[Wiki-research-l] Re: You are invited to review the Research Ethics Privacy White Paper

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

This is a gentle reminder that we are less than 2 weeks away from closing
the *feedback period* for *Research Ethics Privacy Whitepaper*. If you are
a Wiki(m|p)edia researcher or are considering becoming one, this whitepaper
will most likely be relevant to you and your research. We encourage you to
take a look at the draft and provide your feedback through the Meta-Wiki
Discussion page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft#Questions_for_researchers>
until
*April 30th, 2024* or by joining us in the upcoming Conversation Hour on 23
April 2024 at 15:00 UTC <https://zonestamp.toolforge.org/1713884400>via
this Google Meet session <https://meet.google.com/yzi-ntxw-wtk>.

And thanks to those of you who have already provided feedback.

Leila, on behalf of the writing committee

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On Mon, Apr 8, 2024 at 12:44 PM Eli Asikin-Garmager <
easikingarma...@wikimedia.org> wrote:

> Hello Wikimedia Research Community, Wikipedia researchers,
>
> We invite you to provide feedback to the draft Research Ethics Privacy
> White Paper
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft#>
> [1] until 30 April 2024.
>
> You can provide your feedback in one of the following ways:
>
>-
>
>The corresponding talk page
>
> <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft>
>[2];
>-
>
>If you require a private space for communicating your feedback, by
>sending an email to research-feedb...@wikimedia.org with “privacy
>white paper” in the subject line;
>-
>
>By participating in a conversation hour on 23 April 2024.
>
>
> –
>
> Context: In 2023, in response to a request
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World_War_II_and_the_history_of_Jews_in_Poland#Formal_request_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_for_a_white_paper_on_research_best_practices>
> by English Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee and after careful scoping, the
> Wikimedia Foundation prioritised writing a whitepaper with two primary
> goals:
>
>1.
>
>Creating a shared understanding among Wikipedia contributors and
>Wikipedia researchers about some of the key considerations for conducting
>ethical research on Wikipedia with a focus on privacy.
>2.
>
>Providing recommendations about how to navigate some of the most
>common privacy challenges Wikipedia researchers or Wikipedia contributors
>run into when conducting or participating in research on Wikipedia.
>
>
> Over the past 6 months, we at the Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team in
> collaboration
> <https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XZ2EHHBDKOQ6X62ICFK7ORE6WFEPF6NL/>
> [3] with Dr. Michael Zimmer, and with support from Trust and Safety, have
> worked to create a draft white paper.
>
> We remain committed to our mission to strengthen Wikimedia research
> communities and improve your experience when contributing your expertise to
> the Wikimedia projects. We hope that you support us by providing your
> valuable feedback and help us improve this white paper for you.
>
> Best,
> Eli Asikin-Garmager (Wikimedia Foundation), on behalf of myself and:
>
> Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
>
> Michael Zimmer (Marquette University)
>
> [1]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft#
>
> [2]
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft
> [3]
> https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XZ2EHHBDKOQ6X62ICFK7ORE6WFEPF6NL/
>
> --
>
> Eli Asikin-Garmager
>
> Principal Design Researcher (he/him)
>
> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> | Iowa City
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa> (UTC -6/-5)
>
> <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>
>
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[Wiki-research-l] Research Report No 9 is out

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

If you are interested in one/some/all of the projects and initiatives that
the Research team [1] at the Wikimedia Foundation is driving or is heavily
involved with, our bi-annual Research Report is a good place for you to get
a high level update about our work.

We have published our 9th bi-annual report at https://research
.wikimedia.org/report.html which captures the work of the team, our
contractors, and our formal collaborators [2] during July to December 2023.
In the report you can also find information about upcoming events which may
be of interest to you, changes in our team, and trends we watch.

We hope you enjoy reading parts or all of the report. If you prefer to
print the report, ctrl+p/cmd+p remain your friends. And if you have follow
up questions about an item in the report, you're welcome to follow-up
through the usual channels, including our public office hours [3].

Best,
Leila,

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Collaborators
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours#Schedule
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [wiki-research-l] Request for help in application for Wikipedia to be included in an international heritage recognition

[Leila Zia]

Hi John,

Thank you for your continued work to elevate the importance of Wikipedia in
different circles.

Some early thoughts and questions below:

On Tue, Nov 14, 2023 at 3:51 AM john cummings 
wrote:

> Dear all
>
> I'd really appreciate some advice on an application for Wikipedia to be
> considered for a very prestigious international heritage recognition.
> Myself and a few others previously applied and got to the final stages of
> the process, however we were rejected on the following points. If anyone
> has any suggestions or papers which might help answer these issues I'd
> really appreciate it. I have a number of arguments prepared but I would
> really appreciate any thoughts, feel free to include them in this email
> list, or just email me them separately. The first point is the one I feel
> needs the most rebuttal.
>
>1. Although it is acknowledged Wikipedia is a phenomenal idea, it was
>not clear how it could be defined as ‘heritage’ at this stage of its
>evolution.
>

What is the technical definition of "heritage" in this particular context?
(That may help us come up with relevant talking points.)


>2. Wikipedia's dynamic nature and the unpredictability of the nature of
>the content generated.
>

Looking at this question, question 1, 4, 5, and 6: I wonder if the place
you're speaking to requires some level of stability or a static nature in
the project/theme that they want to call heritage. If something has to be
relatively static to be called a heritage, I wonder if you can consider a
different framing altogether: instead of pitching Wikipedia as a heritage,
you may want to consider pitching the model of global governance of
knowledge Wikipedia has introduced and operates based on as a heritage.
(Basically: the formula is the heritage, not the content itself.) If you
make this switch, then you have concrete elements and some potential claims
to make:
* Wikipedia has revolutionized the way knowledge gets curated and created
in many parts of the world. (You can talk about knowledge by a few to 100s
of thousands of editors contributing to knowledge.)
Wikipedia is not naive and while it welcomes everyone to share in the sum
of all knowledge, the project has thought-through content policies and
mechanisms to enable scalable knowledge curation/creation and maintenance:
* Wikipedia:Verifiability
* Wikipedia:Neutral Point of View
* Wikipedia:Consensus
* Transparency (through revision history)
* Talk pages
...

Happy to think through this with you more if you have follow-ups. (note:
I'm slow in responding to emails. If this is something that has a deadline
in the near future and you want to follow-up on something that I mentioned
above immediately: feel free to schedule one of my public office hours. [1]
otherwise here is great.)

Best,
Leila


[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours#Schedule


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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related to Wikipedia

[Leila Zia]

Dear Hanxuan,

I did a quick pass on your meta page. Thank you for creating it.
Unfortunately I will not have bandwidth to look into the survey and your
page in more detail. However, to be very clear: this is not a blocker for
your research. :) Others may decide to check out your survey or meta page
and give you feedback. I do recommend that you keep an eye on the
"Discussion" tab of your meta page as folks may leave comments there over
time.

Best,
Leila

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On Sun, Oct 29, 2023 at 4:57 PM Hanxuan Sun  wrote:

> Dear Leila and Zachary,
>
>
>
> I have set up my research project via Wikimedia:
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:A_Comparative_Mixed-Methods_Case_Study_to_Explore_the_Revision_of_English-Chinese_Translations_on_Wikipedia
> based on your suggestions. Meanwhile, I have revised the questionnaires in
> English version:
> https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3fNVlLeMgM3BNzg and Chinese
> version: https://unsw.au1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0AjTai9lMOf48FE.
>
>
>
> Would you please check them at your most convenience? Thank you so much!
>
>
>
> Best,
>
> Hanxuan.
>
> *From:* Hanxuan Sun
> *Sent:* Saturday, October 28, 2023 11:38 AM
> *To:* Leila Zia ; Zachary Levonian 
> *Cc:* wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> *Subject:* RE: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related
> to Wikipedia
>
>
>
> Dear Leila and Zachary,
>
>
>
> Thank you so much for your time and detailed suggestions. Apologies for
> not creating my project through the website page. I am working on it now
> and hope it will work soon.
>
>
>
> For the data management section, all the private data will be stored for
> the duration of the study on the UNSW Data Archive (RDMP ID: H0408583), to
> which only the Chief Investigator, my supervisor Professor Stephen Doherty,
> and the Student Investigator, Ms Hanxuan Sun, will have access. The Privacy
> and Confidentiality part is described in Section 11 of the Human Research
> Project Description, which is attached in this email. For the gender
> question, I will revise it based on your suggestions or delete it as it is
> not highly related to my research project. Then, I will revise all the
> questionnaires after discussing with Chinese Wikipedia pump, to make sure
> everything goes well. If you have any question, please feel free to contact
> me.
>
>
>
> Have a nice weekend!
>
> Hanxuan.
>
>
>
> *From:* Leila Zia 
> *Sent:* Friday, October 27, 2023 10:18 AM
> *To:* Hanxuan Sun 
> *Cc:* wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> *Subject:* Re: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related
> to Wikipedia
>
>
>
> 你通常不会收到来自 l...@wikimedia.org 的电子邮件。了解这一点为什么很重要
> <https://aka.ms/LearnAboutSenderIdentification>
>
> [Moving research-wmf to Bcc.]
>
>
>
> Dear Hanxuan Sun.
>
>
>
> Thank you for reaching out.
>
>
>
> *Some tips for increasing the chances of success for your project*
>
>- *Reduce the chance of surprising existing Wikipedia volunteers. *For
>example,
>
>
>- If your project involves recruiting existing Wikipedia editors or
>   changing content in a Wikipedia language, please make sure you 
> communicate
>   that to the relevant Wikipedia language community and engage in 
> follow-up
>   conversations they may want to have with you. On English Wikipedia, you 
> can
>   do it at
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)
>   . (Village pump is a place where many communities Wikipedia language
>   communities maintain for this type of conversation. You can find the 
> other
>   languages' village pump pages by clicking on the languages menu on the
>   top-right side of
>   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump .)
>   - Create a research page for your project on MetaWiki
>   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:New_project and link it in
>   your communications. This is the place where others can learn more about
>   your research. Sample projects at
>   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index . (Reference your
>   IRB from this research page if you can.)
>
>
>- *Understand the context. *We can give you tips to improve your work,
>however, the relevant Wikimedia project (Wikipedia language community in
>your case), is the community who you'll need to primarily work with.
>- *Survey privacy and data retention. *With Wikimedians, sometimes
>less is more. :) I highly recommend you think hard about what data you
>actually need and how long you will keep it for what reason. Keeping
>  

[Wiki-research-l] Re: [Research-wmf] Enquires for conducting a project related to Wikipedia

[Leila Zia]

[Moving research-wmf to Bcc.]

Dear Hanxuan Sun.

Thank you for reaching out.

*Some tips for increasing the chances of success for your project*

   - *Reduce the chance of surprising existing Wikipedia volunteers. *For
   example,
  - If your project involves recruiting existing Wikipedia editors or
  changing content in a Wikipedia language, please make sure you
communicate
  that to the relevant Wikipedia language community and engage in follow-up
  conversations they may want to have with you. On English
Wikipedia, you can
  do it at
  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)
  . (Village pump is a place where many communities Wikipedia language
  communities maintain for this type of conversation. You can find
the other
  languages' village pump pages by clicking on the languages menu on the
  top-right side of https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump
  .)
  - Create a research page for your project on MetaWiki
  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:New_project and link it in
  your communications. This is the place where others can learn more about
  your research. Sample projects at
  https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index . (Reference your IRB
  from this research page if you can.)
   - *Understand the context. *We can give you tips to improve your work,
   however, the relevant Wikimedia project (Wikipedia language community in
   your case), is the community who you'll need to primarily work with.
   - *Survey privacy and data retention. *With Wikimedians, sometimes less
   is more. :) I highly recommend you think hard about what data you actually
   need and how long you will keep it for what reason. Keeping sensitive data
   in perpetuity can raise alarms b/c privacy is something many Wikipedians
   value.
   - *Survey questions. *There are at least a few folks on this list that
   have expertise on this front. They may choose to leave feedback for you.
   Thanks for being proactive and asking for feedback. :) I had a quick look
   at the first few pages. One question that immediately caught my attention
   was the question about gender where you ask about the gender and you offer
   options about sex. That question needs a fix, please. You can find a sample
   of survey questions (including gender related ones at
   https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Insights/2022_Survey_Questions
   ). Having seen this one example you can improve, I highly recommend that
   you seek specific input into your survey questions from a survey specialist
   before running the survey to make sure the survey questions can help you
   with the questions you want to answer as part of the research and that they
   are as close as possible to the latest best practices in survey design.

Good luck!

Best,
Leila

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On Wed, Oct 18, 2023 at 11:51 AM Hanxuan Sun 
wrote:

> Dear Wikipedia organization members,
>
>
>
> Researchers at UNSW are conducting a project about exploring the reasons
> behind translators making changes to their translations on Wikipedia, a
> popular online encyclopedia which uses a ‘crowdsourcing’ approach,
> attracting volunteer translators to translate its content. The research
> will investigate the factors that influence translators’ decisions to
> revise existing translations, such as the quality of translation (e.g.,
> from machine translation), personal beliefs, and discussions with peers in
> online communities, etc.
>
>
>
> The research study is looking recruit people who meet the following
> criteria:
>
>
>
>1. 18 years of age or older;
>2. Live in Australia;
>3. Proficient Chinese and English bilinguals;
>4. Active Wikipedia online volunteers engaged in revision.
>
> Participants will be asked to complete the following research activities
> if they agree to participate:
>
>- Online surveys with 34 questions that will take approximately 20 to
>25 minutes to complete; and/or
>- Followed-up one-on-one interviews via Zoom, which will need around
>30 minutes; and/or
>- Observational study for an active group; and/or
>- Focus group discussion via zoom, which will take around 2 hours.
>- A full description of all research activities, including any risks,
>harms or discomforts that you may experience while participating in this
>research is included in the attached Participant Information Statement and
>Consent Form.
>-
>
> Please contact the following person via email or phone to register your
> interest in taking part in the research:
>
>
>
> *Name*
>
> Hanxuan Sun
>
> *Position*
>
> Student Investigator
>
> *Email*
>
> hanxuan@unsw.edu.au
>
>
>
> If you have questions about the

[Wiki-research-l] Re: [events] Wiki Workshop 2023 Announcement

[Leila Zia]

A quick note that if you missed Wiki Workshop 2023, you can now find all
the recordings of the sessions at [1]. Alternatively, if you're interested
to watch the recording of a specific talk or specific parts of the
workshop, look in [2] and [3] for "Video" corresponding to the relevant
event. If you are an author or presenter, consider sharing the video of
your session in your webpage or social media.

And looking into the future: We expect to announce the date of Wiki
Workshop 2024 in the coming few weeks. Stay tuned!

Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop organizing team

[1] https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhV3K_DS5YfILLogVfycnWLC7s3E81p0b
[2] https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/#schedule
[3] https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/#papers


On Thu, Oct 20, 2022 at 1:28 PM Leila Zia  wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
> Wiki Workshop [1 <https://wikiworkshop.org/>] 2023 will be the 10th
> edition of Wiki Workshop! \o/ In the spirit of research and
> experimentation, we have decided to make some changes for this decade
> edition event. There are some changes that we know about now, and some that
> are work in progress. Below you can learn more about the high level changes
> we expect to implement.
>
> *Online or in-person?*
> Based on the feedback that we have gathered from Wiki Workshop attendees
> over the past few years, a survey of authors of the recent Wiki Workshops,
> as well as data about the geographical and gender diversity of Wiki
> Workshop attendees (disclosed optionally as part of the registration form,
> and aggregated), *we have decided to offer Wiki Workshop 2023 as a fully
> online event*.
>
> Through the authors' survey we also learned that some authors who publish
> in Wiki Workshop appreciated the in-person presence of the Wiki Workshop
> community as part of the Web Conference [2
> <https://www2023.thewebconf.org/>] (formerly WWW). *We are exploring
> options to bring the Wikimedia researchers who will attend TheWebConf 2023
> in-person together while some of us will be in Austin*. More details on
> this in early 2023.
>
> *When*
> We expect the workshop to take place some time in April-June 2023. We will
> announce the exact date no later than the end of February 2023.
>
> *Publishing and proceedings*
> When we surveyed Wiki Workshop authors, those who responded were split
> 50-50 between whether it is important for them to have their workshop
> submission as part of a proceedings. This allowed us to start considering
> options other than the Companion Proceedings of WWW (the traditional venue
> where a subset of Wiki Workshop papers were published in every year).
>
> I'm very excited to share that we have found a new approach for publishing
> Wiki Workshop papers that can allow us to experiment with new models and
> keep the two groups of authors happy.
>
> For the 2023 edition, *we will continue with the tradition of receiving
> paper submissions for Wiki Workshop* (though we may change the submission
> format/length for 2023)* and all accepted papers will appear in the 
> **corresponding
> Wiki Workshop website*, similar to last year's. [3
> <https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#papers>] However, instead of accepting a
> subset of the papers to appear in Proceedings of WWW, we are working with
> the Editor in Chief of ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB) [4
> <https://dl.acm.org/journal/tweb>] to create a pathway for a subset of
> the Wiki Workshop papers (likely after being extended) to be submitted for
> review to *a special edition of ACM TWEB*.
>
> There are a lot of details for us to work on to make the TWEB special
> edition happen and that means this year you should expect to receive the
> Call for Paper for Wiki Workshop some time in late January to middle of
> February 2023 (instead of the usual December time-frame).
>
> I am very excited about the opportunity for the work of the Wikimedia
> research and Wiki Workshop community to be published as part of ACM
> Transactions on the Web and I'm very grateful to Ryen White,
> Editor-in-Chief of ACM TWEB, for being welcoming in exploring this idea and
> offering a special edition space (details tbd).
>
> *Other changes*
> There are some other high level schedule changes that we may make for the
> 2023 edition. If you like to stay informed about these changes at a
> granular level and over time, you're welcome to subscribe to the
> Phabricator task where these changes will be tracked:
> https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313530 .
>
> We hope to be back with more updates for you in early 2023.
>
> Best,
> Leila, Bob and Emily
>
> p.s. Please note that I didn't run the text of this email with Bob and
> Emily (cc-ed). We have coordinated and discussed these changes among
> ourselves,

[Wiki-research-l] [announcement] Welcoming Kinneret Gordon to Research at the Wikimedia Foundation

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

I'm very happy to share [1] that Kinneret Gordon has joined the Research
team at the Wikimedia Foundation as our Lead Research Community Officer. In
this capacity, Kinneret oversees many of our team's initiatives to serve
the Wikimedia research community and will be the leading voice within the
Wikimedia Foundation to advocate for the needs of this community. All
members of the Research team [2] will continue dedicating a portion of
their time to the research community (roughly 20% for the coming 12 months).

I encourage you to learn more about Kinneret at [1] and book one of her
upcoming office hours [3] if you'd like to get to know her or talk with her
for matters that are related to the Wikimedia research community.

I'm very happy to see that we have the support to continue prioritizing
serving the Wikimedia research community within the Wikimedia Foundation
and our team. I'm looking forward to working with Kinneret, the rest of the
team, and all of you to help further strengthen the Wikimedia research
community.

Best,
Leila

[1] Although some of you have already learned about part of this email
through https://research.wikimedia.org/report.html#people
[2] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours#Schedule

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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Research Report No 8 is out

[Leila Zia]

Hi all, A few of you have flagged that the link to the report can't be
clicked. I'm not sure why this is happening. Here is one more try in
plain text mode: https://research.wikimedia.org/report.html

I hope this one works. :)

Leila



On Wed, Jul 12, 2023 at 6:14 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> If you are interested in one/some/all of the projects and initiatives that 
> the Research team [1] at the Wikimedia Foundation is driving or is heavily 
> involved with, our bi-annual Research Report is a good place for you to get a 
> high level update about our work.
>
> We just published our 8th bi-annual report at 
> https://research.wikimedia.org/report.html which captures the work of the 
> Research team, our contractors, and our formal collaborators [2] during 
> January to June 2023. In the report you can also find information about 
> upcoming events which may be of interest to you, our latest formal 
> collaborators, and trends we watch.
>
> We hope you engage with parts or all of the report. If you prefer to print 
> the report, ctrl+p/cmd+p are your friends.
>
> Best,
> Leila,
>
> [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Collaborators
>
> --
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> Head of Research
> Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wiki-research-l] Research Report No 8 is out

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

If you are interested in one/some/all of the projects and initiatives that
the Research team [1] at the Wikimedia Foundation is driving or is heavily
involved with, our bi-annual Research Report is a good place for you to get
a high level update about our work.

We just published our 8th bi-annual report at https://research
.wikimedia.org/report.html which captures the work of the Research team,
our contractors, and our formal collaborators [2] during January to June
2023. In the report you can also find information about upcoming events
which may be of interest to you, our latest formal collaborators, and
trends we watch.

We hope you engage with parts or all of the report. If you prefer to print
the report, ctrl+p/cmd+p are your friends.

Best,
Leila,

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Collaborators

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[Wiki-research-l] [job] Research Manager - Wikimedia Foundation Research team

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

We have opened a Research Manager position in the Research team [1] at WMF.
The to be hired manager will be accountable for the knowledge integrity
roadmap [2] of our team and part of the conducting foundational work
roadmap [3] (both roadmaps need updates after they join). Miriam Redi, also
a Research Manager in our team, will continue to be accountable for the
knowledge gap roadmap [4] and part of the conducting foundational work
roadmap.

This email serves multiple purposes:

   - A courtesy announcement so you're aware
   - Sharing the job posting with you if you are interested to apply
   - Asking for your support to spread the word about the position if you
   know of people who may be interested

The job description is at:
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/5143645

If you have questions about how we organize work within the Research team,
this opening, or other topics that you would like to talk with me about, I
invite you to book one of my office hours which you can schedule through
[5].

Best,
Leila


[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[2]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Knowledge_Integrity_-_Wikimedia_Research_2030.pdf
[3]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Foundations_-_Wikimedia_Research_2030.pdf
[4]
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/1e/Address_Knowledge_Gaps_Three_Years_On.pdf
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours#Schedule

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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Partnership Proposal: UNESCO WHV "Ahmedabad: From the lenses of Built Heritage"

[Leila Zia]

Hi Khushi,

Thanks for writing to us (and a special thanks for writing this email
publicly:). You refer to another conversation that you seem to have had
with specific individuals. I'm unaware of that conversation. However, I
would be happy to explore with you how we may be able to directly support
your effort as WMF's Research team. If you're interested, please book one
of my public office hours posted at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours#Schedule and
I'd be happy to connect.

And good luck with your event planning. :)

Best,
Leila

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On Tue, Jun 27, 2023 at 7:45 PM  wrote:

> Hello Khushi Shah,
>
> I am Pavan Santhosh, the Program Manager of the Centre for Internet and
> Society's Access to Knowledge program (CIS-A2K). For the past decade, we
> have been working with Wikimedia communities in India to catalyze the
> growth of the open knowledge movement in South Asia and Indic languages.
>
> As part of our work, we have a keen interest and experience in documenting
> various forms of heritage in Wikimedia projects. Additionally, we closely
> collaborate with several Wikimedia communities and user groups in India who
> are actively involved in similar efforts. Your initiative, "Ahmedabad: From
> the lenses of built heritage," has caught our attention, and we believe
> there is potential for collaboration and synergy in this area.
>
> We would like to request an online call to explore this collaboration
> further. Please write to me at pa...@cis-india.org to schedule a suitable
> time.
>
> Looking forward to a fruitful collaboration.
>
> Best regards,
> Pavan Santhosh
> Program Manager
> CIS-A2K
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: My departure from Wikimedia

[Leila Zia]

Hi Emily,

You were our team's first Research Community Officer and you helped me
understand even more than before why it is critical to have this capacity
in our team. Thank you so much for all your contributions. There are many
to call out but to name a few here:

*A vision. *We now have a vision

(and clarity through that) by what we mean when we say "the Research team
serves the Wikimedia research community.". I will think about you each time
I read "We envision a world in which every researcher can effectively and
joyfully contribute to Wikimedia projects."[1]

*The Wikimedia Research Fund. *[2] I dreamed of having Research Funds

available to researchers who want to contribute their expertise to the
Wikimedia projects for some years. Many important things had to come
together to make this dream a reality and one of the key components of it
was having a dedicated, organized, and relentless person in the Research
team who connects all the elements that need to connect to make it a
reality.

