Pine, I like the idea of "Wikipedian" being a social affiliation characterized by a demand for sources and a sensitivity for detecting writing which complies with WP:NPOV. Papers like this one are good indicators of the value of Wikipedia engagement.
On Wed, Nov 28, 2012 at 2:50 PM, ENWP Pine <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > > -- Lane Rasberry 206.801.0814 [email protected]
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