Re: [WikiEN-l] Page Ratings analysis?

2012-05-21 Thread Dario Taraborelli
Hi Steve, • results of early tests of AFT4 are here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Research • Adam Hyland recently posted a series of compelling analyses comparing AFT data with WP1.0 ratings here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Protonk/Article_Feedback • there are recent

[WikiEN-l] First results from Article Feedback v5

2012-03-22 Thread Dario Taraborelli
I wanted to give everybody the heads up that we shared the first results from Article Feedback v5 – the new version of AFT which we started testing in December on a small sample of articles of enwiki [1]. The complete report of the different studies is available on Meta [2]. We look forward

Re: [WikiEN-l] Inclusionists vs deletionists

2012-03-22 Thread Dario Taraborelli
There is a good body research around who participates in deletion discussions (particularlyin the English Wikipedia). These studies mostly looked at the breakdown by tenure [1] or diversity of participants in AfD discussions or the effects of the size of a discussion on its outcome [2]) In [3]

[WikiEN-l] Regarding Berkman/Sciences Po study

2011-12-09 Thread Dario Taraborelli
, important research initiative like this one, and I apologize for the bumps in the road. We believe that supporting research is part of our mission: it helps advance our understanding of ourselves. So thanks again for all support you can give in making this a success. Dario Taraborelli Senior

[WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Research Newsletter launched

2011-07-27 Thread Dario Taraborelli
, a CFP or event you organized to be highlighted, or just join the team of contributors, head over to this page to find out how: [5] We hope to make this newsletter a favorite reading for our research community and we look forward to your feedback and contributions. Dario Taraborelli, Tilman Bayer

Re: [WikiEN-l] Article Feedback - Ramp up to 10% of Articles

2011-07-14 Thread Dario Taraborelli
WereSpielChequers, thanks for the great feedback. We are going to analyze the overall effect of AFT on article edit volume. More generally, for all retention features we are currently deploying, we will be studying both how they affect edit activity at article-level and how they affect

Re: [WikiEN-l] Article Feedback - Ramp up to 10% of Articles

2011-07-14 Thread Dario Taraborelli
On Jul 14, 2011, at 10:11 AM, David Gerard wrote: On 14 July 2011 18:01, MuZemike muzem...@gmail.com wrote: However, you've made a good point there about gaming the system and intentionally trying to garner high ratings. For example, one could create a horrid piece of crap article which