*A collaborative colleague. *You were always there for me, and from what
I've heard from the team, for the team. Always. I appreciate your
collaborative spirit, and your willingness to listen to others' needs,
motivations and what they want to achieve and then bring your expertise and
skills to help make them a reality.

I hope our paths continue to cross in the future. Good luck with what's
next. Your new organization and team is lucky to have you! <3 and thank
you! :)

---
Hi everyone,

If you need support, please don't hesitate to utilize the Research
team's Office
Hours  [3].
If those are not sufficient, please feel welcome to write an email to me.

The priorities for our team until the end of June 2023 with regards to
research community are:

   - Organize Wiki Workshop 2023  [4] (in
   collaboration with volunteer researchers and organizers)
   - Decide on Wikimedia Research Fund proposals to be accepted (in
   collaboration with volunteer researchers and Community Resources)
   - Choose the winner(s) of WMF-RAY
    (in collaboration with Mako)
   - Organize Wikimedia Research Showcase
   (s) [5]
   - Continue shaping the Introduction to Wikimedia research course
    [6] (in
   collaboration with content creators and instructors of the course)
   - Organize the Research, Science and Medicine track of Wikimania 2023
   (in collaboration with other volunteers)
   - Maintain existing Formal Collaborations
    [7]

As you can imagine, Emily's departure will reduce our capacity for a period
of time. If you have other needs that are not part of the initiatives
listed above, feel free to reach out to me and communicate those especially
as we are in the middle of annual planning for next fiscal year (starting
July as well). However, I ask for your patience and understanding as we may
not be able to prioritize your ask due to competing priorities.

Thanks,
Leila

[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Research_Community_Vision_and_Strategy
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund
[3] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours
[4] https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/
[5] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase
[6] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Course
[7] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Collaborators

On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 9:25 AM Asher  wrote:

> Dear Emily,
> It is good interacting with you, online. I wish you well in your new
> endeavours. Who knows, our paths may cross again for more learning.All the
> best.
> Best regards,
> Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu
>
>
>
> Sent from Yahoo Mail on Android
>
>   On Wed, 19 Apr 2023 at 17:12, Chiemezie Atama
> wrote:   Dear Emily.
> Some of us that have interacted with you are new in the space. I was very
> excited meeting you and had hoped we could work together but now you are
> leaving. I feel bad but still hopeful that our part may still cross again.
> Wishing you all the best.
> Chiemezie Atama.
>
> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023, 4:47 PM Emily Lescak  wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I joined the WMF Research team in June, 2021 as the Senior Research
> > Community Officer. Over the last two years, I have had the pleasure of
> > interacting with many of you through Office Hours, Research Showcases,
> the
> > Research Fund, and the listening tour I held during my first few months.
> I
> > have enjoyed learning more about your research 

[Wiki-research-l] Register for Wiki Workshop 2023

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

We are excited to invite you to the *10th edition* of Wiki Workshop on *May
11, 2023 *(starting 12:00 UTC).

We are putting an engaging program for this year's special edition. Thanks
to many of you, we have received more than 60 research submissions, the
largest in the history of Wiki Workshop. :) We are gradually posting
content on https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/ but until then:

We hope that you decide to join us for this year's edition. *To register*:
Please go to (privacy statement for pretix [0])
https://pretix.eu/wikimedia/wikiworkshop2023/ . This year's event is free
of charge and held virtually.

We look forward to connecting with many of you on May 11th.

Best,
Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop 2023 organizers [1]

[0]
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Wiki_Workshop_Privacy_Statement
[1] https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/#organization
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[Wiki-research-l] Heads up: IP masking

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

If you are actively using IP addresses of not-logged-in editors of the
Wikimedia projects for your research or intend to do so in the future,
please read on. Otherwise, you can stop here.

As you know, IP addresses can provide a wealth of information about
not-logged-in editors, including sensitive information such as their
location and organization. This can pose a privacy risk to these editors.
To mitigate this, the Wikimedia Foundation (WMF) is currently working on a
project to mask IP addresses and limit their exposure and storage on our
platform.

The IP masking project can have an impact on your work. Given that the
Research team represents the needs of the Wikimedia research community in
the Wikimedia Foundation, we are reaching out to you to notify you of the
upcoming changes. We do this in coordination with the team responsible for
IP masking.

The change: When WMF launches the IP masking, future edits from
not-logged-in users (sometimes referred to as unregistered users) will no
longer be attributed to their IP addresses. Instead, they will be assigned
auto generated temporary usernames that will be tied to a cookie on their
browsers. As long as the cookie persists, the edits will be attributed to
that user. After a certain period of time (tentatively one year), the
cookie will automatically expire. Users who need access to IP addresses to
protect Wikimedia projects from vandalism or other abuse will be able to do
so on a limited basis and for a limited period of time.

No change. IP addresses of not-logged-in users in the historical data will
remain unchanged. The IP masking rollout will affect future edits (relative
to the time of rollout) only.

Timelines: The projected timeline for early pilot (in 1-2 wikimedia
projects) rollout is between October-December 2023. The team doesn’t yet
have a projected timeline for a complete rollout of this change to all
Wikimedia projects.

What we have considered to offer instead. We understand the importance of
IP addresses for research purposes. To that end:

   -

   The Research <https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html> and Security
   <https://security.wikimedia.org/> teams did an initial exploration of
   whether we can offer one or more alternative datasets that can support
   existing research that utilizes IP addresses. We concluded that we will not
   be able to offer country level data –the most common use-case of IP
   addresses to the best of our knowledge – at the revision level at this
   point in time.
   -

   The Research team will consider exploring the option to offer a
   user-group level access to researchers who need to have access to this
   data. The priority of this work will depend on other priorities of the
   Research team as well as an impact assessment based on what we hear from
   the researchers who currently work with this data. (See the next paragraph.
   )


Impact on your research: If this change creates a significant burden on you
or your research, we want to hear from you by April 30, 2023. You can
communicate this impact by leaving a comment in
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T332034. If there is an impact that you
cannot communicate publicly, please write an email to Niharika Kohli <
nko...@wikimedia.org> (IP Masking, Product Manager, also in CC) & myself <
l...@wikimedia.org> (Head of Research). We commit to reviewing all comments
we receive by the deadline, and we commit to exploring ways to support you
to reduce the impact on you and your work. We also ask for your
understanding. If this data is not essential for your work, please consider
using the many other data sources that we make publicly available,
including but not limited to those listed in
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Data.

Sharing your expertise. If you have conducted research or are aware of
research that the team should take into account as WMF moves forward with
IP masking, please share that with the team on the project’s talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Talk:IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation>
.

Stay updated. You can stay updated about this project through the project’s
dedicated page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/IP_Editing:_Privacy_Enhancement_and_Abuse_Mitigation>
.


Please consider this email as a one-time courtesy notification. We may not
send reminders. As a result, if your work may be affected, please take a
note of this email and reach out to us by the deadline. :)

Thanks,

Leila

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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Subject: Wikimedia Research three main sites?

[Leila Zia]

Hi Ismael,

Please see below.

On Thu, Mar 2, 2023 at 1:32 AM Ismael Olea  wrote:

> Hi:
>
> I'm checking the official information about this line of work and I'm
> finding what looks to me three main sites:
> https://research.wikimedia.org/
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research


The two websites are the entry points to learn more about the Research team
at the Wikimedia Foundation and the work we do.


> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Index


I consider Research:Index as one of the main entry points to learn more
about research on the Wikimedia projects. I think of this entry point as a
co-created entry point by the community of Wikimedia researchers and
research enthusiasts. The Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation
contributes to this entry point and some of its subpages as one actor in
the community.


> And all of them look active.
>
> At first glance it looks redundant. Is this the expected organization?


If your question is whether these three entry points are created
intentionally and considering one another's existence, my answer is Yes.

Best,
Leila



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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Talk on open participation and information quality in Wikipedia (Benjamin Mako Hill, 2023-02-15)

[Leila Zia]

Hi Tristan, Thank you for sharing this with us. If the talk will be
recorded, I'd appreciate it if you share a link with us after the session
when it becomes available.

Looking forward to learning more. :)

Leila

On Wed, Feb 8, 2023 at 2:23 AM Tristan Miller 
wrote:

> The Wikimedia Foundation has developed a set of ML/AI systems that have
> been shaping editing behaviour on Wikipedia. How these tools have
> impacted the efficiency and fairness of moderation work will be
> discussed in "Balancing Open Participation and Information Quality in
> Wikipedia Using Machine Learning", a talk by Benjamin Mako Hill of the
> University of Washington. The talk is part of the 2023 Lecture Series of
> the Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence:
> https://www.ofai.at/events/lectures2023
>
> Members of the public are cordially invited to attend the talk via Zoom
> on Wednesday, 15 February at 18:30 CET (UTC+1):
>
> URL:
> https://us06web.zoom.us/j/84282442460?pwd=NHVhQnJXOVdZTWtNcWNRQllaQWFnQT09
> Meeting ID: 842 8244 2460
> Passcode: 678868
>
> Talk abstract: Peer produced information goods like free/open source
> software and Wikipedia are both increasingly important and increasingly
> under threat. This talk will describe how Wikipedia has sought to
> balance its commitment to open editing and its desire to allow
> participation from unvetted and anonymous users with its need to
> maintain high information quality in its articles. I will focus on the
> way that a set of ML/AI systems developed by the Wikimedia Foundation
> allow scholars to measure the value of contributions from anonymous
> users and the surprising way that these systems can also be used by the
> Wikipedia community to shape editing behavior. I will argue that use of
> these ML/AI systems can both improve the efficiency of moderation work
> while also making moderation actions more fair to anonymous contributors
> who are the source of substantial vandalism by reducing reliance on
> social signals and making norm violations by everyone else more visible.
>
> Speaker biography: Benjamin Mako Hill is an Associate Professor in the
> University of Washington Department of Communication and an Adjunct
> Associate Professor in the Department of Human-Centered Design &
> Engineering, the Paul G. Allen School of Computer Science & Engineering,
> and the Information School. He is a member of Community Data Science
> Collective which he founded with Aaron Shaw. At UW, he is also Affiliate
> Faculty in the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, the
> eScience Institute, and the "Design Use Build" (DUB) group that supports
> research on on human computer interaction. He is also a Faculty
> Associate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at
> Harvard University and an affiliate of the Institute for Quantitative
> Social Science at Harvard.
>
> --
> Dr.-Ing. Tristan Miller, Research Scientist
> Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (OFAI)
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[Wiki-research-l] Wiki Workshop - keynote suggestions

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

If you have recommendations or wishes for keynote speaker(s) for Wiki
Workshop 2023, please share them with me or Bob West off-list by February
13th, 11:59 AM UTC. It will be really helpful if you provide 1-2 sentence
descriptions of why you're suggesting a particular person. If you don't
have a person in mind but have a topic in mind that you think we should
consider inviting a keynote speaker for, you can share that as well.

Context:
As many of you know, we are co-organizing Wiki Workshop 2023. Expect
https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/ to come to life in the coming couple of days
and more communications about it. And mark your calendars: May 11th, 2023
it is.

Best,
Leila

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[Wiki-research-l] [events] Wiki Workshop 2023 Announcement

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

Wiki Workshop [1 <https://wikiworkshop.org/>] 2023 will be the 10th edition
of Wiki Workshop! \o/ In the spirit of research and experimentation, we
have decided to make some changes for this decade edition event. There are
some changes that we know about now, and some that are work in progress.
Below you can learn more about the high level changes we expect to
implement.

*Online or in-person?*
Based on the feedback that we have gathered from Wiki Workshop attendees
over the past few years, a survey of authors of the recent Wiki Workshops,
as well as data about the geographical and gender diversity of Wiki
Workshop attendees (disclosed optionally as part of the registration form,
and aggregated), *we have decided to offer Wiki Workshop 2023 as a fully
online event*.

Through the authors' survey we also learned that some authors who publish
in Wiki Workshop appreciated the in-person presence of the Wiki Workshop
community as part of the Web Conference [2 <https://www2023.thewebconf.org/>]
(formerly WWW). *We are exploring options to bring the Wikimedia
researchers who will attend TheWebConf 2023 in-person together while some
of us will be in Austin*. More details on this in early 2023.

*When*
We expect the workshop to take place some time in April-June 2023. We will
announce the exact date no later than the end of February 2023.

*Publishing and proceedings*
When we surveyed Wiki Workshop authors, those who responded were split
50-50 between whether it is important for them to have their workshop
submission as part of a proceedings. This allowed us to start considering
options other than the Companion Proceedings of WWW (the traditional venue
where a subset of Wiki Workshop papers were published in every year).

I'm very excited to share that we have found a new approach for publishing
Wiki Workshop papers that can allow us to experiment with new models and
keep the two groups of authors happy.

For the 2023 edition, *we will continue with the tradition of receiving
paper submissions for Wiki Workshop* (though we may change the submission
format/length for 2023)* and all accepted papers will appear in the
**corresponding
Wiki Workshop website*, similar to last year's. [3
<https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#papers>] However, instead of accepting a
subset of the papers to appear in Proceedings of WWW, we are working with
the Editor in Chief of ACM Transactions on the Web (TWEB) [4
<https://dl.acm.org/journal/tweb>] to create a pathway for a subset of the
Wiki Workshop papers (likely after being extended) to be submitted for
review to *a special edition of ACM TWEB*.

There are a lot of details for us to work on to make the TWEB special
edition happen and that means this year you should expect to receive the
Call for Paper for Wiki Workshop some time in late January to middle of
February 2023 (instead of the usual December time-frame).

I am very excited about the opportunity for the work of the Wikimedia
research and Wiki Workshop community to be published as part of ACM
Transactions on the Web and I'm very grateful to Ryen White,
Editor-in-Chief of ACM TWEB, for being welcoming in exploring this idea and
offering a special edition space (details tbd).

*Other changes*
There are some other high level schedule changes that we may make for the
2023 edition. If you like to stay informed about these changes at a
granular level and over time, you're welcome to subscribe to the
Phabricator task where these changes will be tracked:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T313530 .

We hope to be back with more updates for you in early 2023.

Best,
Leila, Bob and Emily

p.s. Please note that I didn't run the text of this email with Bob and
Emily (cc-ed). We have coordinated and discussed these changes among
ourselves, and they're welcome to add/update as they see fit.


[1] https://wikiworkshop.org/
[2] https://www2023.thewebconf.org/
[3] https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#papers
[4] https://dl.acm.org/journal/tweb

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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [Analytics] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] October 19

[Leila Zia]

A reminder: This showcase is happening now. Join us if you have time or
watch it later: YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML-ULyARpU4



On Mon, Oct 17, 2022 at 7:01 AM Emily Lescak  wrote:

> Hello everyone,
>
> The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, October 19, at
> 9:30 AM PST/16:30 UTC. Find your local time here
> .
>
> YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ML-ULyARpU4
>
> Members of the Research team will collect questions on IRC at
> #wikimedia-research and YouTube.
>
> This month's presentation is a panel discussion celebrating
> Wikidata's 10th birthday!
>
> October 2022 marks the tenth anniversary of the launch of Wikidata (
> www.wikidata.org). In ten years, this project has become the largest
> community-driven free knowledge graph in the world, enabling a common
> knowledge base for Wikimedia projects. The language-independent nature of
> Wikidata has greatly improved the maintenance and consistency of knowledge
> across Wikipedia language editions, fostering knowledge equity in
> Wikimedia. In addition, since Wikidata is a collaborative project that can
> be read and edited by humans and machines alike, it is also widely used in
> third-party applications delivering knowledge as a service for all. The
> Wikimedia Research community has devoted significant effort and resources
> in studying the foundations, capabilities and applications of Wikidata,
> from the complex requirements of representing real-world knowledge in a
> multilingual environment to the needs to assess the quality of data and
> sources in Wikidata. To learn more about the state of the art of Wikidata
> and research challenges in the era of AI/ML, we will celebrate this tenth
> anniversary with a panel that will bring together established
> researchers/practitioners in this field.
>
> The panel will be moderated by Denny Vrandečić (WMF) with panelists Lydia
> Pintscher (WMDE), Elena Simperl (King's College London), Katherine Thornton
> (Yale), and Markus Krötzsch (Technical University of Dresden).
>
> You can also watch our past research showcases here:
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase
>
> We hope you can join us!
>
> Warm regards,
>
> Emily, on behalf of the WMF Research team
>
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> Senior Research Community Officer
> The Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Requesting access to Revision Deletion

[Leila Zia]

Hi Andrew, Thanks for adding wiki-research-l.

Hi Thiago,

Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. I will have to admit that there
may be ways you can access this data that I'm not aware of. One way that I
know is for WMF to give you access to
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:GlobalGroupPermissions/wmf-researcher
. For that, we need a Formal Collaboration to be set up, as Andrew shared
earlier. The Research team's [1] capacity is currently unfortunately
limited with multiple existing priorities that we need to remain focused
on. As a result we cannot add a Formal Collaboration to support you.

While unfortunately we won't be able to support you now, I hope that
through efforts such as investments in differential privacy [2] we can
support you and other researchers with access to some of the data that is
currently private.

I'm sorry that I can't support you at this time and I hope you understand.

Best,
Leila

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Differential_privacy
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On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 8:48 AM Andrew Otto  wrote:

> Hello!
>
> I don't think I have the authority to grant this approval as stated.  We
> can't make this data public, but if you find a research sponsor at the
> Wikimedia Foundation, we can grant you access to private data internally if
> you sign an NDA.
>
> Please see
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Formal_collaborations
> and
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:FAQ#collaborations for more
> information on how to contact the WMF Research team and propose a formal
> collaboration.
>
> I am also CCing the wiki-research-l mailing list.
>
> Good luck!
> -Andrew Otto
>
> On Mon, Sep 26, 2022 at 3:27 AM Thiago Freitas 
> wrote:
>
> > Dear Andrew Otto,
> > How are you?
> >
> > I'm Thiago Freitas, a PhD student from the Artificial Intelligence
> > Research Institute (IIIA-CSIC) in Spain. We are working on detecting
> > hate speech in online communities and we are interested in the Wikipedia
> > use case, specifically the Revision Deletion data, which is not publicly
> > available.
> >
> > I am writing this email to "coordinate obtaining a comment of approval
> > on this task from the approving party" as described in the required task
> > in Phabricator. We have already published work on detecting norm
> > violations on Wikipedia
> > (https://www.ifaamas.org/Proceedings/aamas2022/pdfs/p427.pdf and
> > bit.ly/3t08QCg) with data available online, now we are looking to
> > further improve the quality of our research on hate speech detection
> > with this additional dataset. We will use this data to build different
> > machine learning models with experiments in several approaches. I would
> > be glad to provide further information about our work. Thank you so much
> > for your attention.
> >
> > Best regards,
> > Thiago Freitas
> >
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Request for full details or link if any

[Leila Zia]

Hi Ngozi,

It was nice talking with you yesterday and thanks for signing up to
Wikimedia research's public mailing list. Thank you also for your question.
:)

You can read about the purpose of this list, norms, and tags at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/postorius/lists/wiki-research-l.lists.wikimedia.org/
. I'll paste them here for easier access as well:
Purpose
The wiki-research-l mailing lists is a venue for discussing research on
Wikimedia projects, and for sharing announcements about research related
event, opportunities, and positions that may interest the audience of this
mailing list.
NormsEach of us has a share to make this space better. By subscribing to
this mailing list you agree to:

   - Be kind and respectful towards others; Assume Good Faith.
   - Be succinct. If your email is long, put a summary at the beginning of
   the email.
   - Stay on topic in conversations. If you want to go on a tangent, make a
   fork and start a fresh thread.

TagsThe following tags are in-use and we ask you to use them in the subject
line of your email as relevant. You can suggest a new tag
. (Mailman supports filtering by
tags .)

   - [job]: If you have a post related to a position or opportunity for
   application.
   - [events]: If you have an announcement about an event that can be
   relevant to Wikimedia researchers.

The list is currently low in traffic but don't let that be a barrier for
you to reach out and ask questions or share ideas.

Welcome to the Wikimedia research community. :)

See you around.

Leila

On Fri, Oct 7, 2022 at 2:35 AM Asher  wrote:

> Dear Coordinator,
> Thank you for adding me in the Wikimedia research mailing list. I truly
> appreciate this. I would love to know more about how the platform works or
> what are expected of the members of this platform. If there is a link,
> could you please refer me to that? Thank you.
> Kind regards,
> Ngozi Perpetua Osuchukwu
>
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[Wiki-research-l] Submit research proposals for funding - Wikimedia Research Fund

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

We're really excited to announce the launch of the second *Wikimedia
Research Fund *with the goal of diversifying the network of Wikimedia
researchers globally and supporting the Wikimedia Movement in deeper
understanding of the projects, decision making, and building new
technologies.

If you are a Wikimedia researcher or you are interested in becoming one,
you can apply for research funds (USD 2K-50K) until December 16, 2022.
While all research proposals related to Wikimedia projects are welcome, we
particularly encourage research studies on medium to small size languages
and communities, as well as in low resourced languages and projects. You
can even propose to repeat a past study in a given language in another
language!

More info at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund
.

*Apply by December 16, 2022* and/or spread the word!

If you have questions, please reach out to us at research_f...@wikimedia.org,
Meta-Wiki [1], here, or in one of our upcoming office hours (schedule will
be shared in [2] soon!)

Best,
the Research Fund committee chairs
Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start

[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund/Wikimedia_Research_Fund#Office_Hours
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[Wiki-research-l] Research Report No 6 is out

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

You can now read Research Report No 6 at https://research.wikimedia.org/
report.html . The report captures the work of the Research team [1] and our
formal collaborators [2] during January to June 2022, updates about our
team, events, and more.

We hope you enjoy reading parts or all of the report and find it helpful.
If you prefer to print the report, ctrl+p/cmd+p are your friends.

Best,
Leila,

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Collaborators

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[Wiki-research-l] [event] Fwd: TTO 2022 Early-Bird Tickets Now on Sale!

[Leila Zia]

The following event may be of interest to some of you.

Best,
Leila


-- Forwarded message -
From: TTO 2022 Organizing Team 
Date: Thu, Aug 25, 2022 at 8:03 AM
Subject: TTO 2022 Early-Bird Tickets Now on Sale!
To: 


Details about keynotes, talks, online sessions, and more
View this email in your browser

[image: TTO 2022: Online Oct 12, IRL Oct 13 & Oct 14]

TTO 2022 Early-Bird Tickets Now on Sale! TTO 2022 is happy to announce that
registration for Truth and Trust Online 2022 is now open — register early,
and save on tickets. Learn more about TTO 2022 pricing by clicking the
button below. We're looking forward to seeing you IRL in October!
Purchase Your Early Bird Ticket by September 15th!

