Re: [Wiki-research-l] Generalizability of research across different language versions

2019-10-03 Thread Ziko van Dijk
Hello, indeed a very interesting topic, and one should really treat small and big Wikipedias as very different kinds of websites. Just alone that on big Wikipedias, you have and use a watchlist, while on a small Wikipedia, you basically use the Recent changes. A systematic comparison would be

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Generalizability of research across different language versions

2019-10-03 Thread Lucie Kaffee
Just adding a small point I saw while interviewing editors of different language Wikipedias: I believe (and haven't further investigated, so take this with a grain of salt) that there is also a general difference in the behavior of "small" and "large" communities, e.g., in trust between the

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Generalizability of research across different language versions

2019-10-03 Thread Amir E. Aharoni
Thanks a lot for bringing this up. Sorry for not offering a solution, but I do want to mention a frequently-missed aspect of the problem: Wikis in different languages have some differences that are understandable because they reflect some objective cultural characteristics of the people who speak

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Generalizability of research across different language versions

2019-10-03 Thread Isaac Johnson
Jan, You bring up a good point. I feel like there has been a gradual shift towards research across multiple language communities over the past few years and that is starting to lead to some informal insights into this question of transfer of findings across languages / cultures. First a few

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki-research-l Digest, Vol 169, Issue 12

2019-10-03 Thread Ludovic Bocken
Hello, Several publications are in preparation... I will get back to you... Thanks for your interest, Ludovic BOCKEN lboc...@gmail.com www.ludovicbocken.com Skype: ludovic.bocken http://www.linkedin.com/in/ludovicbocken Rue Hochelaga, Montréal, QC H2K 4N8 +1 (514) 649 0755 *Avis de