Re: [Wiki-research-l] Gaps

Thanks, Heather! This looks super interesting and relevant. I look forward to reading it :) Jonathan On Tue, Feb 20, 2018 at 3:28 PM, Heather Ford wrote: > Dear Amir, > > I did send this via Twitter, but wanted to send here too in case anyone > else is interested. Our paper

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Gaps

Dear Amir, I did send this via Twitter, but wanted to send here too in case anyone else is interested. Our paper summarises some of the research on notifications. A pre-print is available here: https://makebuildplay.files.wordpress.com/2018/02/wp_primary_school_paper_acceptedv.pdf Happy to

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Gaps

Heather, Thanks for starting this thread. Where can I read your research that comes to the conclusion that automated mechanisms are insufficient for solving the gaps problem? Sorry if this was mentioned somewhere already; I sometimes get lost on long emails, and it's possible that I missed it

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Gaps

Thanks so much for the super helpful comments and suggestions, Leila, Kerry! I so appreciate it. And yes, this is a great way to frame the distinction i.e. that some gaps can be filled by existing contributors (using automated techniques like recommendations) but others can only be filled by

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Gaps

I think there are two parts to the problem of filling gaps. Drawing attention to the gaps is half of the problem. The other half of the problem is finding the editor who wants to write that article. For example, I often check on the "missing topics" list for WikiProject Queensland (which is

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Gaps

Hi Heather, Thanks for writing. Below are some of my thoughts. * Whether automatic recommendations work rely heavily on at least a few factors: the users who interact with these recommendations and their level of expertise with editing Wikimedia projects, the quality of the recommendations, how

[Wiki-research-l] Gaps

Having a look at the new WMF research site, I noticed that it seems that notification and recommendations mechanisms are the key strategy being focused on re. the filling of Wikipedia's content gaps. Having just finished a research project on just this problem and coming to the opposite conclusion