TTO 2022 Program Now in its fourth year, TTO 2022 will be held in-person at
Boston University, as well as online. Up to 500 representatives from
industry, academia, and civil society are expected to participate in this
year’s conference activities in person and online.
Keynote speakers: #HashtagActivism – Networks of Race and Gender Justice
[image: Keynote speakers: #HashtagActivism – Networks of Race and Gender
Justice]

Sarah J. Jackson (center), Moya Bailey (left), and Brooke Foucault Welles
(right), authors of #HashtagActivism – Networks of Race and Gender Justice
.
Photo Credit: Northeastern University.
Keynote speakers #HashtagActivism – Networks of Race and Gender Justice

TTO 2022 is excited to announce that the authors of #HashtagActivism –
Networks of Race and Gender Justice
.
Sarah J. Jackson (University of Pennsylvania), Moya Bailey (Northwestern
University), and Brooke Foucault Welles (Northeastern University) will be
presenting a keynote at TTO 2022.
Truth and trust online is pleased to bring you an exciting program of
invited and contributed talks. Please visit the TTO program page

for
the listed workshops, talks, and panels.
Pre-Conference Workshops (Online)

   - *When: October 12th, 2022*
   - *Where: Online*

*Reveddit.com: Improving online discourse with transparent moderation*
Presenter: Rob Hawkins (Founder of Reveddit.com)

*Tracking Exposed: a tool for TikTok algorithmic audits and shadow-ban
detection*
Presenter: Salvatore Romano (Head of Research, Tracking Exposed)

*Talk: **Sophia Smith Galer, Senior News Reporter, Vice World News *explores
some of the research she gathered for her book Losing It: Sex Education for
the 21st Century.


*Panel: **Examining the spread of gendered health misinformation*
Panel led by Jenna Sherman, Digital Health Lab Program Manager, Meedan.
Talks

   - *When: October 13th and 14th, 2022 *
   - *Where: George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Ave, Boston, MA*

Paper Presentations

*Fact-checking multidimensional statistic claims in French*, Oana Balalau,
Simon Ebel, Théo Galizzi, Ioana Manolescu, Quentin Massonnat, Antoine
Deiana, Emilie Gautreau, Antoine Krempf, Thomas Pointillon, Gérald Roux,
and Joanna Yakin.

*ToxEx: Zero and few-shot natural language explanations for toxicity
detection, *Alexander Gaskell, Marina Fomicheva, and Lucia Specia.

*"Gettr-ing" user insights from the social network Gettr*, Filipo
Sharevski, Amy Devine, Emma Pieroni, and Peter Jachim.

*The role of online attention in the supply of disinformation in
Wikipedia*, Anis
Elebiary and Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia.

*YouTube COVID-19 Vaccine Misinformation on Twitter: Platform interactions
and moderation blind spots*, David Axelrod, Brian Harper, and John Paolillo.

Technical Talks

*Is personalised content moderation a Good Idea? *Bertie Vidgen and Paul
Röttger.

*vera.ai  - Verification assisted by Artificial
Intelligence, *Kalina Bontcheva, Symeon Papadopoulos, et al.

*The Data Access and Transparency (DATA) Index: Evaluating transparency in
online social platforms*, Shayne Longpre, Cameron Hickey, Manoel Ribeiro,
and Deb Roy.

*Identification and characterization of misinformation superspreaders on
social media*, Matthew DeVerna, Rachith Aiyappa, Diogo Pacheco, John
Bryden, and Filippo Menczer.

*The Audience Initiative: Assessing what drives trust and public value in
online media*, Maha Taki, Sonia Whitehead, and Alasdair Stuart.

*Public reasoning towards truth and community 

[Wiki-research-l] WM Research team - time investment heads up

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

If you interact with the Wikimedia Foundation's Research team [1] or
rely on some of the services that we offer to the Wikimedia research
community, I'd like to share an update with you regarding a change on
our team's end for the period of July 2022 until June 30, 2023 in
terms of how we invest our time on the Wikimedia Research Community
front.

==Context for the change==
We want to build a course that can help researchers (or potential
future researchers) learn how to contribute their research expertise
to the Wikimedia research community and Wikimedia Movement most
effectively and joyfully. :) Developing the course material will
require significant time investment from our small team. As a result,
we are pausing a couple of the existing team initiatives/activities or
are reducing time investment on some fronts. We may pause or lower
time investments on some other fronts as we progress towards
developing the course.

==What are we changing?==
1. We are pausing Monthly Research Office Hours [2] for 6 months with
a possibility of extending the pause to 12 months. Emily Lescak, our
senior Research Community Officer, had iterated over the format of the
office hours and we were looking forward to launching with the new
format in August. We will pick up experimenting with the changes that
she had planned once we start investing in this space again. :)

2. We are going to reduce our public speaking work (talks, tutorials,
keynotes, ...) and we may reduce some of the research community
service work we normally offer unless we have already committed to
them (PC member, track chair or PC chair roles and responsibilities,
etc.). We may continue doing the research service work in our
volunteer time.

3. We will be generally more conservative for picking up new
initiatives or actions/activities for our team.

==What will not change in the coming 6 months?==
* We are continuing to invest on three programs that our team has led
over the years: Address Knowledge Gaps, Improve Knowledge Integrity,
and Building the Foundations. [3]
* On the Research Community front, our team is currently planning to
continue to maintain these initiatives/activities:
** Research Fund
** WMF Research Award of the Year
** Wiki Workshop
** Monthly Research Showcases
** bi-annual Research Report
** Formal Collaborations program and mentoring interns

==Should you expect more changes in our services for you?==
We may need to reduce investments on more fronts. We will be able to
say this more accurately after we make some progress towards
developing the course. If we make some relatively major choices in
terms of time investment, we intend to continue notifying you through
this mailing list.

As a general approach: If there is a need for further prioritization
of activities, we will continue pausing or reducing time investment
considering the impact on the Wikimedia Research community as well as
estimated time needed for doing the activity.

==How can I be involved in developing the course?==
Thank you for considering joining forces on this front! :) Please
write to Emily Lescak (cc-ed) with your proposal about contributing to
the development of the course. We will reach out to you based on the
specifics of your proposal and the needs of the course.

And of course, there will be a page on MetaWiki about the course once
we know slightly more than "we want to develop a course".

==What we can look forward to?==
For years we have discussed developing a clear entry point for
researchers to learn how to contribute research to the Wikimedia
projects. We have done some initiatives within our team and in
collaborations with other teams: developing tutorials for the
resources that researchers can use, offering office hours to help
folks get started, investing in documentation, Research Funds, and
more. The course can act as a unifying effort or a force-multiplier
that can help us reach to more researchers from across the globe with
more diverse backgrounds and experiences and show them the possibility
and joy of contributing research to the Wikimedia projects.

If you have questions about this prioritization, you can reach out to
me directly or write on this thread.

Best,
Leila


[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours
[3] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html

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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [event] Wiki Workshop 2022 - Registration open

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

For those of you who could not attend Wiki Workshop virtually, you can now
access:

* the recorded sessions at https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#schedule (The
opening, paper presentations, panel, keynote, and the closing sessions were
recorded.)
* the accepted papers at https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#papers .

Best,
Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop 2022 organizers


On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 8:03 AM Leila Zia  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> The registration for Wiki Workshop 2022 [1] is now open. The event is
> virtually held on April 25, 12:00-18:30 UTC and as part of The Web
> Conference 2022 [2]. The plenary parts of the event will be recorded
> and shared publicly afterwards.
>
> Wiki Workshop is the largest Wikimedia research event of the year (so
> far;) that the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation co-organizes
> with our Research Fellow, Bob West (EPFL). This year, Srijan Kumar
> (Georgia Tech) joined the organizing team as well.:) The event brings
> together scholars and researchers from across the world who are
> interested in or are actively engaged with research and development on
> the Wikimedia projects.
>
> While the details of the schedule are to be finalized and posted in
> the coming week, we expect to generally follow the format of 2021 [3].
> This year we received research submissions from more than 20 countries
> and have accepted 27 research papers whose authors will present the
> work as part of the workshop (If you are an author of an accepted
> paper: congrats!:) . Our keynote speaker is Larry Lessig [4] and we
> will have a panel to reflect on the decade anniversary of SOPA/PIPA,
> moderated by Erik Moeller (Freedom of the Press). And of course, all
> the music, games, etc. will remain. :)
>
> If you are interested in participating in the live event, please
> indicate your interest by filling out [5]. Anyone is encouraged to
> register: you don't have to be a researcher. In the registration form,
> please explain why attending the live event will support you in your
> work on the Wikimedia projects and beyond.
>
> If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.
>
> Best,
> Leila
>
> [1] https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/
> [2] https://www2022.thewebconf.org/
> [3] https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/#schedule
> [4] https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10519/Lessig
> [5] (privacy statement for the Google form survey [6])
>
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctlkUv8FasB2Nc4RvThnxAbjPzUwmnxB2FwnNkZlKG1NPOTg/viewform
> [6]
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Wiki_Workshop_Registration_Privacy_Statement
>
> --
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> Head of Research
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
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[Wiki-research-l] [event] Fwd: TTO Conference 2022 CfP Deadline Reminder, and other updates

[Leila Zia]

Those of you who conduct research in the
knowledge-integrity/misinfo/disinfo may be interested in the call for paper
below as well as more information about the Truth and Trust Online 2022
conference.

Leila


-- Forwarded message -
From: TTO 2022 Organizing Team 
Date: Wed, Apr 27, 2022 at 1:08 PM
Subject: TTO Conference 2022 CfP Deadline Reminder, and other updates
To: 


The CfP for Truth and Trust Online Conference 2022 closes on June 17th.
Truth and Trust Online Conference
Oct 13-14, 2022
(Boston, MA)

Watch our TTO 2021 reel
A message from the TTO 2022 Organizing Team

We are excited to announce that the 2022 Truth and Trust Online conference
will occur in October 2022 in Boston, MA (USA). Our hybrid conference will
be virtual and in person on *October 13th and 14th, 2022.*


*Deadline Reminder: Call for Papers Closes on June 17, 2022*
https://truthandtrustonline.com/cfp-22/



We invite submissions of both *technical papers* and *talk proposals* on
socio-technical approaches for addressing current and upcoming challenges
for truth and trust in online participation on topics including but not
limited to the following:

   - Misinformation, disinformation, influence operations, conspiratorial
   thinking
   - Trustworthiness of COVID-19 news and public health communications
   - Equitable mitigation of harm related to truth and trust online
   - Truth and trust online in low-resourced, low-literacy regions
   - Policy approaches to truth and trust worldwide
   - Credibility
   - Polarization, echo chambers, hyper-partisanship, bias
   - Hate speech
   - Transparency in content and source moderation (e.g. deplatforming,
   shadow banning)
   - Privacy requirements, privacy breaches
   - Trust and digital currencies
   - Online harassment and cyberbullying
   - Image/video verification, manipulated media
   - Reputation manipulation (e.g., fake amplification, fake reviews, etc.)
   - Safety and privacy in virtual environments (e.g, augmented reality,
   online games, etc.)

- The submission site on EasyChair opens on: May 2nd

- Paper and talks submission deadline: *June 17, 2022, 23:59 AoE*

- Author notification: August 5, 2022

- Camera-ready final submission: September 2, 2022
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [event] Wiki Workshop 2022 - Registration open

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

This is your (last) friendly reminder that if you intend to
(virtually) participate in Wiki Workshop you should register soon. The
workshop is on April 25 starting at 12:00 UTC. More info below.

Best,
Leila

On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 8:03 AM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> The registration for Wiki Workshop 2022 [1] is now open. The event is
> virtually held on April 25, 12:00-18:30 UTC and as part of The Web
> Conference 2022 [2]. The plenary parts of the event will be recorded
> and shared publicly afterwards.
>
> Wiki Workshop is the largest Wikimedia research event of the year (so
> far;) that the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation co-organizes
> with our Research Fellow, Bob West (EPFL). This year, Srijan Kumar
> (Georgia Tech) joined the organizing team as well.:) The event brings
> together scholars and researchers from across the world who are
> interested in or are actively engaged with research and development on
> the Wikimedia projects.
>
> While the details of the schedule are to be finalized and posted in
> the coming week, we expect to generally follow the format of 2021 [3].
> This year we received research submissions from more than 20 countries
> and have accepted 27 research papers whose authors will present the
> work as part of the workshop (If you are an author of an accepted
> paper: congrats!:) . Our keynote speaker is Larry Lessig [4] and we
> will have a panel to reflect on the decade anniversary of SOPA/PIPA,
> moderated by Erik Moeller (Freedom of the Press). And of course, all
> the music, games, etc. will remain. :)
>
> If you are interested in participating in the live event, please
> indicate your interest by filling out [5]. Anyone is encouraged to
> register: you don't have to be a researcher. In the registration form,
> please explain why attending the live event will support you in your
> work on the Wikimedia projects and beyond.
>
> If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.
>
> Best,
> Leila
>
> [1] https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/
> [2] https://www2022.thewebconf.org/
> [3] https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/#schedule
> [4] https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10519/Lessig
> [5] (privacy statement for the Google form survey [6])
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctlkUv8FasB2Nc4RvThnxAbjPzUwmnxB2FwnNkZlKG1NPOTg/viewform
> [6] 
> https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Wiki_Workshop_Registration_Privacy_Statement
>
> --
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> Head of Research
> Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wiki-research-l] [event] Wiki Workshop 2022 - Registration open

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

The registration for Wiki Workshop 2022 [1] is now open. The event is
virtually held on April 25, 12:00-18:30 UTC and as part of The Web
Conference 2022 [2]. The plenary parts of the event will be recorded
and shared publicly afterwards.

Wiki Workshop is the largest Wikimedia research event of the year (so
far;) that the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation co-organizes
with our Research Fellow, Bob West (EPFL). This year, Srijan Kumar
(Georgia Tech) joined the organizing team as well.:) The event brings
together scholars and researchers from across the world who are
interested in or are actively engaged with research and development on
the Wikimedia projects.

While the details of the schedule are to be finalized and posted in
the coming week, we expect to generally follow the format of 2021 [3].
This year we received research submissions from more than 20 countries
and have accepted 27 research papers whose authors will present the
work as part of the workshop (If you are an author of an accepted
paper: congrats!:) . Our keynote speaker is Larry Lessig [4] and we
will have a panel to reflect on the decade anniversary of SOPA/PIPA,
moderated by Erik Moeller (Freedom of the Press). And of course, all
the music, games, etc. will remain. :)

If you are interested in participating in the live event, please
indicate your interest by filling out [5]. Anyone is encouraged to
register: you don't have to be a researcher. In the registration form,
please explain why attending the live event will support you in your
work on the Wikimedia projects and beyond.

If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Best,
Leila

[1] https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/
[2] https://www2022.thewebconf.org/
[3] https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/#schedule
[4] https://hls.harvard.edu/faculty/directory/10519/Lessig
[5] (privacy statement for the Google form survey [6])
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSctlkUv8FasB2Nc4RvThnxAbjPzUwmnxB2FwnNkZlKG1NPOTg/viewform
[6] 
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Wiki_Workshop_Registration_Privacy_Statement

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[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [event] TTO 2022 Conference Dates, Call for Papers, Talks, and Organizing Committee

[Leila Zia]

The event below and call for paper may be of interest to those of you
active or interested in the space of misinformation and disinformation
research.


-- Forwarded message -
From: TTO 2022 Organizing Team 
Date: Mon, Mar 7, 2022 at 1:12 AM
Subject: TTO 2022 Conference Dates, Call for Papers, Talks, and Organizing
Committee
To: 


The Conference for Truth and Trust Online is coming to Boston in October
2022. Call for Proposals now out!
Truth and Trust Online Conference
Oct 13-14, 2022
(Boston, MA)

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We are excited to announce the 2022 Truth and Trust Online conference will
take place in October 2022 in Boston, MA (USA). Our hybrid conference will
be virtual and in-person on *October 13th and 14th*, *2022*.


*Call for Papers, Talks now open!*


We invite submissions of both *technical papers* and *talk proposals* on
socio-technical approaches for addressing current and upcoming challenges
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [events] Wiki Workshop 2022 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

A reminder that if you're considering submitting your ongoing or completed
Wikimedia related research to Wiki Workshop, the non-archival deadline is
on March 10. Submission instructions at
https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#submission .

Best,
Leila

On Fri, Jan 28, 2022 at 2:34 PM Leila Zia  wrote:

> Reminder: If you're considering submitting your ongoing or completed
> Wikimedia research to Wiki Workshop, note that the deadline for your
> submission to be considered as part of the WWW'2022 Proceedings is
> February 3rd. All other submissions on March 10th. Check out
> https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call . See my original email below for
> more details.
>
> Best,
> Leila
>
> On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 9:53 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > Summary: Wiki Workshop 2022 [0] will take place virtually as part of
> > The Web Conference 2022 [1]. Call for papers is now open:
> > https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call . Deadline to submit for paper to
> > appear in the proceedings of the conference is Feb 3, for all other
> > submissions March 10. The workshop will take place on April 25, 2022.
> >
> > --
> >
> > We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2022 [0] will be held
> > virtually April 25, 2022 and as part of the Web Conference 2022 [1].
> >
> > In the past years, Wiki Workshop has traveled to Oxford, Montreal,
> > Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San Francisco, and (virtually) to Taipei and
> > Ljubljana.
> > Last year, we had more than 150 participants in the workshop along
> > with 22 accepted paper presentations, keynote, panel, music and more.
> > The workshop is now a vibrant event for Wikimedia researchers and
> > those interested in this space to get together on an annual basis.
> >
> > We encourage contributions by all researchers who study the Wikimedia
> > projects. We specifically encourage 1-2 page submissions of
> > preliminary research. You will have the option to publish your work as
> > part of the proceedings of The Web Conference 2022.
> >
> > You can read more about the call for papers and the workshop at
> > http://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call. Please note that the deadline for
> > the submissions to be considered for proceedings is February 3. All
> > other submissions should be received by March 10.
> >
> > If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
> > list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition.
> >
> > Best,
> > Srijan Kumar, Georgia Tech
> > Emily Lesack, Wikimedia Foundation
> > Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
> > Bob West, EPFL
> > Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > [0] https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/
> > [1] https://www2022.thewebconf.org/
>
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [events] Wiki Workshop 2022 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Reminder: If you're considering submitting your ongoing or completed
Wikimedia research to Wiki Workshop, note that the deadline for your
submission to be considered as part of the WWW'2022 Proceedings is
February 3rd. All other submissions on March 10th. Check out
https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call . See my original email below for
more details.

Best,
Leila

On Mon, Dec 20, 2021 at 9:53 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> Summary: Wiki Workshop 2022 [0] will take place virtually as part of
> The Web Conference 2022 [1]. Call for papers is now open:
> https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call . Deadline to submit for paper to
> appear in the proceedings of the conference is Feb 3, for all other
> submissions March 10. The workshop will take place on April 25, 2022.
>
> --
>
> We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2022 [0] will be held
> virtually April 25, 2022 and as part of the Web Conference 2022 [1].
>
> In the past years, Wiki Workshop has traveled to Oxford, Montreal,
> Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San Francisco, and (virtually) to Taipei and
> Ljubljana.
> Last year, we had more than 150 participants in the workshop along
> with 22 accepted paper presentations, keynote, panel, music and more.
> The workshop is now a vibrant event for Wikimedia researchers and
> those interested in this space to get together on an annual basis.
>
> We encourage contributions by all researchers who study the Wikimedia
> projects. We specifically encourage 1-2 page submissions of
> preliminary research. You will have the option to publish your work as
> part of the proceedings of The Web Conference 2022.
>
> You can read more about the call for papers and the workshop at
> http://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call. Please note that the deadline for
> the submissions to be considered for proceedings is February 3. All
> other submissions should be received by March 10.
>
> If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
> list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.
>
> Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition.
>
> Best,
> Srijan Kumar, Georgia Tech
> Emily Lesack, Wikimedia Foundation
> Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
> Bob West, EPFL
> Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [0] https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/
> [1] https://www2022.thewebconf.org/
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations

[Leila Zia]

A quick reminder that if you're interested in submitting nominations
for the WMF Research Award of the Year 2021, the deadline to do so is
February 7. More information below.

Thanks to those of you who have already submitted your nominations. :)

Best,
Leila, on behalf of Mako + Leila

On Fri, Jan 7, 2022 at 11:48 AM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> [Apologies for cross-posting.]
>
> Hi all,
>
> We invite you to nominate one or more scholarly research publications
> to be considered for the Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the
> Year. Learn more below.
>
> =Purpose of the award=
> Recognize recent research on or about the Wikimedia projects or recent
> research that is of importance to the Wikimedia projects. Recognize
> the researchers behind the research.
>
> You can learn more about 2021's winners at
> https://research.wikimedia.org/awards.html .
>
> =Eligibility criteria=
> Your nomination must meet the following criteria:
>
> * The research must be on, about, using data from, and/or of
> importance to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons or
> other Wikimedia projects.
>
> * The publication must be available in English.
>
> * The research must have been published between January 1, 2021 and
> December 31, 2021.
>
> =Nomination process=
> Submit your nominations by 2022-02-07 through
> https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wmfray2021 . We will ask you
> to provide the following information in your nomination:
>
> * Title of the manuscript
> * A copy of the manuscript you are nominating
> * A summary of the research and a clear justification for why the work
> merits the award (in 350 words or fewer in English).
>
> Note that self-nominations and nominations of others' work are both welcome.
>
> ==Winner(s)==
> The winner(s) will be announced in a ceremony as part of Wiki Workshop
> 2022: https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/ .
>
> If you have any questions, please contact us at
> wmf-ray-2...@easychair.org or here.
>
> Best,
> Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
> Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Re: The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

We gave the option of accepting nominations in more languages some
more thought. I want to be very honest: I don't have a good solution
to accommodate more languages in this cycle. We considered the option
of allowing/encouraging nominations in other languages, and not doing
the broader search we do in English in those languages. However, even
this option is not really guaranteed to work because we consider
"scholarly publications" which can be papers of a few pages or books
that can be hundreds of pages. We cannot guarantee that we can
translate the scholarly publication (independent of its length)
in-time for the review.

Given the above, my suggestion to you is that if you know of a
scholarly publication that is in another language than English and you
think we should consider it, still nominate it. We will consider it,
even if I can't guarantee that we review it.

I'm sorry that I am not able to offer a better solution for this
cycle. We will continue thinking about this point for the future
cycles.

Best,
Leila

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 12:46 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
 wrote:
>
> Hi Leila,
> I have read it, that's why I'm confused.
> ________
> From: Leila Zia 
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 9:40 PM
> To: Wikimedia Mailing List 
> Cc: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org 
> ; Discussion list for the Wikidata 
> project. 
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wiki-research-l] Re: The Wikimedia Foundation 
> Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations
>
> Hi Galder,
>
> Please see below.
>
> On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 12:26 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
>  wrote:
> >
> > Thanks, Leila, for answering the question raised.
>
> Anytime.
>
> > I'm a bit confused with this, I supposed that the Wikimedia Foundation 
> > Research Award was an initiative from the Research team of the WMF 
> > (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research), but I read in your 
> > answer that "WikiResearch is primarily in English and about research 
> > published in English". I understand that the main working language of the 
> > WMF is English, as this mailing list is, but I would assume that an Award 
> > promoted by the WMF should be multilingual.
>
> Sorry. Let me clarify. What I was referring to when I used
> WikiResearch in my email was the WikiResearch twitter account:
> https://twitter.com/WikiResearch . I did not intend to refer to the
> WMF Research team or Wikimedia Research community. And to repeat: this
> is one source we use to find research done on the Wikimedia projects.
> There are other sources as I mentioned in my response.
>
> > Me, as a Basque Wikimedians User Group member, I promote Wikimedia 
> > activities in Basque language, because that is our goal. But the WMF is not 
> > the English Wikimedians User Group, as far as I understand. Our designated 
> > lingua franca may be English, but the WMF can't exclude research that is 
> > not made in this language from an Award. I would understand if the 
> > (non-existing) English Wikimedians User Group created the "EWUG Research in 
> > English Award of the Year", but is not the case.
>
> I understand and acknowledge your point about inclusion. I hope some
> of the points I shared about our existing process in my other email
> can help you find possible solutions we can consider doing. :) On my
> end: I have a todo to come back to you all.
>
> Best,
> Leila
>
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Galder
> >
> > 
> > From: Leila Zia 
> > Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 8:04 PM
> > To: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org 
> > 
> > Cc: Wikimedia Mailing List ; Discussion 
> > list for the Wikidata project. 
> > Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wiki-research-l] Re: The Wikimedia Foundation 
> > Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations
> >
> > Hi all, Thank you for your feedback. I take your comments as a sign of
> > genuine care and I'm happy to engage and learn with you how we can do
> > better. (Note: I'm responding to all lists, though some of the
> > feedback has been sent only to wikimedia-l.)
> >
> > * Galder, Gereon, Xavier, Gnangarra, and Andy: thank you for your feedback.
> >
> > * Andy, I'll respond to your comment first. We do not require the work
> > to be published under a free license for us to consider it for the
> > award. However, if the work is shortlisted, we reach out to the
> > authors, tell them that it's shortlisted, and it can be considered for
> > the award if the work is at least made publicly available. At that
> > point, we also encourage the authors to publish under a free license

[Wiki-research-l] Re: [Wikimedia-l] Re: Re: The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations

[Leila Zia]

Hi Galder,

Please see below.

