipedia

2018-12-13 Thread Kerry Raymond
I think the decision on the scope probably depends on whether people who speak that language also speak other languages. For example, many people in the Netherlands and Norway speak English very well. There may be less need to provide some topics in their own language if that topic is

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Readers of Wikipedia

2018-12-13 Thread Leila Zia
Hi all. On Thu, Dec 13, 2018 at 2:02 AM Ziko van Dijk wrote: > > I just watched the showcase of December 2018, thank you for the interesting > contribution! For those interested who haven't watched it, Ziko is referring to:

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Help us understand ORES and make good tradeoffs

2018-12-13 Thread Pine W
Hi Bowen, after reading your project proposal I have a few questions and concerns. You mention a perceived tension between protecting newcomers and protecting the quality of content. I am wondering whether that is a false dichotomy. In my experience, test edits and blatant vandalism usually look

[Wiki-research-l] Help us understand ORES and make good tradeoffs

2018-12-13 Thread Bowen Yu
Hello, ORES has been out and served for the Wikipedia community for a while, for the purpose such as counter-vandalism. Having seen the wide usage and effectiveness of ORES in the community, we'd like to continue working on ORES development. We plan to improve and redesign ORES algorithms by

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Readers of Wikipedia

2018-12-13 Thread Federico Leva (Nemo)
Ziko van Dijk, 13/12/18 12:02: Regionally important content: Should a Wikipedia language version concentrate on regional topics, or try to cover a large variety of topics? This question is automatically solved if instead of focusing on Wikipedia you do Wikisource. Wikisource will only contain

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Readers of Wikipedia

2018-12-13 Thread Bob Kosovsky
I didn't see the showcase but I'm intrigued by Ziko's comments. The general response I would make to his question "What do Wikipedia readers want?" is that different readers want different things, sometimes in conflict with one another. To elaborate on two of Ziko's points: "Regionally

[Wiki-research-l] Readers of Wikipedia

2018-12-13 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, I just watched the showcase of December 2018, thank you for the interesting contribution! It would be great it further research could have a look at questions such as language choice. With regard to have more insight in what readers want, I struggled in the past with two questions: