There are a number of interesting topics in this month's Recent Research
report. The detailed list of contents for the Research Report may intrigue some
readers of Wikimedia-l and Research-l. The report is at
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2012-11-26/Recent_research.
More information about the report is available at
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter.
Personally, I was most appreciative of the information under Being Wikipedian
is more important than the political affiliation. Quoting from the report:
Based on an analysis of a sample of 1390 editors with known political
affiliation – either US Democrat or Republican – (the authors) conclude that
although the social identity of editors is strongly reflected in their
editorial interests – that is, the topics on which they are more active – but
that being Wikipedian dominates the political affiliation when it comes to
user pages. In contrast with other social media e.g., blogosphere, where
cross-party interactions are very much underrepresented, it appears that
Wikipedian dialogues between editors from opposing parties are relatively
profound and notable. On the day before the US presidential election, the
paper's results were highlighted on the Wikimedia blog under the headline In
divisive times, Wikipedia brings political opponents together.
Recent Research report topics for November 2012:
Early prediction of movie box-office revenues with Wikipedia data
Readability of the English Wikipedia, Simple Wikipedia, and Britannica
compared
Wikipedia favors established views and scientifically backed knowledge
Trust, authority and credentials on Wikipedia: The case of the Essjay
controversy
Being Wikipedian is more important than the political affiliation
Eye-tracking study: Readers look at TOC first, then infobox
Edit categories in featured and non-featured articles
How the TV schedule influences Wikipedia pageviews
A truthfulness verification system based on Wikipedia
Characterizing Wikipedia traffic
One-year article ratings dump released
Measuring countries' visibility on Wikipedia
Ratio of African Wikipedia readers rising, but still low
--Pine
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