On Mon, Jan 10, 2022 at 12:26 PM Galder Gonzalez Larrañaga
 wrote:
>
> Thanks, Leila, for answering the question raised.

Anytime.

> I'm a bit confused with this, I supposed that the Wikimedia Foundation 
> Research Award was an initiative from the Research team of the WMF 
> (https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research), but I read in your 
> answer that "WikiResearch is primarily in English and about research 
> published in English". I understand that the main working language of the WMF 
> is English, as this mailing list is, but I would assume that an Award 
> promoted by the WMF should be multilingual.

Sorry. Let me clarify. What I was referring to when I used
WikiResearch in my email was the WikiResearch twitter account:
https://twitter.com/WikiResearch . I did not intend to refer to the
WMF Research team or Wikimedia Research community. And to repeat: this
is one source we use to find research done on the Wikimedia projects.
There are other sources as I mentioned in my response.

> Me, as a Basque Wikimedians User Group member, I promote Wikimedia activities 
> in Basque language, because that is our goal. But the WMF is not the English 
> Wikimedians User Group, as far as I understand. Our designated lingua franca 
> may be English, but the WMF can't exclude research that is not made in this 
> language from an Award. I would understand if the (non-existing) English 
> Wikimedians User Group created the "EWUG Research in English Award of the 
> Year", but is not the case.

I understand and acknowledge your point about inclusion. I hope some
of the points I shared about our existing process in my other email
can help you find possible solutions we can consider doing. :) On my
end: I have a todo to come back to you all.

Best,
Leila

> Cheers,
>
> Galder
>
> 
> From: Leila Zia 
> Sent: Monday, January 10, 2022 8:04 PM
> To: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org 
> Cc: Wikimedia Mailing List ; Discussion list 
> for the Wikidata project. 
> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Re: [Wiki-research-l] Re: The Wikimedia Foundation 
> Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations
>
> Hi all, Thank you for your feedback. I take your comments as a sign of
> genuine care and I'm happy to engage and learn with you how we can do
> better. (Note: I'm responding to all lists, though some of the
> feedback has been sent only to wikimedia-l.)
>
> * Galder, Gereon, Xavier, Gnangarra, and Andy: thank you for your feedback.
>
> * Andy, I'll respond to your comment first. We do not require the work
> to be published under a free license for us to consider it for the
> award. However, if the work is shortlisted, we reach out to the
> authors, tell them that it's shortlisted, and it can be considered for
> the award if the work is at least made publicly available. At that
> point, we also encourage the authors to publish under a free license
> and share with them a few ways they may be able to (even if the work
> is published somewhere already with restrictions). The issue of
> licenses is on top of our mind and we actively look for ways to push
> for more Wikimedia research work to be published under free licenses.
>
> * I am going to share with you some of my thoughts, and a possible
> improvement we can make in the process.
>
> ** Let's try to keep things simple to be able to improve things
> together. This is not a case of "WMF did x". The idea of the award was
> created in the Research team, and both last year and this year, we've
> been grateful to have the support of researchers outside of WMF for
> it. (Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University), and Benjamin Mako Hill (U.
> of Washington)). I take full responsibility for the execution of the
> award and I can take your feedback and see where we can improve the
> process. :)
>
> ** In order to be able to improve the process, I should share more
> details about how we do the search for the publications first. We have
> multiple sources for searching for research published in a given year:
> 1. The nomination process we shared on this thread.
> 2. Research publications shared in WikiResearch twitter account.
> 3. External research search engines and repositories for different
> fields: we use scholar.google.com, dblp.org and more.
>
> To give you a sense of the distribution of scholarly publications we
> identified last year from each of the above sources: 11 nominations
> and 170+ research publications through the twitter account and
> external searches. The award chairs (2 people; this year it is going
> to be Mako and I) reviewed all identified publications. We discussed
> every publication at varying depth depending on the result of our
> initial reviews.

[Wiki-research-l] Re: The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations

[Leila Zia]

Hi all, Thank you for your feedback. I take your comments as a sign of
genuine care and I'm happy to engage and learn with you how we can do
better. (Note: I'm responding to all lists, though some of the
feedback has been sent only to wikimedia-l.)

* Galder, Gereon, Xavier, Gnangarra, and Andy: thank you for your feedback.

* Andy, I'll respond to your comment first. We do not require the work
to be published under a free license for us to consider it for the
award. However, if the work is shortlisted, we reach out to the
authors, tell them that it's shortlisted, and it can be considered for
the award if the work is at least made publicly available. At that
point, we also encourage the authors to publish under a free license
and share with them a few ways they may be able to (even if the work
is published somewhere already with restrictions). The issue of
licenses is on top of our mind and we actively look for ways to push
for more Wikimedia research work to be published under free licenses.

* I am going to share with you some of my thoughts, and a possible
improvement we can make in the process.

** Let's try to keep things simple to be able to improve things
together. This is not a case of "WMF did x". The idea of the award was
created in the Research team, and both last year and this year, we've
been grateful to have the support of researchers outside of WMF for
it. (Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University), and Benjamin Mako Hill (U.
of Washington)). I take full responsibility for the execution of the
award and I can take your feedback and see where we can improve the
process. :)

** In order to be able to improve the process, I should share more
details about how we do the search for the publications first. We have
multiple sources for searching for research published in a given year:
1. The nomination process we shared on this thread.
2. Research publications shared in WikiResearch twitter account.
3. External research search engines and repositories for different
fields: we use scholar.google.com, dblp.org and more.

To give you a sense of the distribution of scholarly publications we
identified last year from each of the above sources: 11 nominations
and 170+ research publications through the twitter account and
external searches. The award chairs (2 people; this year it is going
to be Mako and I) reviewed all identified publications. We discussed
every publication at varying depth depending on the result of our
initial reviews.

** Knowing the process, there are at least a few ways I think the
process must be improved. I'm sure now that you see more you can
critique even more. :) I proactively share with you some of them here:
::* I need to have an easychair account to nominate. That can/must
change (but to what? we want these nominations to be private, and we
need a way to be able to process them efficiently because we're only 2
people. We are considering openreview.net for the future years because
they're open source; but they still have other limitations. For this
year, easychair it is.).
::* We need more people on the committee: both for workload sharing,
and also including more perspectives. (This is /a lot/ to ask of
researchers. I'm grateful that Mako and Aaron have supported us in the
past.)
::* We need other non-English sources to source community research.
(WikiResearch is primarily in English and about research published in
English.)
::* The shared language of reviewers is assumed to be English. If we
are going to at scale consider other languages, then we need a way
that this group of people can converse on academic topics with one
another without having to share a language.

** I also understand the reality of the resources available to me and
our team. I understand the importance of working on multiple fronts
with regards to the research community (Wikimedia Research Funds, Wiki
Workshop, global research competitions, research showcases, monthly
office hours, talks and presentations, formal collaborations, and
more). I believe in the importance of motivation (and we have seen a
very good momentum around the award idea from last year's run). We
need to do many things, with very limited resources; Our values and
ideals are important and we have to attempt to hold them all as we
make decisions. In practice, sometimes we can't meet all the ambitions
we have. We need to make trade-offs. What is important is to be aware,
to listen, to try to improve, and to be honest.

I will leave you with the above and I commit to talk with Mako to
consider ways to open up the process for more languages to be included
(in 2021 or in 2022+; I can't promise changes for the 2021 process.).
One of us will write back here with what we decide to do.

Thanks,
Leila

On Sat, Jan 8, 2022 at 5:42 AM Andy Mabbett  wrote:
>
> On Fri, 7 Jan 2022 at 19:48, Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> > =Eligibility criteria=
>
> > * The publication must be available in English.
>
> I echo othe

[Wiki-research-l] The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations

[Leila Zia]

[Apologies for cross-posting.]

Hi all,

We invite you to nominate one or more scholarly research publications
to be considered for the Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the
Year. Learn more below.

=Purpose of the award=
Recognize recent research on or about the Wikimedia projects or recent
research that is of importance to the Wikimedia projects. Recognize
the researchers behind the research.

You can learn more about 2021's winners at
https://research.wikimedia.org/awards.html .

=Eligibility criteria=
Your nomination must meet the following criteria:

* The research must be on, about, using data from, and/or of
importance to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikisource, Wikimedia Commons or
other Wikimedia projects.

* The publication must be available in English.

* The research must have been published between January 1, 2021 and
December 31, 2021.

=Nomination process=
Submit your nominations by 2022-02-07 through
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wmfray2021 . We will ask you
to provide the following information in your nomination:

* Title of the manuscript
* A copy of the manuscript you are nominating
* A summary of the research and a clear justification for why the work
merits the award (in 350 words or fewer in English).

Note that self-nominations and nominations of others' work are both welcome.

==Winner(s)==
The winner(s) will be announced in a ceremony as part of Wiki Workshop
2022: https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/ .

If you have any questions, please contact us at
wmf-ray-2...@easychair.org or here.

Best,
Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
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[Wiki-research-l] Research Report No 5 is out

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

You can now read Research Report No 5 at
https://research.wikimedia.org/report.html . The report captures the work
of the Research team [1] and our formal collaborators [2] during July to
December 2021, updates about our team, events, and more.

We hope you enjoy reading parts or all of it and find it helpful.

Best,
Leila

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
[2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Collaborators

--
Leila Zia
Head of Research
Wikimedia Foundation
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Apply for the Wikimedia Research Fund

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

A quick reminder that the deadline to apply for Wikimedia Research
Fund is in less than 2 weeks. More information in the email below and
at 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Wikimedia_Research_Fund
.

Best,
Leila

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:04 AM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We're really excited to announce the launch of the Wikimedia Research
> Fund with the goal of diversifying the network of Wikimedia
> researchers globally and supporting the Wikimedia Movement in deeper
> understanding of the projects, decision making, and building new
> technologies.
>
> If you are a Wikimedia researcher or you are interested in becoming
> one, you can apply for research funds (USD 2k-50K) until January 3,
> 2022. While all research proposals related to Wikimedia projects are
> welcome, we particularly encourage studies on medium to small size
> languages and communities, as well as in low resourced languages and
> projects. You can even propose to repeat a past study in a given
> language in another language!
>
> More info at 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Wikimedia_Research_Fund
> .
>
> Apply by January 3, 2022 and/or spread the word!
>
> Big thanks to Emily Lescak for all her behind-the-scenes work to make
> the launch of the Research Fund possible, and to the Community
> Resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation for giving us the
> opportunity and the funds.
>
> If you have questions, please reach out to us at
> research_f...@wikimedia.org,  meta [1], here, or in one of our
> upcoming office hours [2]! :)
>
> Best,
> the Research Fund committee chairs
> Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
> Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start
>
> [2] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Office_Hours
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[Wiki-research-l] [events] Wiki Workshop 2022 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

Summary: Wiki Workshop 2022 [0] will take place virtually as part of
The Web Conference 2022 [1]. Call for papers is now open:
https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call . Deadline to submit for paper to
appear in the proceedings of the conference is Feb 3, for all other
submissions March 10. The workshop will take place on April 25, 2022.

--

We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2022 [0] will be held
virtually April 25, 2022 and as part of the Web Conference 2022 [1].

In the past years, Wiki Workshop has traveled to Oxford, Montreal,
Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San Francisco, and (virtually) to Taipei and
Ljubljana.
Last year, we had more than 150 participants in the workshop along
with 22 accepted paper presentations, keynote, panel, music and more.
The workshop is now a vibrant event for Wikimedia researchers and
those interested in this space to get together on an annual basis.

We encourage contributions by all researchers who study the Wikimedia
projects. We specifically encourage 1-2 page submissions of
preliminary research. You will have the option to publish your work as
part of the proceedings of The Web Conference 2022.

You can read more about the call for papers and the workshop at
http://wikiworkshop.org/2022/#call. Please note that the deadline for
the submissions to be considered for proceedings is February 3. All
other submissions should be received by March 10.

If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition.

Best,
Srijan Kumar, Georgia Tech
Emily Lesack, Wikimedia Foundation
Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
Bob West, EPFL
Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation

[0] https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/
[1] https://www2022.thewebconf.org/
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Apply for the Wikimedia Research Fund

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

A reminder to you to apply for Research Funds if you're interested in
doing research on the Wikimedia projects or to raise awareness about
the funds.

Deadline: January 3, 2022
Office hours: Dec. 6, 8, and 12 to answer any questions you may have:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Office_Hours
Link to apply (privacy statement [1]):
https://openreview.net/group?id=wikimedia.org/WMF/2021/Research_Fund

Thanks,
the Research Fund committee chairs
Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)

[1] 
https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Legal:Research_Fund_Application_Privacy_Statement

On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 9:04 AM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We're really excited to announce the launch of the Wikimedia Research
> Fund with the goal of diversifying the network of Wikimedia
> researchers globally and supporting the Wikimedia Movement in deeper
> understanding of the projects, decision making, and building new
> technologies.
>
> If you are a Wikimedia researcher or you are interested in becoming
> one, you can apply for research funds (USD 2k-50K) until January 3,
> 2022. While all research proposals related to Wikimedia projects are
> welcome, we particularly encourage studies on medium to small size
> languages and communities, as well as in low resourced languages and
> projects. You can even propose to repeat a past study in a given
> language in another language!
>
> More info at 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Wikimedia_Research_Fund
> .
>
> Apply by January 3, 2022 and/or spread the word!
>
> Big thanks to Emily Lescak for all her behind-the-scenes work to make
> the launch of the Research Fund possible, and to the Community
> Resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation for giving us the
> opportunity and the funds.
>
> If you have questions, please reach out to us at
> research_f...@wikimedia.org,  meta [1], here, or in one of our
> upcoming office hours [2]! :)
>
> Best,
> the Research Fund committee chairs
> Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
> Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
>
> [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start
>
> [2] 
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Office_Hours
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[Wiki-research-l] Apply for the Wikimedia Research Fund

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

We're really excited to announce the launch of the Wikimedia Research
Fund with the goal of diversifying the network of Wikimedia
researchers globally and supporting the Wikimedia Movement in deeper
understanding of the projects, decision making, and building new
technologies.

If you are a Wikimedia researcher or you are interested in becoming
one, you can apply for research funds (USD 2k-50K) until January 3,
2022. While all research proposals related to Wikimedia projects are
welcome, we particularly encourage studies on medium to small size
languages and communities, as well as in low resourced languages and
projects. You can even propose to repeat a past study in a given
language in another language!

More info at 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Programs/Wikimedia_Research_%26_Technology_Fund#Wikimedia_Research_Fund
.

Apply by January 3, 2022 and/or spread the word!

Big thanks to Emily Lescak for all her behind-the-scenes work to make
the launch of the Research Fund possible, and to the Community
Resources team at the Wikimedia Foundation for giving us the
opportunity and the funds.

If you have questions, please reach out to us at
research_f...@wikimedia.org,  meta [1], here, or in one of our
upcoming office hours [2]! :)

Best,
the Research Fund committee chairs
Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants_talk:Start

[2] 
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[Wiki-research-l] [announcement] Welcoming Emily Lescak to Research at the Wikimedia Foundation

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

In February 2021, I reached out to you [0] to gather your input for a
new position that we were creating in the Research team [1] at the
Wikimedia Foundation, a research community focus role. In March 2021,
I shared the job opening with you [2]. Today I'm introducing Emily
Lescak who joined our team in June 2021 as a Senior Research Community
Officer.

Emily earned a PhD in Fisheries from the University of Alaska
Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences [3] and has
extensive experience in research, data science, education and
community engagement. She was a National Science Foundation-funded
postdoctoral fellow at the University of Alaska Anchorage [4], a
fisheries geneticist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game [5],
and the program specialist for the Genetics Society of America’s Peer
Review Training Program [6]. Most recently, she developed The Event
Fund [7] at Code for Science & Society [8], which provides financial
and programmatic support to organizers of international open data
science events.

In the Research team Emily will focus on initiatives that help expand,
diversify and support the community of Wikimedia researchers globally.
My ask to Emily has been to focus her efforts between July 2021 and
June 22 (Fiscal Year 22) primarily on developing a strategy for our
team with regards to our responsibility towards and opportunity in
interacting with (the Wikimedia) researchers. Emily will be building
on some of our early thoughts as a team in this space developed in
2019 [9] and will work closely with many of you to achieve this goal.
To this end, she has started a listening tour to learn more from the
perspectives of some of the existing community members. If you'd like
to talk with Emily, you should feel welcome to email her directly or
express interest in https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T287615 .

Please welcome Emily to the research community! :)

Best,
Leila


[0] 
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/FFK7FZTE544HW7D6JVVSPZOPBJC2S6N2/

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html

[2] 
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/message/SMF7BZDF4FX26Y4JMIESN5ALXE7ZXCDL/

[3] https://www.uaf.edu/cfos/

[4] 
https://www.uaa.alaska.edu/academics/college-of-arts-and-sciences/departments/biological-sciences/

[5] https://www.adfg.alaska.gov/index.cfm?adfg=fishinggeneconservationlab.main

[6] 
https://genetics-gsa.org/career-development/genetics-peer-review-training-program/

[7] https://eventfund.codeforscience.org/

[8] https://codeforscience.org/

[9] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Foundations_-_Wikimedia_Research_2030.pdf


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[Wiki-research-l] [data] Announcement - Data release

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

Summary: We have released two COVID-19 related data-sets. If you just need
the information about the datasets, please read the section titled "Data
release details" below. The rest of this email provides background as well
as thanks and credits information.

==Background==
On March 26, 2020, only a few months into the COVID-19 pandemic, a group of
Wikimedia volunteer researchers and editors as well as a subset of the
Wikimedia Foundation staff interested in the community, data and research
aspect of our work came together to brainstorm COVID-19 related data and
research. One of the themes that emerged from that conversation was that
the Wikimedia Foundation considers releasing more granular COVID-19 related
data.

==Data release details==
Today we’re happy to share with you that we have publicly released two
Wikipedia readership COVID-19 related data-sets. The first dataset is
COVID-19 article page views by country, the second dataset is one hop
navigation where one of the two pages are COVID-19 related. You can find
both data-sets at
https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/COVID-19_Pandemic_Wikipedia_Readership/14548032?file=27917895

==Thanks and credits==
This release would not have been possible without contributions from the
following people: Joseph Allemandou (Data Engineering), Marcel Ruiz Forns
(Data Engineering), Fabian Kaelin (Research), Isaac Johnson (Research),
Nuria Ruiz (Data Engineering), Leila Zia (Research). We also want to thank
those who participated in the original brainstorming meeting and offered us
their expertise and time [1].

[1] In alphabetical order:
Dan Andreescu, Data Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation
Asaf Bartov, Senior Program Officer, Emerging Wikimedia Communities,
Wikimedia Foundation
Carlos Castillo, Distinguished Research Professor, UPF (User:ChaTo)
Ciro Cattuto, Professor, University of Torino & Research co-Director, ISI
Foundation
Meeyoung Cha, Associate Professor, KAIST
Djellel Difallah, NYU Abu Dhabi (then: Research Scientist, Wikimedia
Foundation)
Martin Gerlach, Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation
James Heilman (Doc James), English Wikipedia medical editor
Benjamin Mako Hill, Assistant Professor, University of Washington,
(User:Benjamin Mako Hill)
David Lazer, Professor, Northeastern University
J. Nathan Matias, Assistant Professor, Cornell Communication
Jason Moore, English Wikipedia, WikiProject COVID-19, (User:Another
Believer)
Jonathan Morgan, Senior Design Researcher at CrowdStrike (then: Senior
Design Researcher, Wikimedia Foundation)
Margeigh Novotny, Sr. Dir Product Design & Strategy, Wikimedia Foundation
Sam Patton, Sr. Online Fundraising Manager, Wikimedia Foundation
Miriam Redi, Senior Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation
Diego Sáez-Trumper, Senior Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation
Jodi Schneider, Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, UIUC,
(User:Jodi.a.schneider)
Joseph Seddon, Senior Community Relations Specialist, (User:Seddon)
Markus Strohmaier, Professor, RWTH Aachen University and Sci. Coordinator,
GESIS
Bob West, Assistant Professor, EPFL
Leila Zia, Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation

Best,
Leila

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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Upcoming Research Newsletter: New Papers Open For Review (June 2021)

[Leila Zia]

Hi Masssly and Tilman,

A quick note to thank you for experimenting with the idea of
prioritizing Wiki Workshop papers for one cycle. I like your idea a
lot as it helps connect the different initiatives. I also am actively
thinking how/if we can more directly engage the reviewers who have
already read the papers for the purpose of the workshop to help
(co-)write some of the summaries in the future years.

Thank you!

Best,
Leila


On Tue, Jun 22, 2021 at 11:24 AM Mohammed Sadat Abdulai
 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> We’re preparing for the June 2021 research newsletter and looking for
> contributors.
>
> *Because the May issue of the Wikipedia Signpost (whom we're co-publishing
> with) had to be canceled, we skipped last month. But we will resume with
> this June issue, due out this Sunday. One focus will be papers presented
> recently at Wikiworkshop 2021.*
>
> Please take a look at https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WRN202106 and add
> your name next to any paper you are interested in covering. Our target
> publication
> time is 27 June 20:00 UTC. If you can't make this deadline but would like
> to cover a particular paper in the subsequent issue, leave a note next to
> the paper's entry.
>
> As usual, short notes and one-paragraph reviews are most welcome.
>
> *Highlights:*
>
>- A Brief Analysis of Bengali Wikipedia’s Journey to 100,000 Articles
>- Assessing the quality of health-related Wikipedia articles with
>generic and specific metrics
>- Bridging the Gender Gap: A research study on Indian Language Wikimedia
>Communities
>- Characterizing Opinion Dynamics and Group Decision Making in Wikipedia
>Content Discussions
>- Do I Trust this Stranger? Generalized Trust and the Governance of
>Online Communities
>- Fast Linking of Mathematical Wikidata Entities in Wikipedia Articles
>Using Annotation Recommendation
>- Inferring Sociodemographic Attributes of Wikipedia Editors:
>State-of-the-art and Implications for Editor Privacy
>- Information flow on COVID-19 over Wikipedia: A case study of 11
>languages
>- Language-agnostic Topic Classification for Wikipedia
>- Languages of Knowledge Infrastructures: Learnings from Research on
>Indian Language Wikimedia Projects
>- Negative Knowledge for Open-world Wikidata
>- References in Wikipedia: The Editors’ Perspective
>- ShExStatements: Simplifying Shape Expressions for Wikidata
>- Simple Wikidata Analysis for Tracking and Improving Biographies in
>Catalan Wikipedia
>- Structural Analysis of Wikigraph to Investigate Quality Grades of
>Wikipedia Articles
>- The Language of Liberty: A preliminary study
>- Towards Ongoing Detection of Linguistic Bias on Wikipedia
>- Towards Open-domain Vision and Language Understanding with Wikimedia
>- Tracing the Factoids: the Anatomy of Information Re-organization in
>Wikipedia Articles
>- Wikidata Logical Rules and Where to Find Them
>- Wikipedia Editor Drop-Off: A Framework to Characterize Editors'
>Inactivity
>- WikiShark: An Online Tool for Analyzing Wikipedia Traffic and Trends
>
> *Masssly and Tilman Bayer*
>
> [1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter
> [2] WikiResearch (@WikiResearch) | Twitter
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[Wiki-research-l] [event] Fwd: Second Call for Papers and Talk Proposals | TTO Conference 2021 + JDIQ Special Issue

[Leila Zia]

For your information. call for submissions below.

