[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase April 19, 2017

2017-04-17 Thread Sarah R
n WikiBrain that visualizes any dataset as a topographic map whose neighborhoods correspond to related Wikipedia articles. I hope to get feedback about which directions for these tools are most useful to the Wikipedia research community. -- Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product & T

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday June 21, 2017

2017-06-18 Thread Sarah R
y the data. Indeed, the dataset turned out to be highly heterogeneous and unpredictable, with strongly varying usage patterns that make it difficult to draw conclusions about "normal" usage. The talk will give a status report, present preliminary results, and discuss possible next st

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday June 21, 2017

2017-06-21 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, Just a reminder, this will begin at 11:30 AM PST Today! Kind regards, Sarah R. On Sun, Jun 18, 2017 at 3:47 PM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, June 21, > 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC. > &

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC

2017-07-25 Thread Sarah R
r improving OpenStreetMap’s knowledge production processes, including new data models, sociotechnical tools, and community practices. Kindly, Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product & Technology, Wikimedia Foundation srodl...@wikimedia.org

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, July 26, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC

2017-07-26 Thread Sarah R
Just a reminder, the July 2017 Research Showcase will begin in one hour. Hope to see you there! On Tue, Jul 25, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, July 26, > 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC. > &

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, August 23, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC

2017-08-21 Thread Sarah R
i/WD:MB. Kindly, Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product & Technology, Wikimedia Foundation srodl...@wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://met

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, September 20, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC

2017-09-18 Thread Sarah R
h gains are equity-improving, disproportionately benefitting those without traditional access to scientific information. Many kind regards, Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product & Technology, Wikimedia Foundation srodl...@wikimedia.org

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC

2017-11-09 Thread Sarah R
kipedia discussion spaces <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Study_of_harassment_and_its_impact> – part of a collaboration between Jigsaw, Cornell University, and the Wikimedia Foundation. The ML model training code, datasets, and the supporting tooling developed as part of this project are openly av

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC

2017-11-15 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that this will start at 11:30 AM (Pacific), 18:30 UTC. Kindly, Sarah R. On Thu, Nov 9, 2017 at 3:34 PM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, November > 15, 2017 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC.

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, February 21, 2018 [External]

2018-02-15 Thread Sarah R
ces has created a choke point and that alternatives exist. Finally I'll present a vision for such an alternative using models that we have developed for ORES, the open machine prediction service my team maintains. -- Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordi

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, February 21, 2018 [External]

2018-02-15 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, Quick correction. The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, February 21, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PST) *19:30 (UTC).* Kindly, Sarah R. On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 10:38 AM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-stre

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase Wednesday, February 21, 2018 [External]

2018-02-21 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone! Just a reminder that this month's research showcase will happen today at 11:30 AM (PST) 19:30 (UTC)! Hope to see you there! On Thu, Feb 15, 2018 at 10:58 AM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > Quick correction. > > The next Research Showcase will be live-str

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase March 21, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT | 18:30 UTC)

2018-03-19 Thread Sarah R
including improved section recommendation, especially in medium to smaller size languages where the language itself may not contain enough signal about the structure of the articles and signals can be inferred from other larger Wikipedia languages. Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product & Te

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase March 21, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT | 18:30 UTC)

2018-03-21 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, Just a reminder -- this is beginning in a half hour. Hope to see you there! On Mon, Mar 19, 2018 at 1:54 PM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, March 21, > 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC. > > YouT

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase April 18, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

2018-04-12 Thread Sarah R
upport the external validity of Halfaker et al.’s claims that quality control systems may limit the growth of peer production communities by deterring new contributors and that norms tend to become entrenched over time. Kindest regards, Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product &

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase April 18, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

2018-04-12 Thread Sarah R
Hi All, A quick correction.* "*The Critical Relationship of Volunteer Created Wikipedia Content to Large-Scale Online Communities" will be presented by *Nicholas Vincent.* Kind regards, Sarah R. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 6:47 PM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The nex

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase April 18, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

2018-04-18 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, Just a reminder that the Research Showcase will begin in a half hour! Kindly, Sarah R. On Thu, Apr 12, 2018 at 7:30 PM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi All, > > A quick correction.* "*The Critical Relationship of Volunteer Created > Wikipedia Content to Large-Scale O

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase May 8, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

2018-05-07 Thread Sarah R
r insights to improve fundraising campaigns and to limit the burden of these campaigns on Wikipedia visitors. Kindly, Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Product & Technology, Wikimedia Foundation ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https:

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase July 11, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

2018-07-06 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, July 11, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uK7AvNKq0sg As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. And, you can watch our past research sh

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase July 11, 2018 (11:30 AM PDT| 18:30 UTC)

2018-07-11 Thread Sarah R
Hi Folks, Just a reminder this is happening today! Hope to see you there! On Fri, Jul 6, 2018 at 10:30 AM Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, > July 11, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC. > > You

[Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase August 13 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC

2018-08-10 Thread Sarah R
Hi Everyone, The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, August 13 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OGPMS4YGDMk As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. And, you can watch our past research s

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase August 13 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC

2018-08-10 Thread Sarah R
Hi All, In my haste, I put the wrong weekday on this email. The showcase will be on Monday this month, not Wednesday. Kindly, On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:46 PM Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, > August 13 2018

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Wikimedia Research Showcase August 13 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC

2018-08-13 Thread Sarah R
Hi All, Just a reminder this is happening at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC *TODAY.* Many kindnesses, Sarah R. On Fri, Aug 10, 2018 at 3:46 PM Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Wikimedia Research Showcase will be live-streamed Wednesday, > August 13 2018 at 11:30 AM (PD

[Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] Wednesday September 19, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC

2018-09-13 Thread Sarah R
RfC process is the prevalence of RfCs that could have benefited from formal closure but that linger indefinitely without one, with factors including participants' interest and expertise impacting the likelihood of resolution. From these findings, we developed a model that predicts whether --

Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] Wednesday September 19, 2018 at 11:30 AM (PDT) 18:30 UTC

2018-09-13 Thread Sarah R
erest and expertise impacting the likelihood of resolution. From these findings, we developed a model that predicts whether an RfC will go stale with 75.3% accuracy, a level that is approached as early as one week after dispute initiation. On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 1:43 PM Sarah R wrote: > Hi

[Wikimedia-l] Upcoming Research Showcase - August 17, 2016

2016-08-16 Thread Sarah R
s_a_service> learned about and addressed these issues in ORES <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ORES>, a production-level AI service for Wikimedia Wikis. He'll also make an overdue call to action toward leveraging human-review of AIs biases in the practice of AI development. We look forw

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase, September 21, 2016

2016-09-19 Thread Sarah R
rization of discussions, and characterization of communities. Hope to see you there! Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation srodl...@wikimedia.org ___ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/w

Re: [Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase, September 21, 2016

2016-09-21 Thread Sarah R
Just a reminder, the Research Showcase will begin in one hour. On Mon, Sep 19, 2016 at 5:02 PM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, > September 21, 2016 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 (UTC). > > YouTube stream: https

[Wikimedia-l] Research Showcase, December 21, 2016

2016-12-19 Thread Sarah R
loss, the need for open collaboration projects to go beyond attracting and educating participants to consider their privacy, and some of the social and technical approaches that could be explored to mitigate risk at a project or community level. -- Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Project Coordinator-En

[Wikimedia-l] February 15, 2017 Research Showcase

2017-02-14 Thread Sarah R
cle embeddings, where articles that tend to be read in close succession have similar representations. Since people usually generate sequences of semantically related articles while reading, these embeddings also capture semantic similarity between articles. -- Sarah R. Rodlund Senior Proje

Re: [Wikimedia-l] February 15, 2017 Research Showcase

2017-02-15 Thread Sarah R
Just a reminder this will be taking place in one hour! On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 2:49 PM, Sarah R wrote: > Hi Everyone, > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this February 15, 2017 at > 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 UTC. > > YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/w