Thanks for sharing this news, Leila and Isaac! And special thanks to all the research & analytics folks who helped make this important data release happen.
Jonathan On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 9:06 AM Leila Zia <l...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > 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 > > -- > Leila Zia > Head of Research > Wikimedia Foundation > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wiki-research-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org To unsubscribe send an email to wiki-research-l-le...@lists.wikimedia.org