-- Forwarded message -
From: TTO Organising Committee 
Date: Sun, Jun 27, 2021 at 10:37 AM
Subject: Second Call for Papers and Talk Proposals | TTO Conference 2021 +
JDIQ Special Issue
To: Leila Zia 


We invite you to submit a paper or talk proposal to this year’s TTO
conference, or pass this email on to anyone you think might be interested.

Dear Leila,

We invite you to submit a paper or talk proposal to this year’s *Truth and
Trust Online (TTO) conference (October 7-8, 2021, online).*

We are excited to announce that *a selection of the best technical papers
will be invited to a special issue of the ACM Journal of Data and
Information Quality.*

The submission deadlines are just around the corner: technical papers
deadline: *July 30, 2021;*  talk proposals deadline: *August 13, 2021.*

*Call for Papers and Talk Proposals*

We invite submissions of *technical papers* and *talk proposals *on
technical solutions for addressing current challenges facing social media
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• Misinformation and disinformation
• Trustworthiness of COVID-19 news and guidance
• Hate speech
• Online harassment and cyberbullying
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We welcome *technical papers* of the following types: *surveys, methods,
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Anyone planning research sessions at Wikimania?

[Leila Zia]

Please see below.

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 3:53 PM J. Nathan Matias 
wrote:

> Hi Leila,
>
> Glad we were thinking along similar lines!
>
> *>> Nate: what do you consider as good outcomes out of different
> Wikimediasessions the research community can (co-)organize?*
>
> We have some ideas and would love to hear other people's thoughts. Having
> received a grant
> <https://citizensandtech.org/2021/02/new-funding-new-hires/> to support
> research together with Wikipedia communities over the next three years, we
> have several goals for the next few months, and we're still deciding how
> well Wikimania is the right place for them:
>
>- Gathering with Wikipedians to *discuss research ideas/agendas*
>(unclear if the new Wikimania format would work for this)
>

If you can work with 45-min one of the Workshop or Discussion forms should
accommodate this:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions/Guidelines#Tracks .
For this one, my hunch is that you should go ahead and just submit a
proposal. The other items you have can benefit from more
coordination/collaboration.


>- *Convening researchers* to discuss possible questions and research
>approaches (maybe?)

   - Discussing *best practices for community outreach, co-design, and
>approval/consent* with intervention research (this might be especially
>valuable)
>

I don't have very clear thoughts on these, yet.


>- *Sharing research insights into other parts of Wikimania* (would love
>to help here, especially since we have a number of new results coming
> out,
>but unsure how it would work without tracks in the same way?)
>

Let's keep exploring this one. If we can find an engaging and accessible
way to share the top n findings of the past year, that'd be great, in my
humble opinion.

I'm clearly excited to think through this with you. ;) I'll be quiet for
others to chime in. Happy to brainstorm more in the coming 11 days.

Best,
Leila



>
> All the best,
>
> --Nathan
>
> On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 6:02 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> > Thanks for kicking this off.
> >
> > A few things on my end:
> > * In the Research team [1] we have started discussing and coordinating
> > on submissions. This conversation can shape some of the ongoing
> > conversations.
> > * Mako and I talked a while back to organize a series of sessions
> > similar to 2019:
> > https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Research/Program . We
> > haven't connected recently though. Your email is a good poke. ;)
> > * Now that we know the format of Wikimania 2021, if I understand
> > correctly the 2019 format won't work. That is: we likely won't have
> > multiple large blocks of time.
> >
> > Nate: what do you consider as good outcomes out of different Wikimedia
> > sessions the research community can (co-)organize?
> >
> > Leila
> >
> > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
> >
> > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:47 PM J. Nathan Matias 
> > wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I see that the Wikimania call for proposals
> > > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions/Guidelines> is
> > open,
> > > and that the submission deadline is 11 days from now.
> > >
> > > Is anyone organizing a research-specific session or series, and is
> there
> > a
> > > way we can support that endeavor?
> > >
> > > All the best,
> > >
> > > --
> > > J. Nathan Matias <http://natematias.com/> : Cornell University :
> > Citizens
> > > and Technology Lab <https://citizensandtech.org>  : @natematias
> > > <http://twitter.com/natematias> : blog
> > > <https://natematias.com/external-posts/>
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: Anyone planning research sessions at Wikimania?

[Leila Zia]

Thanks for kicking this off.

A few things on my end:
* In the Research team [1] we have started discussing and coordinating
on submissions. This conversation can shape some of the ongoing
conversations.
* Mako and I talked a while back to organize a series of sessions
similar to 2019:
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Research/Program . We
haven't connected recently though. Your email is a good poke. ;)
* Now that we know the format of Wikimania 2021, if I understand
correctly the 2019 format won't work. That is: we likely won't have
multiple large blocks of time.

Nate: what do you consider as good outcomes out of different Wikimedia
sessions the research community can (co-)organize?

Leila

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html

On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:47 PM J. Nathan Matias  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> I see that the Wikimania call for proposals
>  is open,
> and that the submission deadline is 11 days from now.
>
> Is anyone organizing a research-specific session or series, and is there a
> way we can support that endeavor?
>
> All the best,
>
> --
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> and Technology Lab   : @natematias
>  : blog
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[Wiki-research-l] Re: PC Magazine article about social epistemology and Wikipedia

[Leila Zia]

Nathan, sorry. I approved your attachment and it didn't come through. I'm
attaching it again, hopefully this time it will work.

On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 11:41 AM Nathan  wrote:

> Doesn't appear to be paywalled, but very much worth reading. PDF is
> attached.
>
> On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 1:40 PM Ward Cunningham  wrote:
>
> > Ouch. The site wouldn’t let me read it. Can you share a summary?
> >
> > > On Jun 3, 2021, at 10:22 AM, Bruckman, Amy S 
> wrote:
> > >
> > > I thought you all might appreciate my attempt at explaining social
> > epistemology and why Wikipedia is a model for a successful online site to
> > PC Magazine. 
> > >
> >
> https://www.pcmag.com/news/wikipedia-the-most-reliable-source-on-the-internet
> > >
> > > -- Amy
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [events] Wiki Workshop 2021 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

This is our final friendly reminder that if you're interested to join
us in the 8th annual Wiki Workshop https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/ on
April 14, 12:00-18:30 UTC you have until April 13 to submit your
indication of interest to participate:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiq7MUp9ln8Z9KijslxRh18eT0bqCpQqAGjunC4n99WMumSw/viewform
. If you're interested in research on or about the Wikimedia projects,
don't miss it. :)

Best,
Leila, Miriam and Bob

On Fri, Mar 26, 2021 at 5:27 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We are looking forward to hosting you in Wiki Workshop 2021
> (virtually) on April 14. You can now submit your indication of
> interest to participate in the workshop via
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiq7MUp9ln8Z9KijslxRh18eT0bqCpQqAGjunC4n99WMumSw/viewform
> .
>
> You can also check out the accepted papers and the invited speakers'
> list on the website: https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/
>
> Best,
> Leila, Miriam and Bob
>
> On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 8:52 AM Leila Zia  wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone,
> >
> > We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2021 will be held
> > virtually in April 2021 and as part of the Web Conference 2021 [1].
> > The exact day is to be finalized and we know it will be between April
> > 19-23.
> >
> > In the past years, Wiki Workshop has traveled to Oxford, Montreal,
> > Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San Francisco, and (virtually) to Taipei.
> > Last year, we had more than 120 participants in the workshop and we
> > are particularly excited about this year's as we will celebrate the
> > 20th birthday of Wikipedia.
> >
> > We encourage contributions by all researchers who study the Wikimedia
> > projects. We specifically encourage 1-2 page submissions of
> > preliminary research. You will have the option to publish your work as
> > part of the proceedings of The Web Conference 2021.
> >
> > You can read more about the call for papers and the workshop at
> > http://wikiworkshop.org/2021/#call. Please note that the deadline for
> > the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 29. All
> > other submissions should be received by March 1.
> >
> > If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
> > list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.
> >
> > Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition.
> >
> > Best,
> > Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
> > Bob West, EPFL
> > Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
> >
> > [1] https://www2021.thewebconf.org/

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [events] Wiki Workshop 2021 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

We are looking forward to hosting you in Wiki Workshop 2021
(virtually) on April 14. You can now submit your indication of
interest to participate in the workshop via
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeiq7MUp9ln8Z9KijslxRh18eT0bqCpQqAGjunC4n99WMumSw/viewform
.

You can also check out the accepted papers and the invited speakers'
list on the website: https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/

Best,
Leila, Miriam and Bob

On Wed, Jan 6, 2021 at 8:52 AM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2021 will be held
> virtually in April 2021 and as part of the Web Conference 2021 [1].
> The exact day is to be finalized and we know it will be between April
> 19-23.
>
> In the past years, Wiki Workshop has traveled to Oxford, Montreal,
> Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San Francisco, and (virtually) to Taipei.
> Last year, we had more than 120 participants in the workshop and we
> are particularly excited about this year's as we will celebrate the
> 20th birthday of Wikipedia.
>
> We encourage contributions by all researchers who study the Wikimedia
> projects. We specifically encourage 1-2 page submissions of
> preliminary research. You will have the option to publish your work as
> part of the proceedings of The Web Conference 2021.
>
> You can read more about the call for papers and the workshop at
> http://wikiworkshop.org/2021/#call. Please note that the deadline for
> the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 29. All
> other submissions should be received by March 1.
>
> If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
> list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.
>
> Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition.
>
> Best,
> Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
> Bob West, EPFL
> Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://www2021.thewebconf.org/

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[Wiki-research-l] The Wikimedia Foundation Research Award of the Year - Call for Nominations

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

This email contains information about a new award that we're
introducing as well as instructions about how you can nominate
scholarly research publications for the award.

=Purpose of the award=
Recognize recent research on or about the Wikimedia projects or recent
research that is of importance to the Wikimedia projects. Recognize
the researchers behind the research.

=Call for Nominations=
We invite you to submit nominations for the Wikimedia Foundation
Research Award of the year, which will be handed out at Wiki Workshop
2021 [1].

==Eligibility criteria==
Your nomination must meet the following criteria:

* The research must be on, about, using data from, and/or of
importance to Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons or other
Wikimedia projects [2].

* The publication must be available in English.

* The research must have been published between January 1, 2020 to
December 31, 2020.

==Selection criteria==
The award committee [3] will assess nominations based on
methodological excellence, quality of execution, quality of
presentation, reproducibility, ethical considerations, potential
impact on the Wikimedia projects or the Wikimedia research.

==Nomination process==
If you are interested to nominate a scholarly research publication,
please do so no later than 2021-03-22 by uploading it to Easychair via
https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wmfray2020 . We will ask you
to provide the following information in your nomination:

* Title of the manuscript
* A copy of the manuscript you are nominating
* A summary of the research and a clear justification for why the work
merits the award (in 350 words or fewer in English).

Note that self-nominations and nominations of others' work are both welcome.

If you have any questions, please contact wmf-ray-2...@easychair.org.

Best,
Leila Zia, on behalf of the Selection Committee of the Wikimedia
Foundation Research Award of the Year


[1] https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/
[2] https://wikimediafoundation.org/our-work/wikimedia-projects/
[3] comprised of myself, Benjamin Mako Hill (University of Washington)
and Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University) as of now. More people may be
added depending on the diversity of the nominations we receive and as
expertise are required.


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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [optional] [input requested] Upcoming opening in the WMF's Research team

[Leila Zia]

Thank you to those of you who provided feedback about the roles and
responsibilities off-list.

The position is now open. More at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiki-research-l/2021-March/007489.html

Best,
Leila

On Mon, Feb 8, 2021 at 2:55 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I hope this email finds you well.
>
> We are going to open a position in the Research team [1] at the
> Wikimedia Foundation and given the nature of the role (focused on the
> research community building aspect of our work), I'd like to offer a
> period of two weeks (until 2021-02-21) to hear your ideas about how to
> improve specific aspects of the opening. If you would like to provide
> optional feedback, please read on. Otherwise, you can safely stop
> here.
>
> ==Background==
> Over the past year or so, it has become evident to me that delivering
> towards Section 4 of the Foundations whitepaper [2] the Research team
> wrote in 2019 requires a dedicated individual in our team to focus on
> this direction. We're going to open a position in our team for this
> reason.
>
> ==Why are you asking for my input?==
> We normally don't ask for the input from the community on the
> specifics of the job descriptions. I'm making an exception in this
> case because of the nature of the work for this particular position.
>
> ==Roles and responsibilities==
> These are the roles and responsibilities I currently envision to ask
> of the person who joins us in this capacity:
>
> * Developing, maintaining, and executing a research capacity and
> outreach strategy in collaboration with the Head of Research and
> rooted in the priority areas identified (Section 4 of the whitepaper
> on the Foundations)
>
> * Maintaining, revamping and expanding the already existing research
> community programs including the Formal Collaboration program [3], the
> Research Internship program, and the Research Fellow program.
>
> * Organizing events such as the public Monthly Office Hours [4],
> Monthly Research Showcases [5], and the annual Wiki Workshop [6] in
> collaboration with the rest of the team
>
> * Serving as the liaison and facilitating engagement between the
> existing Wikimedia research community and the Wikimedia Research team
>
> * Actively working to expand the existing Wikimedia research community
> to include more regions of the world and more diverse disciplines
>
> * Understanding and triaging the needs of the Wikimedia research
> communities and advocating for resources internally to meet them
>
> * Communicating and promoting the Research team’s work to external and
> diverse audiences
>
> * Discussing, documenting and communicating the process and results of
> your work publicly
>
> ==Who can provide input?==
> Everyone on this list should feel welcome to. Given the nature of the
> position and the focus on research community building, I expect to
> hear the bulk of the feedback from those of you already active in the
> research community, as organizers or researchers.
>
> ==What feedback am I seeking?==
> Please focus your feedback on the "Roles and responsibilities"
> section. Have I missed a responsibility? Is there a lack of clarity
> around one or more of the ones already listed? ...
>
> ==What happens to your feedback?==
> I commit to read all constructive feedback I receive by 2021-02-21 and
> take them into account in updating the responsibility section of the
> job description that we will post. I want to be clear that I may not
> be able to implement particular feedback. My commitment is to
> seriously consider them.
>
> ==What happens in parallel to this opportunity for providing feedback?==
> For the sake of full transparency: I will start the process of
> finalizing the job description with our Talent and Culture department,
> including finalizing the title, experiences we will need for the role,
> and the responsibilities. I will not completely finalize the job
> description until the feedback period is over, however, so that I can
> make the adjustments needed.
>
> ==Where can you provide feedback?==
> You have 2 venues for doing so. On this email thread or in-person in
> one of the two time-slots below:
> February 11, 21:30-22:00 PST, link to connect:
> https://meet.google.com/wrt-zypn-bxs
> February 17, 8:00-8:30 PST, link to connect:
> https://meet.google.com/igz-xboq-mwx
>
> ==What if you have questions?==
> Feel free to join me in one of the two office hours posted above or
> get in touch on this thread, on or off-thread.
>
> ==Will there be a reminder for this?==
> No. If you are interested in engaging, please take a note on your end.
> I am not planning to send reminders. :)
>
> If you have made this

[Wiki-research-l] [job] We're hiring - Research Community Officer

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

We've opened a position in the Research team at the Wikimedia
Foundation to bring onboard a Research Community Officer. You can read
more about the role and responsibilities at
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2950273?gh_src=0b430d3f1us
.

Apply if you're interested or share the posting with those who may be
interested.

Best,
Leila

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[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to apply to Outreachy and Google Summer of Code program with Wikimedia!

[Leila Zia]

Some of you on this list may be interested in Google Summer of Code or
Outreachy programs with the Wikimedia Foundation which are, in a
nutshell, initiatives through which you can have short-term paid
positions to work on the Wikimedia projects. Please read on if you're
interested.

Leila

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Date: Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 3:53 AM
Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Invitation to apply to Outreachy and Google
Summer of Code program with Wikimedia!
To: Wikimedia Mailing List ,
Wikimedia developers ,
, Wikimedia Cloud Services general
discussion and support 
Cc: , 


(feel free to forward the message as is to your friends, family
members & colleagues)

Hello folks,

We would like to invite you to apply to the Outreachy and Google
Summer of Code program with the Wikimedia Foundation (a non-profit
organization behind Wikipedia)!

About the Outreachy program
Wikimedia will be mentoring ~3 projects in the Outreachy program in
the May to August 2021 round. The initial applications are due
February 22nd at 4 pm UTC.

Apply today: https://www.outreachy.org/apply/ [1]

Outreachy offers three-month internships to work remotely in Free and
Open Source Software (FOSS) projects with experienced mentors. The
internships may include programming, user experience, documentation,
illustration, and graphic design, or data science.

Outreachy internships run twice a year – from May to August and
December to March. Interns are paid a stipend of $5,500 USD for the
three months of work. They also have a $500 USD stipend to travel to
conferences and events. Interns often find employment after their
internship with Outreachy sponsors or in jobs that use the skills they
learned during their internship.

Outreachy is open to both students and non-students. Outreachy
expressly invites the following people to apply:

Women (both cis and trans), trans men, and genderqueer people.
Anyone who faces under-representation, systematic bias, or
discrimination in the technology industry in their country of
residence is invited to apply.
Residents and nationals of the United States of any gender who are
Black/African American, Hispanic/Latin@, Native American/American
Indian, Alaska Native, Native Hawaiian, or Pacific Islander.

About the Google Summer of Code program
Wikimedia is planning to mentor 8-10 projects in 2021’s Google Summer
of Code (GSoC) program. Beginning March 9th, pending Wikimedia’s
acceptance as a mentoring organization, applicants can begin
discussing ideas with the mentors!

The student application will be due on April 13, 2021:
https://summerofcode.withgoogle.com/ [2]

Google Summer of Code, now in its 17th year, is Google's summer
program for candidates participating in any academic programs who want
to get involved in open-source software. Over 6,626 students from 121
countries have already participated in the last year’s round i.e 2020

[3]. Google Summer of Code is a unique program that pairs students
with mentors who introduce them to the open-source community and
provide guidance while they work on real-world open-source projects
during their summer break from university.

This year there are some new breaking changes in the GSoC program, including:

Smaller project size ~175 hr project (previously 350 hr)
Shortened coding period ~10 weeks long (previously 3 months)
Eligibility criteria redefined; the program is now open to candidates
participating in a variety of academic programs (previously accredited
university programs only)

Projects cover a wide range of fields including Cloud, Operating
Systems, Graphics, Medicine, Programming Languages, Robotics, Science,
Security and many more. It's a highly competitive program (and this
year is expected to be even bigger than last year), so don't wait
until the last minute to prepare!

About the Wikimedia Foundation
The Wikimedia Foundation is the nonprofit organization that hosts and
operates Wikipedia and the other Wikimedia free knowledge projects.
Our vision is a world in which every single human can freely share in
the sum of all knowledge. We believe that everyone has the potential
to contribute something to our shared knowledge and that everyone
should be able to access that knowledge, free of interference. We host
the Wikimedia projects, build software experiences for reading,
contributing, and sharing Wikimedia content, support the volunteer
communities and partners who make Wikimedia possible, and advocate for
policies that enable Wikimedia and free knowledge to thrive.

Resources
* Browse through the participants’ guides, to learn more about the
application process steps:
 [4]
 [5]
* All the projects will be showcased here:
 [6]

[Wiki-research-l] [optional] [input requested] Upcoming opening in the WMF's Research team

[Leila Zia]

rkshop.org/

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[Wiki-research-l] [events] Wiki Workshop 2021 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2021 will be held
virtually in April 2021 and as part of the Web Conference 2021 [1].
The exact day is to be finalized and we know it will be between April
19-23.

In the past years, Wiki Workshop has traveled to Oxford, Montreal,
Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San Francisco, and (virtually) to Taipei.
Last year, we had more than 120 participants in the workshop and we
are particularly excited about this year's as we will celebrate the
20th birthday of Wikipedia.

We encourage contributions by all researchers who study the Wikimedia
projects. We specifically encourage 1-2 page submissions of
preliminary research. You will have the option to publish your work as
part of the proceedings of The Web Conference 2021.

You can read more about the call for papers and the workshop at
http://wikiworkshop.org/2021/#call. Please note that the deadline for
the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 29. All
other submissions should be received by March 1.

If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition.

Best,
Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
Bob West, EPFL
Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://www2021.thewebconf.org/

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Me

[Leila Zia]

Hi Sam at Megaputer,

Sorry that it took a long while to get back to you. We talked about
your question in the Research office hour today and Isaac mentioned
that we have an open thread from you here as well. Here are the
instructions:

My understanding is that you're requesting the researcher flag for the
English Wikipedia. In this case, you should contact the English
Wikipedia community directly as they handle the requests. Send a
message to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(miscellaneous)
and refer to 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:User_access_levels#Researcher
as the access right you're requesting. You will need to describe your
project and if it is intended to help improve Wikimedia projects,
please highlight that.

Good luck!
Leila

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 12:28 PM  wrote:
>
> Hello, everyone!
>
> First, let me introduce myself. My name is Sam, and I am a data analysis
> intern at a company called Megaputer Intelligence. My comapny makes a
> software which which has a lot of promise in improving various Wikimedia
> projects, so I am hoping that my work here will lead to a collaboration
> between Megaputer and the Wikimedia foundation.
>
> Right now I am trying to produce a better anti-vandalism bot for English
> Wikipedia which involves working with a dataset of edits classified as
> vandalism or not vandalism. The problem that I am having is that some of
> the pages I need to access have been deleted or suppressed. Could
> someone tell me where is the right place to apply for researcher rights
> so that I can access these?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Sam at Megaputer
>
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Research-Internal] Important: Harvard Research - Wikipedia View Cont Geolocation Information

[Leila Zia]

[Moving the WMF internal lists to Bcc. Adding wiki-research-l, the
public mailing list for research related questions.]

Hi Ritvik,

Thank you for reaching out to us and your interest to do research with
the Wikimedia projects' data. I'm particularly excited to read that
you are already thinking about giving back to the commons by data,
knowledge, and insights. We love that. :)

Regarding the specific data that you wrote about:

* Our team, Research, is responsible for setting up Formal
Collaborations that allow the type of research that you mention in
your email. At this time, we are only able to prioritize and initiate
formal collaborations that are in-line with our annual plan
commitments and I expect that to stay the same in the coming 8 months.
I'm sorry that we can't explore together a formal collaboration at
this point.

* However, thanks to the nudges by some folks from the research
community and this list, we took steps to find a pathway to share some
of Wikipedia's COVID-19 related data with the research community.
While the decision about what to publish is not finalized, I do expect
to see a geographical dimension associated with pageviews as part of
the release (the granularity of which is to be determined).

You can read more about the details of the data that we are currently
keeping at 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Data_retention_guidelines#Exceptions_to_these_guidelines
.

I am sorry that we cannot have a fast turnaround for your request. I
do believe, however, that by reserving more time to work on the
question of how to release the data publicly, we can unlock more
research and also provide a more equitable path for this highly
important dataset and many key research questions that can be answered
with it.

Best,
Leila

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On Fri, Oct 30, 2020 at 7:34 AM Ramakrishnan, Ritvik
 wrote:
>
> Good Morning,
>
> Hope all is going well! My name is Ritvik Ramakrishnan and I am a Research 
> Assistant at Harvard University. I have CC’d a Postdoctoral Researcher from 
> Harvard, Dr. Tao Hu, in this email.
>
> Currently, we are looking at Wikipedia view counts to analyze the trends 
> between that and COVID-19 growth in the United States. However, the Wikipedia 
> view counts available using the Wikimedia Rest API Documentation made it 
> difficult for us to geolocate and filter it to just the United States. The 
> view count numbers we have aren’t confined to a location.
>
> Because of this, after talking to Italy researchers who had conducted a 
> similar study for the Zika Virus using Wikipedia data confined to the United 
> States, they suggested we reach out to Wikimedia Foundation to establish a 
> non-disclosure agreement as part of your formal collaboration policy.
>
> Since we want to be able to look at view counts per day by location, in 
> return we can provide cutting-edge data and information that your foundation 
> can possibly release the data we used for our study once we are accepted for 
> publication.
>
> Let me know what next steps we can take in order to proceed. Thank you!
>
> Warm Regards,
> Ritvik Ramakrishnan
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[Wiki-research-l] [job] Fwd: Vacancy at Department Zagheni, Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research

[Leila Zia]

For your information.

-- Forwarded message -
From: MPIDR - Career 
Date: Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 7:26 AM
Subject: Vacancy at Department Zagheni, Max Planck Institute for
Demographic Research
To:


Dear colleague:



We are looking for postdocs/research scientists for the Department
Zagheni 
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [feedback requested] Taxonomy of knowledge gaps

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

A quick status update on this thread.

* We're one week in the feedback collection stage. You have almost 2
more weeks to share your feedback at:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Feedback_collection_September_2020

* The upcoming Research Showcase is dedicated to this topic and
further discussions and feedback collections. Participate if you're
interested: 
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#September_2020

Thanks to those of you who have already started engaging with this project.

If you have questions, please reach out on the discussion page
(preferred), the thread here or one of us (myself or the folks cc-ed).

Thanks,
Leila

On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 3:27 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> I hope this email finds you well.
>
> I'm reaching out to let you know that the Research team [1] at the
> Wikimedia Foundation has been working on developing a taxonomy of
> knowledge gaps for the Wikimedia projects. We now have the first draft
> of the taxonomy ready and we're seeking your input to improve it.
>
> ==Material==
> * A summary of the taxonomy and motivation:
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy_Summary-and-Motivation.pdf
>
> * Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12314
>
> * A video presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP3uXA9bfvU or
> https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy.mp4.webm
> (same video on two platforms)
>
> ==Feedback==
> Please provide your feedback by answering the 6 questions posted at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Feedback_collection_September_2020
> .
>
> We're collecting feedback until 2020-09-30.
>
> ==Talk with us==
> If you have questions about the taxonomy and you'd like to talk with
> us in a synchronous set-up, we invite you to join us in the upcoming
> Research Showcase
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#September_2020
> . We will have a very short presentation about it and will leave 15-20
> min for any questions you may have. If you all need more time to talk
> about it in sync, we're happy to open time for that as well. Let us
> know.
>
> ==What happens next?==
> We have explained it at
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#What_happens_next?
> . At a high level, we will iterate on the taxonomy based on the
> feedback and will start researching on how to measure the different
> gap types identified in the taxonomy.
>
> Thank you!
> Isaac, Martin, Miriam, and Leila
>
>
> [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html
>
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[Wiki-research-l] [feedback requested] Taxonomy of knowledge gaps

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

I hope this email finds you well.

I'm reaching out to let you know that the Research team [1] at the
Wikimedia Foundation has been working on developing a taxonomy of
knowledge gaps for the Wikimedia projects. We now have the first draft
of the taxonomy ready and we're seeking your input to improve it.

==Material==
* A summary of the taxonomy and motivation:
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy_Summary-and-Motivation.pdf

* Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12314

* A video presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP3uXA9bfvU or
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy.mp4.webm
(same video on two platforms)

==Feedback==
Please provide your feedback by answering the 6 questions posted at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Feedback_collection_September_2020
.

We're collecting feedback until 2020-09-30.

==Talk with us==
If you have questions about the taxonomy and you'd like to talk with
us in a synchronous set-up, we invite you to join us in the upcoming
Research Showcase
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#September_2020
. We will have a very short presentation about it and will leave 15-20
min for any questions you may have. If you all need more time to talk
about it in sync, we're happy to open time for that as well. Let us
know.

==What happens next?==
We have explained it at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#What_happens_next?
. At a high level, we will iterate on the taxonomy based on the
feedback and will start researching on how to measure the different
gap types identified in the taxonomy.

Thank you!
Isaac, Martin, Miriam, and Leila


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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] Upcoming WMF/Research-Team Office hours on September 1st, 2020

[Leila Zia]

A friendly reminder that we will kick off this meeting in a couple of
minutes. Join us if you want to talk about research. :)

On Fri, Aug 28, 2020 at 10:13 AM Martin Gerlach  wrote:
>
> 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
>
>
>
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[Wiki-research-l] [job] We're hiring

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

I hope this email finds you well.

We, the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1], are hiring for
2 positions. Please review the corresponding job descriptions via the
links below and apply on or before August 31 if you're interested.
Also, do consider spreading the word, please! :)

Research Scientist (Disinformation):
https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2267633

Research Engineer: https://boards.greenhouse.io/wikimedia/jobs/2267741

If you have questions, please don't hesitate to reach out.

Best,
Leila

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Requesting access to deleted pages for research purposes

[Leila Zia]

Hi Mackenzie,

Thanks for sharing more about your research here.

Do you intend to request access to the deleted logs of specific
Wikipedia language editions or all Wikipedias?

Best,
Leila

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On Thu, Jul 9, 2020 at 11:43 AM Mackenzie Lemieux
 wrote:
>
> Dear Wiki Community,
>
> My name is Mackenzie Lemieux and I am a neuroscience researcher at the Salk
> Institute for Biological Studies and I am interested in exploring biases on
> Wikipedia.
>
> My research hypothesis is that gender or ethnicity mediate the rate of
> flagging and deletion of pages for women in STEM.  I hope to
> retrospectively analyze Wikipedia's deletion history, harvest the
> biographical articles about scientists that have been created over the past
> n years and then confirm the gender and ethnicity of a large sample.
>
> It appears that we can identify deleted pages with Wikipedia's deletion log
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Deletion_log>, but to actually see
> the page that was deleted we need to be members of one of these Wikipedia
> user groups:  Administrators
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators>, Oversighters
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Oversight>, Researchers
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Researchers>, Checkusers
> <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:CheckUser>.
>
> Does anyone have advice on how to obtain researcher status or is there
> anyone willing to collaborate who has access to the data we need?
>
> Warmly,
> Mackenzie Lemieux
>
>
> --
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> mackenzie.lemi...@gmail.com
> cell: 416-806-0041
> 220 Gilmour Avenue
> Toronto, Ontario
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

We are now less than 3 days away from Wiki Workshop 2020 (April 21,
11:45-18:00 UTC, 4:45-11:00 PST) and more than 170 people have registered
to attend. This is your final reminder: If you like to participate in the
event and you haven't submitted your registration request, yet, please do
so in the next 24 hours via
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform
.
After that we will only process the requests if we have time to do so as
our priority will switch to address any last minute needs for the event. :)

Thanks and looking forward to seeing those of you who will attend. :)

Leila



On Mon, Mar 16, 2020 at 12:42 PM Leila Zia  wrote:

> Hi Pine,
>
> We're considering the options and going through the pros and cons of
> it. One consideration is that folks whose native language is not
> English or don't consider themselves proficient in the language may
> feel less comfortable to talk if the session is recorded. We will get
> back to you all with the decision in the coming weeks.
>
> Thanks,
> Leila
>
> On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:45 AM Pine W  wrote:
> >
> > Hi Leila,
> >
> > Thank you for the updates. I have one small question. Will the
> > sessions which are available on Zoom also be recorded for later
> > viewing? On occasion, I watch or share presentations after they have
> > occurred.
> >
> > Pine
> > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
> >
> > On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:43 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > We have an update for you regarding Wiki Workshop 2020 [0] in light of
> > > the global health situation related to COVID-19.
> > >
> > > ==Summary==
> > > We have turned Wiki Workshop 2020 from an in-person event to a fully
> > > virtual event. This was not an easy decision for us to make. We know
> > > that past year attendees had gained a lot from the in-person set-up of
> > > the workshop. This being said, we're excited about the opportunity of
> > > organizing the workshop in a virtual set-up: this allows us to reduce
> > > our carbon foot-print and to allow more people to benefit from the
> > > workshop.
> > >
> > > For this year's workshop, we have decided to remove the registration
> > > cost which is removing one more barrier for participation. The
> > > workshop will take place, as originally planned, on April 21 2020. We
> > > have changed the time of the workshop from Taipei's local time to
> > > afternoon UTC until evening UTC. (Exact times will be announced in the
> > > coming couple of weeks.) We also want you to know that we're working
> > > hard to transform the workshop program to one that can be engaging in
> > > a virtual set-up. We are making good progress on this front, thanks to
> > > the immense flexibility of everyone who is working with us including
> > > our speakers and the authors of the papers. Look for more information
> > > in the coming weeks about how to register (for fee). If you want to
> > > know more, please read on! :)
> > >
> > > ==Where?==
> > > Wiki Workshop 2020 is going fully virtual. All talks, conversations,
> > > poster sessions, and one on one meetings are moved to a virtual
> > > environment.
> > >
> > > ==When?==
> > > April 21, 2020. We will start in the afternoon UTC and will end in the
> > > evening UTC. Note that this is a change from the original plan to
> > > start at 9:00 local time in Taipei. We expect to be able to finalize
> > > the start and end times of the workshop no later than 2020-03-27.
> > >
> > > ==How?==
> > > We are testing a few different video communication options and most
> > > likely we will go with Zoom [1]. There is no cost for downloading
> > > Zoom, and there is even a web browser version of it. However, some of
> > > the features we will use, such as breakout rooms, will work more
> > > smoothly if you download Zoom. We will send specific instructions for
> > > how to connect to those who register for the event.
> > >
> > > ==Registration==
> > > If you are not an author of an accepted archival paper, you can
> > > request to attend the event for free. We will send the details for how
> > > to submit your request by 2020-03-27. We will review all registration
> > > requests and will let you know if your registration is through.
> > >
> > > If you are an author of an accepted paper in the workshop, you will
> > > need to make sur

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Asperges, ADHD and editors

[Leila Zia]

Hi RhinosF1,

If you already haven't seen it, you may be interested to check out
StackOverflow's Annual Developer Survey. Every year, they ask
developers across the globe a variety of questions including their
demographics and within that they have a category called developer
profile. Check out their 2019 results [1]. They specifically collect
data on mood or emotional disorder, anxiety disorder, concentration
and/or memory disorder, and autism spectrum disorder:
https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019#developer-profile-_-disability-status

Best,
Leila

[1] https://insights.stackoverflow.com/survey/2019

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On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 11:50 AM RhinosF1 -  wrote:
>
> Hey,
>
> I think the quote “ Wikipedians are not disproportionately ADHD, perhaps
> the reverse.” is an interesting opinion as the view of many seems to be
> that Wikimedia Projects require charectersitics common of people in those
> groups.
>
> Gerard, I agree that we can have issues with people.
>
> Thanks!
>
> On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 19:29, Gerard Meijssen 
> wrote:
>
> > Hoi,
> > We regularly have problems with people. We have people who are banned
> > because people think they are problematic. We have banned people who have
> > contributed hugely to our projects. The notion that it is stigmatising is a
> > notion whereby we wash our hands in innocence, we do not want to know.
> >
> > It is one thing that you personally are grossed out but I hope you
> > understand that given that this is an issue we need to address. It is not
> > only people who do not care for rules, it is also the people who obsess
> > about rules. You find it in the excessive attention for Clarice Phelps.
> > People do get hurt, people do get traumatised because of this inattention.
> > Thanks,
> >GerardM
> >
> > On Thu, 2 Apr 2020 at 17:58, Jonathan Morgan 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > There's this study
> > > <
> > >
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:The_Construction_and_Application_of_Personality_Profile_Based_on_User_Behavior_in_Wikipedia
> > > >
> > > but I don't know if it was ever completed (and as you can infer from my
> > > posts on the talkpage, I very much hope it was NOT).
> > >
> > > In general, any kind of psychometric profiling of Wikipedia editors kind
> > of
> > > grosses me out. But as an armchair psychologist myself, as well as a
> > > non-neurotypical individual, sure I'm happy to hypothesize that there are
> > > many of us in the projects. It takes a certain mindset to find the
> > process
> > > of building an encyclopedia using 20-year old software paradigms to be
> > > engaging ;)
> > >
> > > - J
> > >
> > > On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 8:49 AM RhinosF1 -  wrote:
> > >
> > > > Evening all,
> > > >
> > > > I hope everyone is doing well given the crazy world we’re living in.
> > > >
> > > > I was having a conversation with a few users on Discord today and we
> > were
> > > > wondering whether wikimedia (or users of other similiar sites would be
> > > > fine) disproportinately fall into the category of having aspergers,
> > ADHD
> > > > and other simmilar conditions.
> > > >
> > > > It would be even better if anyone knew what sort of areas these users
> > > were
> > > > more likely to work in.
> > > >
> > > > Following a chat with Issac in #wikimedia-research, I understand there
> > > > isn’t much support for this kind of research as users may not want to
> > > > reveal this information and there is no clear reason for collecting the
> > > > information but if anyone knows of past research or has any
> > information,
> > > > that would be helpful.
> > > >
> > > > Stay Safe,
> > > > RhinosF1
> > > > --
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Samuel
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> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
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> > > Senior Design Researcher
> > > Wikimedia Foundation
> > > User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)>
> > > (Uses He/Him)
> > >
> > > *Please note that I do not expect a response from you on evenings or

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

I hope you are all doing well and staying healthy.

A few updates (including registration information) about Wiki Workshop 2020:

* Wiki Workshop 2020 will take place on April 21, 5:00-10:00 PST
(13:00-18:00 UTC).

* We are planning an optional 80-min event after the completion of the
workshop. More information about this once we publish the full
schedule on 2020-03-31.

* We currently have a cap of 300 people for folks to participate in
the workshop. If you know you want to participate, please register
sooner rather than later. We are still iterating over the "streaming"
idea. More updates on that in the coming weeks.

* If you like to participate in the workshop, please submit your
registration request via
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe2ctfYVIokWYsvUfxcdF-FNwrymgzpNZLh25EhU8JbvKp1tA/viewform
.

Best,
Leila, on behalf of Wiki Workshop 2020 organizers

On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 2:42 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> We have an update for you regarding Wiki Workshop 2020 [0] in light of
> the global health situation related to COVID-19.
>
> ==Summary==
> We have turned Wiki Workshop 2020 from an in-person event to a fully
> virtual event. This was not an easy decision for us to make. We know
> that past year attendees had gained a lot from the in-person set-up of
> the workshop. This being said, we're excited about the opportunity of
> organizing the workshop in a virtual set-up: this allows us to reduce
> our carbon foot-print and to allow more people to benefit from the
> workshop.
>
> For this year's workshop, we have decided to remove the registration
> cost which is removing one more barrier for participation. The
> workshop will take place, as originally planned, on April 21 2020. We
> have changed the time of the workshop from Taipei's local time to
> afternoon UTC until evening UTC. (Exact times will be announced in the
> coming couple of weeks.) We also want you to know that we're working
> hard to transform the workshop program to one that can be engaging in
> a virtual set-up. We are making good progress on this front, thanks to
> the immense flexibility of everyone who is working with us including
> our speakers and the authors of the papers. Look for more information
> in the coming weeks about how to register (for fee). If you want to
> know more, please read on! :)
>
> ==Where?==
> Wiki Workshop 2020 is going fully virtual. All talks, conversations,
> poster sessions, and one on one meetings are moved to a virtual
> environment.
>
> ==When?==
> April 21, 2020. We will start in the afternoon UTC and will end in the
> evening UTC. Note that this is a change from the original plan to
> start at 9:00 local time in Taipei. We expect to be able to finalize
> the start and end times of the workshop no later than 2020-03-27.
>
> ==How?==
> We are testing a few different video communication options and most
> likely we will go with Zoom [1]. There is no cost for downloading
> Zoom, and there is even a web browser version of it. However, some of
> the features we will use, such as breakout rooms, will work more
> smoothly if you download Zoom. We will send specific instructions for
> how to connect to those who register for the event.
>
> ==Registration==
> If you are not an author of an accepted archival paper, you can
> request to attend the event for free. We will send the details for how
> to submit your request by 2020-03-27. We will review all registration
> requests and will let you know if your registration is through.
>
> If you are an author of an accepted paper in the workshop, you will
> need to make sure at least one of the authors of your paper is
> registered for a 1-day (or more) in-person registration option offered
> by the Web Conference 2020 organizers or the 5-day virtual attendance
> registration for the conference. Link to register:
> https://www2020.thewebconf.org/registration . Please note that your
> paper will be removed from the proceedings of the conference if you do
> not take this step and we, as workshop organizers, don't have any
> means to fix that for you.
>
> ==Program==
> We traditionally had 5-6 invited talks (45-min each) in Wiki Workshop
> along with a Featured and Lightning Talk session by the authors of the
> accepted papers followed by a poster session. The duration of the
> workshop in the old set-up was 8 hours.
>
> We have no doubt that our traditional model for the program has to
> change for this year. We know that the dynamics of engagement in the
> virtual set-ups are different from the in-person set-ups. Here is what
> we're thinking about the high-level format, the details to be
> announced as we finalize the program in the coming few weeks:
> * Ice-breaker: unchanged.
> * Introductions: som

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki-research-l Digest, Vol 175, Issue 18

[Leila Zia]

Hi Ludovic,

Thanks for kicking off this thread. :)

An update on the Wikimedia Foundation's Research team end on this
front (and by no means we're the only players in the field, there are
many researchers on this mailing list who may want to share more about
what they're doing in this space):

* I will send an email to this list sometime during the next week
about what the Research team intends to spend resources on in response
to the COVID-19 situation.

* Diego Saez in our team currently is doing some data analysis in this
space in his volunteer time. If you're interested to learn more,
please reach out to him. You can find him in the #wikimedia-research
channel in IRC under username diego. (He may also just respond to this
email at some point.:)

Best,
Leila


On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 5:52 PM Ludovic Bocken  wrote:
>
> Hello everyone,
>
> Could you please let me know of Wikimedia research initiatives about the
> coronavirus crisis?
>
> Is there anyone in the Wikimedia community interested in collaboration for
> the different AI/ML/NLP challenges ?
>
> https://www.kaggle.com/allen-institute-for-ai/CORD-19-research-challenge/tasks
>
> https://covid-global-hackathon.devpost.com/
> https://devpost.com/hackathons?utf8=%E2%9C%93=coronavirus_type=all_by=Recently+Added
>
>
> Take care !
>
> Best regards,
>
> Ludovic BOCKEN
> lboc...@gmail.com
> www.ludovicbocken.com
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> >1. Re: [Announcement] Daily Social Media Traffic Report for
> >   English Wikipedia articles (Jonathan Morgan)
> >2. Re: [Announcement] Daily Social Media Traffic Report for
> >   English Wikipedia articles (john cummings)
> >3. Re: [Announcement] Daily Social Media Traffic Report for
> >   English Wikipedia articles (Jonathan Morgan)
> >4. [job] Fwd: Post-doc postion at Max Planck Institute for
> >   Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany (Leila Zia)
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Message: 1
> > Date: Tue, 24 Mar 2020 08:02:09 -0700
> > From: Jonathan Morgan 
> > To: Wiki Research-l 
> > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Announcement] Daily Social Media
> > Traffic Report for English Wikipedia articles
> > Message-ID:
> > <
> > canib+xq5bobtppaldv-zavnqxeqkhiwwnvwbrkdswjizz_s...@mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > Gerard,
> >
> > It's a pilot, so it's not available for other wikis yet. If we receive
> > community feedback that indicates that the resource is welcome and is being
> > used, we will definitely lobby for making this resource available for all
> > wikis, on a long-term basis.
> >
> > If you would like to see this resource maintained, experiment with it and
> > provide feedback
> > <
> > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Social_media_traffic_report_pilot
> > >
> > !
> >
> > Best,
> > Jonathan
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 23, 2020 at 10:53 PM Gerard Meijssen <
> > gerard.meijs...@gmail.com>
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Hoi,
> > > Does this work for any Wikipedia? If so, where can I find it for the
> > Dutch,
> 

Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] Analytics/Research Office hours on 2020-03-25 at 17.00-18.00 (UTC)

[Leila Zia]

This is happening now and for the next 53 min. ;) Show up if you have
questions for us.

Best,
Leila
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On Fri, Mar 20, 2020 at 3:03 AM Martin Gerlach  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> join us for our monthly Analytics/Research Office hours on 2020-03-25 at 
> 17.00-18.00 (UTC). Bring all your research questions and ideas to discuss 
> projects, data, analysis, etc…
>
> To participate, please join the IRC channel: #wikimedia-research [1].
>
> More detailed information can be found here [2] or on the etherpad [3] if you 
> would like to add items to agenda or check notes from previous meetings.
>
> Best,
> Martin
>
>
> [1] irc://chat.freenode.net:6667/wikimedia-research
>
> [2] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours
>
> [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours
>
>
>
> --
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> Research Scientist
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[Wiki-research-l] [job] Fwd: Post-doc postion at Max Planck Institute for Demographic Research, Rostock, Germany

[Leila Zia]

Some of you may be interested in the position below.

Best,
Leila


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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi Pine,

We're considering the options and going through the pros and cons of
it. One consideration is that folks whose native language is not
English or don't consider themselves proficient in the language may
feel less comfortable to talk if the session is recorded. We will get
back to you all with the decision in the coming weeks.

Thanks,
Leila

On Sun, Mar 15, 2020 at 10:45 AM Pine W  wrote:
>
> Hi Leila,
>
> Thank you for the updates. I have one small question. Will the
> sessions which are available on Zoom also be recorded for later
> viewing? On occasion, I watch or share presentations after they have
> occurred.
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
> On Fri, Mar 13, 2020 at 9:43 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
> >
> > Hi all,
> >
> > We have an update for you regarding Wiki Workshop 2020 [0] in light of
> > the global health situation related to COVID-19.
> >
> > ==Summary==
> > We have turned Wiki Workshop 2020 from an in-person event to a fully
> > virtual event. This was not an easy decision for us to make. We know
> > that past year attendees had gained a lot from the in-person set-up of
> > the workshop. This being said, we're excited about the opportunity of
> > organizing the workshop in a virtual set-up: this allows us to reduce
> > our carbon foot-print and to allow more people to benefit from the
> > workshop.
> >
> > For this year's workshop, we have decided to remove the registration
> > cost which is removing one more barrier for participation. The
> > workshop will take place, as originally planned, on April 21 2020. We
> > have changed the time of the workshop from Taipei's local time to
> > afternoon UTC until evening UTC. (Exact times will be announced in the
> > coming couple of weeks.) We also want you to know that we're working
> > hard to transform the workshop program to one that can be engaging in
> > a virtual set-up. We are making good progress on this front, thanks to
> > the immense flexibility of everyone who is working with us including
> > our speakers and the authors of the papers. Look for more information
> > in the coming weeks about how to register (for fee). If you want to
> > know more, please read on! :)
> >
> > ==Where?==
> > Wiki Workshop 2020 is going fully virtual. All talks, conversations,
> > poster sessions, and one on one meetings are moved to a virtual
> > environment.
> >
> > ==When?==
> > April 21, 2020. We will start in the afternoon UTC and will end in the
> > evening UTC. Note that this is a change from the original plan to
> > start at 9:00 local time in Taipei. We expect to be able to finalize
> > the start and end times of the workshop no later than 2020-03-27.
> >
> > ==How?==
> > We are testing a few different video communication options and most
> > likely we will go with Zoom [1]. There is no cost for downloading
> > Zoom, and there is even a web browser version of it. However, some of
> > the features we will use, such as breakout rooms, will work more
> > smoothly if you download Zoom. We will send specific instructions for
> > how to connect to those who register for the event.
> >
> > ==Registration==
> > If you are not an author of an accepted archival paper, you can
> > request to attend the event for free. We will send the details for how
> > to submit your request by 2020-03-27. We will review all registration
> > requests and will let you know if your registration is through.
> >
> > If you are an author of an accepted paper in the workshop, you will
> > need to make sure at least one of the authors of your paper is
> > registered for a 1-day (or more) in-person registration option offered
> > by the Web Conference 2020 organizers or the 5-day virtual attendance
> > registration for the conference. Link to register:
> > https://www2020.thewebconf.org/registration . Please note that your
> > paper will be removed from the proceedings of the conference if you do
> > not take this step and we, as workshop organizers, don't have any
> > means to fix that for you.
> >
> > ==Program==
> > We traditionally had 5-6 invited talks (45-min each) in Wiki Workshop
> > along with a Featured and Lightning Talk session by the authors of the
> > accepted papers followed by a poster session. The duration of the
> > workshop in the old set-up was 8 hours.
> >
> > We have no doubt that our traditional model for the program has to
> > change for this year. We know that the dynamics of engagement in the
> > virtual set-ups are different from the in-person set-ups. Here is wh

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

 Workshop organizers [2]

[0] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoom_Video_Communications
[2] https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#organization

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 7:13 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2020 will be held in
> Taipei on April 20 or 21, 2020 (the date to be finalized soon) and as
> part of the Web Conference 2020 [1]. In the past years, Wiki Workshop
> has traveled to Oxford, Montreal, Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San
> Francisco.
>
> You can read more about the call for papers and the workshops at
> http://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#call. Please note that the deadline for
> the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 17. All
> other submissions should be received by February 21.
>
> If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
> list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you in Taipei.
>
> Best,
> Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
> Bob West, EPFL
> Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] U.S. open access policy comment period open [important]

[Leila Zia]

Jake, thanks for sharing this. It's good to see more movement in this
space. When Dario Taraborelli and the Legal team at Wikimedia Foundation
made the Open Access Policy [1] happen in 2015, we felt it was long overdue
to have this policy in place. 5 years later and we still need many more
efforts in this space to make open access a reality.

You may have already seen this, sharing just in case: A recent study by
Piccardi et al. to quantify the engagement with citations on Wikipedia
shows that open-access references used in Wikipedia on STEM-related pages
seem to receive more clicks (by readers) than other traditionally more
closed references. They find that words like "free" and "pdf" (in the
reference line) are among the top predictors of click on citations while
more traditionally closed sources such as JSTOR are negative predictors of
clicks): https://arxiv.org/pdf/2001.08614.pdf

 Best,
Leila

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[1] https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Open_access_policy


On Wed, Feb 26, 2020 at 10:54 AM Jake Orlowitz  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Amazingly, the U.S. science and technology policy office is considering
> making *all* publicly funded research *open access*.
>
> If you are a U.S. citizen, PLEASE comment by March 16th.
>
>
> https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2020/02/19/2020-03189/request-for-information-public-access-to-peer-reviewed-scholarly-publications-data-and-code
>
> Cheers,
>
> Jake Orlowitz
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> *Seeker of well people and sane societies*
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] Announcement - Mediawiki History Dumps

[Leila Zia]

Hi Joseph and team,

summary: congratulations and some suggestions/requests.

I second and third Nate and Neil. Congratulations on meeting this
milestone. This effort can empower the research community to spend
less time on joining datasets and trying to resolve existing, known
(to some) and complex issues with mediawiki history data and instead
spend time doing the research. Nice! :)

I'm eager to see what the dataset(s) will be used for by others. On my
end, I am looking forward to seeing more research on how Wiki(m|p)edia
projects have evolved over the past almost 2 decades now that this
data is more readily available for studying. What we learn from the
Wikimedia projects and their evolution can be helpful in understanding
the broader web ecosystem and its evolution as well (as the Web is
only 30 years old now).

I have some requests if I may:

* Pine brings up a good point about licenses. It would be great to
make that clear in the documentation page(s). There are many examples
of this (that you know better than I), just in case, I find the
License section of
https://iccl.inf.tu-dresden.de/web/Wikidata/Maps-06-2015/en
informative, for example.

* The other request I have is that you make the template for citing
this data-set clear to the end-user in your documentation pages
(including readme). You can do this in a few different ways:

** In the documentation pages, put a suggested citation link. For
example (for bibtex):

@misc{wmfanalytics2020mediawikihistory,
  title = {MediaWiki History},
  author = {nameoftheauthors},
  howpublished = "\url{https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/mediawiki_history/};,
  note = {Accessed on date x},
  year={2020}
}

** Upload a paper about the work on arxiv.org. This way, your work
gets a DOI that you can use in your documentation pages for folks to
use for citation. Note that this step can be relatively light-weight.
(no peer-review in this case and it's relatively quick.)

** Submit the paper to a conference. Some conferences have a data-set
paper track where you publish about the dataset you release. Research
is happy to support you with guidance if you need it and if you choose
to go down this path. This takes some more time and in return it will
give you a "peer-review" stamp and more experience in publishing if
you like that.

Unless you like publishing your work in a peer-reviewed venue, I
suggest one of the first two approaches.

* I'm not sure if you intend to make the dataset more discoverable
through places such as https://datasetsearch.research.google.com/ .
You may want to consider that.

Thanks,
Leila

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On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 9:28 PM Pine W  wrote:
>
> I was thinking about the licensing issue some more. Apparently there
> was a relevant United States court case regarding metadata several
> years ago in the United States, but it's unclear to me from my brief
> web search whether this holding would apply to metadata from every
> nation. Also, I don't know if the underlying statues have changed
> since the time of that ruling. I think that WMF Legal should be
> consulted regarding the copyright status of the metadata. Also, I
> think that the licensing of metadata should be explicitly addressed in
> the Terms of Use or a similar document which is easily accessible to
> all contributors to Wikimedia sites.
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
> On Tue, Feb 11, 2020 at 12:17 AM Pine W  wrote:
> >
> > Hi Joseph,
> >
> > Thanks for this announcement.
> >
> > I am looking for license information regarding the dumps, and I'm not
> > finding it in the pages that you linked at [1] or [2]. The license
> > that applies to text on Wikimedia sites is often CC-BY-SA 3.0, and the
> > WMF Terms of Use at https://foundation.wikimedia.org/wiki/Terms_of_Use
> > do not appear to provide any exception for metadata. In the absence of
> > a specific license, I think that the CC-BY-SA or other relevant
> > licenses would apply to the metadata, and that the licensing
> > information should be prominently included on relevant pages and in
> > the dumps themselves.
> >
> > What do you think?
> >
> > Pine
> > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
> >
> > On Mon, Feb 10, 2020 at 4:28 PM Joseph Allemandou
> >  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Analytics People,
> > >
> > > The Wikimedia Analytics Team is pleased to announce the release of the 
> > > most complete dataset we have to date to analyze content and contributors 
> > > metadata: Mediawiki History [1] [2].
> > >
> > > Data is in TSV format, released monthly around the 3rd of the month 
> > > usually, and every new release contains the full history of metadata.
> > >
>

Re: [Wiki-research-l] New Office hours for WMF/Research starting in January 2020

[Leila Zia]

This is happening now and for the next 54-min. :) Instructions for how
to attend at 
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours#How_to_attend
(#wikimedia-research channel in IRC freenode).

L

On Fri, Jan 17, 2020 at 8:02 AM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> A friendly reminder that the first joint Analytics and Research office
> hours will take place on 2020-01-22 at 17.00-18.00 (UTC). Bring your
> Wikimedia related research and data questions to us during these
> office hours. More at
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours
>
> --
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> Head of Research
> Wikimedia Foundation
>
> On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 3:35 AM Martin Gerlach  wrote:
> >
> > 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,
> >
> > 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
> >
> >
> >
> > --
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> > Research Scientist
> > Wikimedia Foundation
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] New Office hours for WMF/Research starting in January 2020

[Leila Zia]

A friendly reminder that the first joint Analytics and Research office
hours will take place on 2020-01-22 at 17.00-18.00 (UTC). Bring your
Wikimedia related research and data questions to us during these
office hours. More at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours

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On Mon, Dec 16, 2019 at 3:35 AM Martin Gerlach  wrote:
>
> 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,
>
> 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
>
>
>
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

A gentle reminder that January 17 is the deadline for submitting your
papers to Wiki Workshop 2020 for the archival publication. February 21
is the last day to submit for non-archival publication.

Your paper can be 1-8 pages long, and we specifically encourage the
submission of preliminary work. Our past participants have reported
that they have benefited from thoughtful and detailed feedback from
the program committee [1] as well as discussing their work in early
stages with other researchers and Wikimedians.

Submit your work via http://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#submission .

If you have questions, let us know.

Best,
Leila

[1] 2020's program committee: http://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#program-committee

On Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 7:13 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
>
> We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2020 will be held in
> Taipei on April 20 or 21, 2020 (the date to be finalized soon) and as
> part of the Web Conference 2020 [1]. In the past years, Wiki Workshop
> has traveled to Oxford, Montreal, Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San
> Francisco.
>
> You can read more about the call for papers and the workshops at
> http://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#call. Please note that the deadline for
> the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 17. All
> other submissions should be received by February 21.
>
> If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
> list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.
>
> Looking forward to seeing you in Taipei.
>
> Best,
> Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
> Bob West, EPFL
> Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/

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[Wiki-research-l] Research Report No 1

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

Summary: You can read Research Report No 1 which is an overview of
what the Research team [1] at Wikimedia Foundation has been busy with
in the past six months and what's ahead of us at
https://research.wikimedia.org/report.html . You can even do
cmd/ctrl+p and download the report as pdf. I have signed up to send
out this report twice a year, in December and June.

==Purpose==
Communicating in written with you on a biannual basis about what we
are working on and what's in our minds when it comes to research on or
about Wikimedia projects.

==Motivation==
* We receive emails from those of you in the community and external
researchers asking about what we're working on now and what's ahead of
us in the next 6 months to a year. I read this as there is a need for
better/more communication about what we do.

* We do write grant reports for organizations who give grants to
Wikimedia Foundation. I have now been involved in a few of them for
our team and I see them as really nice summaries of what's going on in
a team and what's ahead. I felt it's a loss to not tell a similar
story to the public. I talked with Jonathan Curiel, Senior Development
Communications Manager at Wikimedia Foundation, and he was up for
doing this together.

==Scope==
The focus is on our team, what's in our minds, what we do, and some of
the important trends or events we're part of or we think we should be
aware of. The report has a narrow scope compared to the wealth of work
that is being done in the Wikimedia Movement. For a broader scope, I
continue to recommend efforts such as
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter .

Last but not least: this is an experiment. I am committed to do it for
a few times and we assess the usefulness of it then. If you have
feedback, please let me know. (I will be out of office for a good part
of the holidays ahead. If you don't hear back from me immediately, I
will come back to you in the second week of January.)

Best,
Leila

[1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html

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[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Analytics] Releasing a dataset for caching research and tunning

[Leila Zia]

FYI

-- Forwarded message -
From: Nuria Ruiz 
Date: Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 8:36 PM
Subject: [Analytics] Releasing a dataset for caching research and tunning
To: A mailing list for the Analytics Team at WMF and everybody who has
an interest in Wikipedia and analytics.



Hello,

The Analytics team would like to announce the release of  a new
dataset for caching research and tunning. Please take a look, these
datasets are used by the research community for evaluations of caching
algorithms.

https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Traffic/Caching

More context can be found on phab ticket:
https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T225538

Thanks,

Nuria
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[Wiki-research-l] Wiki Workshop 2020 Announcement and Call for Papers

[Leila Zia]

Hi everyone,

We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2020 will be held in
Taipei on April 20 or 21, 2020 (the date to be finalized soon) and as
part of the Web Conference 2020 [1]. In the past years, Wiki Workshop
has traveled to Oxford, Montreal, Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San
Francisco.

You can read more about the call for papers and the workshops at
http://wikiworkshop.org/2020/#call. Please note that the deadline for
the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 17. All
other submissions should be received by February 21.

If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this
list or at wikiworks...@googlegroups.com.

Looking forward to seeing you in Taipei.

Best,
Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation
Bob West, EPFL
Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://www2020.thewebconf.org/

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[Wiki-research-l] Fwd: [Wikitech-l] BREAKING CHANGE: schema update, xml dumps

[Leila Zia]

FYI

-- Forwarded message -
From: Ariel Glenn WMF 
Date: Wed, Nov 27, 2019 at 5:38 AM
Subject: [Wikitech-l] BREAKING CHANGE: schema update, xml dumps
To: Wikipedia Xmldatadumps-l ,
Wikimedia developers 


We plan to move to the new schema for xml dumps for the February 1, 2020
run. Update your scripts and apps accordingly!

The new schema contains an entry for each 'slot' of content. This means
that, for example, the commonswiki dump will contain MediaInfo information
as well as the usual wikitext. See
https://gerrit.wikimedia.org/r/plugins/gitiles/mediawiki/core/+/master/docs/export-0.11.xsd
for the schema and
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Schema_update_for_multiple_content_objects_per_revision_(MCR)_in_XML_dumps
for further explanation and example outputs.

Phabricator task for the update: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T238972

PLEASE FORWARD to other lists as you deem appropriate. Thanks!

Ariel Glenn
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase - Feedback time

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

A (first and last) friendly reminder that if you haven't participated
in the Research Showcase survey by now, you have one more week to do
so (and we will greatly appreciate your input:).

Link to survey:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecgn8cMu5IfTYRgn93bfOiJVEIL09RRf_WV0dVr6ZnJ8UU_w/viewform

Thanks to those of you who have participated so far.

Thanks,
Leila

On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 12:46 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Wikimedia Research Showcase [1] is almost six years old and we're
> using the birthday opportunity to step back and reflect on the past,
> celebrate the contributions by more than 70 speakers and many of you
> who participated in the discussions, and plan for its future.
>
> We would like to ask for your input as we're thinking about the future
> of the Research Showcases. We want to hear from those of you who
> participated in the showcases and/or watched them, as well as those of
> you who decided this is not something for you. :) In order to gather
> your input, we have put together a survey that we'd appreciate if you
> participate in.
>
> Link to survey (please note that the link will take you to Google
> Forms [2]): 
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecgn8cMu5IfTYRgn93bfOiJVEIL09RRf_WV0dVr6ZnJ8UU_w/viewform
>
> Your contributions to this survey can help us in our thinking as we
> move forward. Please submit your responses by 2019-11-22.
>
> Sincerely,
> Jonathan Morgan and Leila Zia
> Research, Wikimedia Foundation
>
> [1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase
>
> [2] If you want to participate but not through Google Forms, ping me
> off-list and I'll send you a pdf file you can fill and send back to me
> (it won't be anonymous though. sorry.). I'm not attaching it to this
> email as some lists may put my email in the moderation queue with an
> attachment. (And I don't /think/ I can upload it to Commons.)

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[Wiki-research-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase - Feedback time

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

Wikimedia Research Showcase [1] is almost six years old and we're
using the birthday opportunity to step back and reflect on the past,
celebrate the contributions by more than 70 speakers and many of you
who participated in the discussions, and plan for its future.

We would like to ask for your input as we're thinking about the future
of the Research Showcases. We want to hear from those of you who
participated in the showcases and/or watched them, as well as those of
you who decided this is not something for you. :) In order to gather
your input, we have put together a survey that we'd appreciate if you
participate in.

Link to survey (please note that the link will take you to Google
Forms [2]): 
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSecgn8cMu5IfTYRgn93bfOiJVEIL09RRf_WV0dVr6ZnJ8UU_w/viewform

Your contributions to this survey can help us in our thinking as we
move forward. Please submit your responses by 2019-11-22.

Sincerely,
Jonathan Morgan and Leila Zia
Research, Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase

[2] If you want to participate but not through Google Forms, ping me
off-list and I'll send you a pdf file you can fill and send back to me
(it won't be anonymous though. sorry.). I'm not attaching it to this
email as some lists may put my email in the moderation queue with an
attachment. (And I don't /think/ I can upload it to Commons.)

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Some changes to this mailing list

[Leila Zia]

Hi folks,

Thanks for the words of encouragement on and off-list. Aaron (cc-ed)
and I did another pass over the text itself as well as the
look-and-feel of it and pushed a new version that you can now read at
https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l .

The most important items you should be aware of:

* We dropped the [wmf] tag because my specific purpose for introducing
that tag, we think, can be handled by me posting emails with a
specific subject format.

* We dropped the "Moderation" section as we thought it's redundant for
the most part. Many know that lists are moderated. (We did discuss
whether it is important to keep some version of the text for a more
inclusive culture but decided to not go with it at the end.)

Thanks,
Leila


On Tue, Oct 22, 2019 at 9:54 PM Heather Ford  wrote:
>
> Looks great, Leila :)
>
> ---
>
> Dr Heather Ford
> Associate Professor and Head of Discipline (Digital and Social Media
> <https://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/communication/digital-and-social-media>
> )
> School of Communication
> <https://www.uts.edu.au/future-students/communication/about-communication/welcome-school-communication>,
> University of Technology, Sydney <https://www.uts.edu.au/> (UTS)
>
> w: hblog.org / t: @hfordsa <http://www.twitter.com/hfordsa>
>
>
>
> On Wed, 23 Oct 2019 at 12:40, Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Summary: I have made changes to the introduction description of this
> > mailing list. This includes changes to what this mailing list is used
> > for (reflecting more closely the reality of how it's been used for the
> > past couple of years), more expanded information about other lists
> > that you may want to be aware of, the mailing list norms, and the
> > introduction of topics and tags. You can review the updated
> > description at
> > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
> > . As a participant of this mailing list, you are responsible to know
> > the description of the mailing list and I kindly ask you to review it.
> > Thanks! :)
> >
> > Long version:
> >
> > ==Who am I?==
> > I'm one of the admins of this list (and head of Research at Wikimedia
> > Foundation).
> >
> > ==Why the change?==
> > On a personal level: I want to be able to communicate with the
> > research community around Wikimedia projects more often, I don't want
> > to create a new list for my communications, and I saw the note about
> > the limits on the frequency of posts in the old description of this
> > list as something that  "kept me out". Inspired by this need, I had a
> > more comprehensive look at the full description.
> >
> > The previous version of the description [1] had a few areas to improve
> > based on the current needs and realities of this list. I name a couple
> > of them below:
> >
> > * We had a note about the frequency of emails to this list to be kept
> > low. With the stack of technologies available to us today, we can
> > relax this condition and ask for people to use tags/topics in the
> > subject of their emails to allow for more emails to come to the list.
> >
> > * The note on who can post to this list could be improved. It read
> > "only people who are actively involved in research on Wikimedia
> > projects should post to this list" while my understanding is that on
> > this list we want to welcome research related questions from those who
> > are not actively involved in research, too. For example, community
> > organizers should feel welcome to ask research-related questions on
> > this list.
> >
> > ==What process did I follow for this change?==
> > I wrote my proposed changes in an etherpad and sent it to 10 people.
> > These folks include the two other admins of this list, a couple of
> > other Research folks from WMF, a few folks from the Wikimedia Research
> > community, and two editors from the community who are active in the
> > research space. I heard back from 3 of these folks with thumbs up and
> > areas for improvement. I incorporated all the suggestions I received.
> >
> > ==What if you have suggestions for improvements?==
> > Sure. Bring them up on this thread or privately. Please note that I
> > will be in Wikidata Conference [2] and after that in our annual
> > Research Offsite and may not be able to respond to you until
> > 2019-11-01.
> >
> > ==Where can I see the updated description?==
> > Please go to https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
> > to review it.
> >
> > Thanks,
> 

[Wiki-research-l] Some changes to this mailing list

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

Summary: I have made changes to the introduction description of this
mailing list. This includes changes to what this mailing list is used
for (reflecting more closely the reality of how it's been used for the
past couple of years), more expanded information about other lists
that you may want to be aware of, the mailing list norms, and the
introduction of topics and tags. You can review the updated
description at https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
. As a participant of this mailing list, you are responsible to know
the description of the mailing list and I kindly ask you to review it.
Thanks! :)

Long version:

==Who am I?==
I'm one of the admins of this list (and head of Research at Wikimedia
Foundation).

==Why the change?==
On a personal level: I want to be able to communicate with the
research community around Wikimedia projects more often, I don't want
to create a new list for my communications, and I saw the note about
the limits on the frequency of posts in the old description of this
list as something that  "kept me out". Inspired by this need, I had a
more comprehensive look at the full description.

The previous version of the description [1] had a few areas to improve
based on the current needs and realities of this list. I name a couple
of them below:

* We had a note about the frequency of emails to this list to be kept
low. With the stack of technologies available to us today, we can
relax this condition and ask for people to use tags/topics in the
subject of their emails to allow for more emails to come to the list.

* The note on who can post to this list could be improved. It read
"only people who are actively involved in research on Wikimedia
projects should post to this list" while my understanding is that on
this list we want to welcome research related questions from those who
are not actively involved in research, too. For example, community
organizers should feel welcome to ask research-related questions on
this list.

==What process did I follow for this change?==
I wrote my proposed changes in an etherpad and sent it to 10 people.
These folks include the two other admins of this list, a couple of
other Research folks from WMF, a few folks from the Wikimedia Research
community, and two editors from the community who are active in the
research space. I heard back from 3 of these folks with thumbs up and
areas for improvement. I incorporated all the suggestions I received.

==What if you have suggestions for improvements?==
Sure. Bring them up on this thread or privately. Please note that I
will be in Wikidata Conference [2] and after that in our annual
Research Offsite and may not be able to respond to you until
2019-11-01.

==Where can I see the updated description?==
Please go to https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l
to review it.

Thanks,
Leila

[1] Read the previous version of the description below:

The purpose of this mailing list is to discuss scientific research
into the content and the communities of the Wikimedia projects:
Wikipedia, Wiktionary, Wikibooks, Wikisource, Wikiquote, Wikinews,
Wikispecies, and Wikimedia Commons, Meta-Wiki.

Research into the technology of Wikimedia, MediaWiki, should primarily
be discussed on http://mail.wikipedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l;>wikitech-l
instead. For content or community research projects with a strong
technological component, cross-posting to both lists may be advisable.

Please note that only people who are actively involved in research on
Wikimedia projects should post to this list. Typical on-topic posts
include:

announcement of a new research project
discussions of methodology
questions and answers about related projects


Mailing list traffic should be kept at a reasonably low level. The
list is softly moderated, and individuals posting off-topic material
repeatedly may be removed.

This list is not directly associated with the http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research_Network;>Wikimedia
Research Network, though members of the Network are welcome to
post here if they are involved in research projects relating to
content or community. Internal Wikimedia matters, discussions of new
projects and similar threads should be kept off the list.

[2] https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Wikidata:WikidataCon_2019

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Input requested] Data Lake Edit release input request

[Leila Zia]

A friendly reminder that you have time until 2019-09-03 to let us know
your wishes/constraints for the new data-release discussed below.
(Thanks to those of you who have already responded.)


On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 2:06 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> In a nutshell:
> We are asking for your input to help us learn how to release the
> historical edit data of Wikimedia projects in a more efficient way.
> Please provide your feedback via
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc15eSeFrVvAh_ydpX_1p0v6-WSx2qe3EcBHxIdshSd6omow/viewform
> by 2019-09-03.
>
> **
> Dear researchers,
>
> The Analytics team at Wikimedia Foundation [1] has been working on
> building a data lake [2] for Wikimedia edits [3] to enable the
> research and analysis of Wikimedia's edit data in a more efficient
> way. This data is a history of activity on Wikimedia projects as
> complete and research-friendly as possible. Edits have context, such
> as whether they were reverted, in the same line as the edit itself. So
> you can focus more on what you want to find out instead of writing
> code to wrestle the data. Each line of the data released will include
> the following and more (see full specification [3a], [3b], [3c]):
> * editor edit count, groups, blocks, bot status, name, current and
> historical (time of edit)
> * seconds since this editor's last edit
> * page context, current and historical (namespace, seconds since last
> revision, etc.)
> * seconds to identity revert or deletion, if applicable
> * revision tags (mobile edit, ve edit, etc.)
>
> The first instance of this data will be released in the coming months
> and to make this release as useful as possible for you all, the users
> of the data, the team needs to hear your thoughts on how to slice and
> dice the data at publishing time. You can provide your input at
> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc15eSeFrVvAh_ydpX_1p0v6-WSx2qe3EcBHxIdshSd6omow/viewform
> .
>
> Please provide your input to this survey no later than 2019-09-03.
>
> Best,
> Leila
>
> [1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics
> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_lake
> [3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits
> a) 
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_history
> b) 
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_user_history
> c) 
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_page_history
>
>
> --
> Leila Zia
> Principal Research Scientist, Head of Research
> Wikimedia Foundation

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] sockpuppets and how to find them sooner

[Leila Zia]

Kerry, thanks for kicking this off. One update on our end:

There is a general alignment between a few different teams/departments
in WMF that this is an important problem to support chekcusers with in
a better way than what we do today.

I gave a presentation in Wikimania about the research on sockpuppet
detection [1] which is primarily conducted by Srijan Kumar. The goal
of the research is to build models that use public data to identify
accounts that are predicted to be sockpuppets as soon as possible.
Srijan has made significant progress on this front and we'll be
presenting the results of the model to checkusers shortly to get their
feedback. Check out the slide deck [3] if you're interested to learn
more. More updates about the project will appear in [3].

Best,
Leila

[1] 
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Research/Sockpuppet_detection_in_the_English_Wikipedia
[2] 
https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wikimania2019_research_presentation_sockpuppetDetection.pdf
[3] 
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Sockpuppet_detection_in_Wikimedia_projects

On Sat, Aug 24, 2019 at 6:58 PM Timothy Wood
 wrote:
>
> Is that what they do? I thought we mostly did that.
>
> TJW/GMG
>
> On Sat, Aug 24, 2019, 06:20 Nick Wilson (Quiddity) 
> wrote:
>
> > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 5:23 PM Kerry Raymond 
> > wrote:
> >
> > > That's why I think we need "signatures" which is my shorthand for things
> > > like a hash function or a bounding box, a means by which many
> > non-matching
> > > accounts can be eliminated at low cost, reserving the high cost
> > comparisons
> > > (machine or human) only for high probability candidates. [...]
> > >
> >
> > The https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Scoring_Platform_team might
> > have some insights into these questions, although I believe they (current
> > and some former members) are active on this mailing list, so might chime in
> > here.
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 23, 2019 at 11:52 PM Timothy Wood  > >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > Then again, apparently the Foundation has a PR team whose only job is to
> > > [...]
> > >
> >
> > Please do not denigrate groups of people. Communicating about the
> > movement's mission and activities with large parts of the outside world,
> > and helping others in the movement to also do so, is an important role (and
> > is just part of their role). Similar to your own role in OTRS. However that
> > is all off-topic in this thread.
> >
> > I hope everyone has a pleasant weekend.
> > Quiddity
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[Wiki-research-l] Wikimania 2019 disinformation meetup follow-up

[Leila Zia]

Hi,

This message is for those of you who attended the disinformation
meet-up [0] in Wikimania 2019 [1] or others who may be interested.

* The notes from our meet-up are now posted in the bottom of the page [0].

* I was tasked to see if space.wmflabs.org is the place for us to
continue conversations about this topic. The answer is yes. Thanks to
the help of Elena Lappen, we now have a dedicated subcategory for
disinformation:
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/research/disinformation . Feel
free to subscribe, watch, and/or post new topics if you're involved in
this space.

* If you are new to this conversation, please read the purpose of the
subcategory at 
https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/about-the-disinformation-category/949
and welcome! :)

Best,
Leila

[0] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Meetups/Disinformation
[1] https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Program

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] gender balance of wikipedia citations

[Leila Zia]

Hi Greg,

A few comments if you're going to go with "proportion of male vs
female authors of the source material used as citations in arbitrary
articles":

* Please differentiate between sex (female, male, ...) and gender
(woman, man, ...). My understanding from your initial email is that
you want to stay focused on gender, not sex.

* Unless you have reliable sources about the gender of an author, I
would not recommend trying to predict what the gender is. (As you may
know, this is not uncommon in social media studies, for example, to
predict the gender of the author based on their image or their name.
These approaches introduce biases and social challenges.)

* Re your question about whether WMF has resources to look into this
question in-house: I can't speak for the whole of WMF, however, I can
share more about the Research team's direction. As part of our future
work, we would like to "help contributors monitor violations of core
content policies and assess information reliability and bias both
granularly and at scale". [1] The question you proposed can fall under
assessing bias in content (considering citations as part of the
content). I expect us to focus first on the piece about violations of
core content policies and information reliability and come back to the
bias question later. As a result, we won't have bandwidth to do your
proposal in-house at the moment. Sorry about that.

I hope this helps.

Best,
Leila

[1] Section 2 of our Knowledge Integrity whitepaper:
https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9a/Knowledge_Integrity_-_Wikimedia_Research_2030.pdf


On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 9:57 AM Greg  wrote:
>
> Hi Kerry,
> Those are all very interesting ways to look at this. I was thinking mostly
> along the lines of your first bullet point, but I'd be interested in
> research in any of those areas.
>
> Thanks,
> Greg
>
> On Thu, Aug 22, 2019 at 5:00 AM 
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> > Message: 1
> > Date: Wed, 21 Aug 2019 20:19:18 -0700
> > From: Greg 
> > To: wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org
> > Subject: [Wiki-research-l] gender balance of wikipedia citations
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> > caoo9dnty+odo5oqrmzeg1nze-kynylwntd6acheytbyegk8...@mail.gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > Greetings!
> >
> > I was looking for information about the gender balance of Wikipedia
> > citations and no one I've asked knows of any work on this topic. Do you?
> >
> > I think this is an important question.
> >
> > Here's what I've learned so far:
> >
> > Wikipedia citations are currently in the form of text strings. There is
> > also an initiative to place citations in an annotated structured repository
> > (wikicite). I do not know the current status of wikicite or if/when this
> > could be used for this inquiry--either to examine all, or a sensible subset
> > of the citations.
> >
> > My perspective is that understanding the gender balance is  necessary and
> > urgent. The balance could be better, the same, or worse than the citation
> > balances we already know, and the scale of the effect is quite large.
> >
> > Is this a line of inquiry that the wikimedia/wikicite community is
> > interested in pursuing? If so, what is the best way to get started? Does
> > the WMF have the resources and interest to look into this matter inhouse?
> >
> > Thanks for your thoughts.
> >
> > Greg
> >
> >
> > --
> >
> > Message: 2
> > Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2019 13:53:45 +1000
> > From: "Kerry Raymond" 
> > To: "'Research into Wikimedia content and communities'"
> > 
> > Subject: Re: [Wiki-research-l] gender balance of wikipedia citations
> > Message-ID: <00ed01d5589d$33e31ed0$9ba95c70$@gmail.com>
> > Content-Type: text/plain;   charset="UTF-8"
> >
> > Could you elaborate a bit more on what you mean by the gender balance of
> > citations?
> >
> > Are you talking about:
> >
> > * proportion of male vs female authors of the source material used as
> > citations in arbitrary articles>
> > *  the quality/quantity of citations in biography articles of men vs women?
> > * the quality/quantity of citations in articles that are gendered by some
> > other 

Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Input requested] Data Lake Edit release input request

[Leila Zia]

I'm sorry. This is fixed now. Try again:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc15eSeFrVvAh_ydpX_1p0v6-WSx2qe3EcBHxIdshSd6omow/viewform


On Tue, Aug 20, 2019 at 2:22 PM RhinosF1  wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I've just tried to use the form and got resource unavailable.
>
> RhinosF1
> Volunteer
> Miraheze
>
> On Tue, 20 Aug 2019 at 22:07, Leila Zia  wrote:
>>
>> In a nutshell:
>> We are asking for your input to help us learn how to release the
>> historical edit data of Wikimedia projects in a more efficient way.
>> Please provide your feedback via
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc15eSeFrVvAh_ydpX_1p0v6-WSx2qe3EcBHxIdshSd6omow/viewform
>> by 2019-09-03.
>>
>> **
>> Dear researchers,
>>
>> The Analytics team at Wikimedia Foundation [1] has been working on
>> building a data lake [2] for Wikimedia edits [3] to enable the
>> research and analysis of Wikimedia's edit data in a more efficient
>> way. This data is a history of activity on Wikimedia projects as
>> complete and research-friendly as possible. Edits have context, such
>> as whether they were reverted, in the same line as the edit itself. So
>> you can focus more on what you want to find out instead of writing
>> code to wrestle the data. Each line of the data released will include
>> the following and more (see full specification [3a], [3b], [3c]):
>> * editor edit count, groups, blocks, bot status, name, current and
>> historical (time of edit)
>> * seconds since this editor's last edit
>> * page context, current and historical (namespace, seconds since last
>> revision, etc.)
>> * seconds to identity revert or deletion, if applicable
>> * revision tags (mobile edit, ve edit, etc.)
>>
>> The first instance of this data will be released in the coming months
>> and to make this release as useful as possible for you all, the users
>> of the data, the team needs to hear your thoughts on how to slice and
>> dice the data at publishing time. You can provide your input at
>> https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc15eSeFrVvAh_ydpX_1p0v6-WSx2qe3EcBHxIdshSd6omow/viewform
>> .
>>
>> Please provide your input to this survey no later than 2019-09-03.
>>
>> Best,
>> Leila
>>
>> [1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics
>> [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_lake
>> [3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits
>> a) 
>> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_history
>> b) 
>> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_user_history
>> c) 
>> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_page_history
>>
>>
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[Wiki-research-l] [Input requested] Data Lake Edit release input request

[Leila Zia]

In a nutshell:
We are asking for your input to help us learn how to release the
historical edit data of Wikimedia projects in a more efficient way.
Please provide your feedback via
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc15eSeFrVvAh_ydpX_1p0v6-WSx2qe3EcBHxIdshSd6omow/viewform
by 2019-09-03.

**
Dear researchers,

The Analytics team at Wikimedia Foundation [1] has been working on
building a data lake [2] for Wikimedia edits [3] to enable the
research and analysis of Wikimedia's edit data in a more efficient
way. This data is a history of activity on Wikimedia projects as
complete and research-friendly as possible. Edits have context, such
as whether they were reverted, in the same line as the edit itself. So
you can focus more on what you want to find out instead of writing
code to wrestle the data. Each line of the data released will include
the following and more (see full specification [3a], [3b], [3c]):
* editor edit count, groups, blocks, bot status, name, current and
historical (time of edit)
* seconds since this editor's last edit
* page context, current and historical (namespace, seconds since last
revision, etc.)
* seconds to identity revert or deletion, if applicable
* revision tags (mobile edit, ve edit, etc.)

The first instance of this data will be released in the coming months
and to make this release as useful as possible for you all, the users
of the data, the team needs to hear your thoughts on how to slice and
dice the data at publishing time. You can provide your input at
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScc15eSeFrVvAh_ydpX_1p0v6-WSx2qe3EcBHxIdshSd6omow/viewform
.

Please provide your input to this survey no later than 2019-09-03.

Best,
Leila

[1] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Data_lake
[3] https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits
a) 
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_history
b) 
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_user_history
c) 
https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_Lake/Edits/Mediawiki_page_history


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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Analytics clients (stat/notebook hosts) and backups of home directories

[Leila Zia]

Hi Luca,

Thanks for the heads up. Isaac is coordinating a response from the
Research side.

I have one question for you: As you allow/encourage for more copies of
the files to exist, what is the mechanism you'd like to put in place
for reducing the chances of PII to be copied in new folders that then
will be even harder (for your team) to keep track of? Having an
explicit process/understanding about this will be very helpful.

Thanks,
Leila


On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 3:14 AM Luca Toscano  wrote:
>
> Hi everybody,
>
> as part of https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T201165 the Analytics team
> thought to reach out to everybody to make it clear that all the home
> directories on the stat/notebook nodes are not backed up periodically. They
> run on a software RAID configuration spanning multiple disks of course, so
> we are resilient on a disk failure, but even if unlikely if might happen
> that a host could loose all its data. Please keep this in mind when working
> on important projects and/or handling important data that you care about.
>
> I just added a warning to
> https://wikitech.wikimedia.org/wiki/Analytics/Data_access#Analytics_clients.
> If you have really important data that is too big to backup, keep in mind
> that you can use your home directory (/user/your-username) on HDFS (that
> replicates data three times across multiple nodes).
>
> Please let us know if you have comments/suggestions/etc.. in the
> aforementioned task.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Luca (on behalf of the Analytics team)
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [Analytics] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] June 26, 2019 at 11:30 AM PST, 19:30 UTC

[Leila Zia]

Hi James,

Beyond the abstract of the talk at
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#June_2019
and section 7 of the full paper (the full paper is linked from the
abstract as well:
http://www.cs.cornell.edu/~jpchang/papers/recidivism_online.pdf ), I'm
not aware of any other summaries.

Best,
Leila
p.s. inspired by your question, I'm thinking maybe we should ask
Jonathan Chang to write a blog post about it. That's for later though.
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On Thu, Jun 27, 2019 at 2:50 PM James Salsman  wrote:
>
> > For those that couldn't make it, Is there are summary of what was said?
>
> Full recording: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiUfpmeJG7E
>
> Slides:
>
> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:Trajectories_of_Blocked_Community_Members_-_Slides.pdf
>
> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia/Automatic_Detection_of_Online_Abuse
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Wikipedia search queries log

[Leila Zia]

Hi Sérgio,

If your proposal is aligned with the annual plan for Wikimedia
Foundation's Research team for the next year (still in the process of
being finalized), we can consider an NDA through Research. If you want
me to review it, please send a proposal to me directly. I will only
commit to picking up the review after June 30.

If you want to directly contact the Search Platform team, please check
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Search_Platform#Communications
for some ways to connect with them.

Best,
Leila

On Tue, Jun 4, 2019 at 4:42 AM S. Nunes  wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Does anybody knows who to contact to request access to Wikipedia search
> logs?
>
> I am aware of the previous effort made to make this information public and
> the privacy problems involved [1]. Nonetheless, I think that there is a lot
> of space for research without publicly disclosing the dataset, namely
> through NDAs.
>
> Thanks in advance for your help.
>
> [1]
> http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/09/19/what-are-readers-looking-for-wikipedia-
> search-data-now-available/
>
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Supporting editors in creating new articles with references

[Leila Zia]

Hi Lucie,

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:07 AM Lucie-Aimée Kaffee  wrote:
>
> (2) We are conducting a set of interviews with editors of different
> Wikipedias to gain an understanding of how you are currently edit, find
> references etc. The interviews are conducted remotely via Skype and take
> around 30 minutes. We would talk about your editing and referencing in
> Wikipedia.

I would love to learn more about the result of this part of your
research. The process through which an article is written by editors
is currently unknown for research purposes. We do have speculations or
personal experiences we can partially learn from, but they may not be
representative of the way Wikipedia is edited across many languages
and people. Also, if I can help with something for the interview
questions themselves or you just want to have a chat about it, please
ping.

Best,
Leila

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Transferring CC-BY scientific literature into WP

[Leila Zia]

On Wed, Apr 17, 2019 at 12:50 PM Stuart A. Yeates  wrote:

> Wikipedia is a tertiary source, built from secondary sources. Journal
> articles which contain innovative research or new contributions are
> primary sources. Review articles are secondary sources.
>

I need some education here, please: What about Wikisource? Isn't the
project targeted at primary sources?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikisource#What_is_Wikisource?

Thanks,
Leila
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[Wiki-research-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] March 20 at 11:30 AM PST, 18:30 UTC

[Leila Zia]

Hi all,

The next Research Showcase, “Learning How to Correct a Knowledge Base
from the Edit History” and “TableNet: An Approach for Determining
Fine-grained Relations for Wikipedia Tables” will be live-streamed
this Wednesday, March 20, 2019, at 11:30 AM PST/18:30 UTC (Please note
the change in time in UTC due to daylight saving changes in the U.S.).
The first presentation is about using edit history to automatically
correct constraint violations in Wikidata, and the second is about
interlinking Wikipedia tables.

YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6p62PMhkVNM

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

This month's presentations:

Learning How to Correct a Knowledge Basefrom the Edit History

By Thomas Pellissier Tanon (Télécom ParisTech), Camille Bourgaux (DI
ENS, CNRS, ENS, PSL Univ. & Inria), Fabian Suchanek (Télécom
ParisTech), WWW'19.

The curation of Wikidata (and other knowledge bases) is crucial to
keep the data consistent, to fight vandalism and to correct good faith
mistakes. However, manual curation of the data is costly. In this
work, we propose to take advantage of the edit history of the
knowledge base in order to learn how to correct constraint violations
automatically. Our method is based on rule mining, and uses the edits
that solved violations in the past to infer how to solve similar
violations in the present. For example, our system is able to learn
that the value of the [[d:Property:P21|sex or gender]] property
[[d:Q467|woman]] should be replaced by [[d:Q6581072|female]]. We
provide [https://tools.wmflabs.org/wikidata-game/distributed/#game=43
a Wikidata game] that suggests our corrections to the users in order
to improve Wikidata. Both the evaluation of our method on past
corrections, and the Wikidata game statistics show significant
improvements over baselines.


TableNet: An Approach for Determining Fine-grained Relations for
Wikipedia Tables

By Besnik Fetahu

Wikipedia tables represent an important resource, where information is
organized w.r.t table schemas consisting of columns. In turn each
column, may contain instance values that point to other Wikipedia
articles or primitive values (e.g. numbers, strings etc.). In this
work, we focus on the problem of interlinking Wikipedia tables for two
types of table relations: equivalent and subPartOf. Through such
relations, we can further harness semantically related information by
accessing related tables or facts therein. Determining the relation
type of a table pair is not trivial, as it is dependent on the
schemas, the values therein, and the semantic overlap of the cell
values in the corresponding tables. We propose TableNet, an approach
that constructs a knowledge graph of interlinked tables with subPartOf
and equivalent relations. TableNet consists of two main steps: (i) for
any source table we provide an efficient algorithm to find all
candidate related tables with high coverage, and (ii) a neural based
approach, which takes into account the table schemas, and the
corresponding table data, we determine with high accuracy the table
relation for a table pair. We perform an extensive experimental
evaluation on the entire Wikipedia with more than 3.2 million tables.
We show that with more than 88% we retain relevant candidate tables
pairs for alignment. Consequentially, with an accuracy of 90% we are
able to align tables with subPartOf or equivalent relations.
Comparisons with existing competitors show that TableNet has superior
performance in terms of coverage and alignment accuracy.

Best,
Leila

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Sampling new editors in English Wikipedia

[Leila Zia]

Let's do it.


On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 3:04 PM Pine W  wrote:
>
> Leila, can we discuss this off list?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Pine
> ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )
>
>
> On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 9:29 PM Leila Zia  wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 1:56 PM Pine W  wrote:
> > >
> > > Hi Leila, I believe that I asked for more information regarding Heifeng's
> > > work.
> >
> > You stated
> >
> > "However, if you're planning to send surveys or messages to them,
> > sending them barnstars, or otherwise manipulating their on-wiki
> > experience, that would be problematic."
> >
> > and I'm suggesting that you enter from a question angle, please.
> >
>
> > > There has been discussion on English Wikipedia regarding volunteers
> > > being unhappy with the interventions or proposed interventions of
> > > researchers. I think that asking about the nature of Haifeng's research
> > is
> > > legitimate, and I tried to provide some examples of possible types of
> > > research.
> >
> > Please check your email. There was no question there in the part
> > related to this discussion. Also, even if there was a question posed,
> > I highly recommend you enter from a different angle to these
> > conversations. There are many reasons someone may need the sampled
> > data of newcomers. A few examples: they may want to test the
> > assumption whether the arrivals (registrations) to a specific
> > Wikipedia language follow a Poisson process or not, they may want to
> > learn about the distribution of topics editors in a given language
> > edit in the first 24 hours after they open the account, they may want
> > to build a prediction model to predict whether the editor will make
> > the n-th edit or not given that they have started at time x, they may
> > want to see whether external events have strong correlations with
> > account registration and Wikipedia activity, they may want to see if
> > the change to HTTPS had impact on registrations, etc. There are
> > literally millions of questions people may ask (given that the data is
> > available to them) with respect to Wikipedia. The answer to some of
> > them may require interaction with Wikipedia editors, the answer to
> > some may not. So the safest bet to start having a fruitful
> > conversation is to ask: can you tell us more about what you're trying
> > to do?
> >
> > > I'm trying to protect the community from problematic
> > > interventions, while also welcoming research that is accepted by the
> > > community.
> >
> > I understand and I'm looking forward to having conversations with you
> > all about how to achieve that.
> >
> > Best,
> > Leila
> >
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Re: [Wiki-research-l] Sampling new editors in English Wikipedia

[Leila Zia]

On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 1:56 PM Pine W  wrote:
>
> Hi Leila, I believe that I asked for more information regarding Heifeng's
> work.

You stated

"However, if you're planning to send surveys or messages to them,
sending them barnstars, or otherwise manipulating their on-wiki
experience, that would be problematic."

and I'm suggesting that you enter from a question angle, please.

> There has been discussion on English Wikipedia regarding volunteers
> being unhappy with the interventions or proposed interventions of
> researchers. I think that asking about the nature of Haifeng's research is
> legitimate, and I tried to provide some examples of possible types of
> research.

Please check your email. There was no question there in the part
related to this discussion. Also, even if there was a question posed,
I highly recommend you enter from a different angle to these
conversations. There are many reasons someone may need the sampled
data of newcomers. A few examples: they may want to test the
assumption whether the arrivals (registrations) to a specific
Wikipedia language follow a Poisson process or not, they may want to
learn about the distribution of topics editors in a given language
edit in the first 24 hours after they open the account, they may want
to build a prediction model to predict whether the editor will make
the n-th edit or not given that they have started at time x, they may
want to see whether external events have strong correlations with
account registration and Wikipedia activity, they may want to see if
the change to HTTPS had impact on registrations, etc. There are
literally millions of questions people may ask (given that the data is
available to them) with respect to Wikipedia. The answer to some of
them may require interaction with Wikipedia editors, the answer to
some may not. So the safest bet to start having a fruitful
conversation is to ask: can you tell us more about what you're trying
to do?

> I'm trying to protect the community from problematic
> interventions, while also welcoming research that is accepted by the
> community.

I understand and I'm looking forward to having conversations with you
all about how to achieve that.

Best,
Leila

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