The livestream link is http://youtu.be/AUupsnvV1oA
On Wed, May 21, 2014 at 7:50 AM, Dario Taraborelli < dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > The next Research & Data > showcase<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data/Showcase> > will > be live-streamed *today Wed 5/21 at 11.30 PT*. > > The streaming link will be posted on the lists a few minutes before the > showcase starts and as usual you can join the conversation on IRC at > #wikimedia-research. > > We look forward to seeing you! > > Dario > > > This month: > > UX research at WMFIntroducing Abbey Ripstra, the new UX research lead at > the Wikimedia Foundation. > A bird's eye view of editor activation > *by Dario Taraborelli <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:DarTar>* -- In > this talk I will give a high-level overview of data on new editor > activation <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/R:Editor_activation>, > presenting longitudinal data from the largest Wikipedias, a comparison > between desktop and mobile registrations and the relative activation rates > of different cohorts of newbies. > Collaboration patterns in Articles for Creation*by Aaron Halfaker > <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Halfak_(WMF)>* -- Wikipedia needs to > attract and retain newcomers while also increasing the quality of its > content. Yet new Wikipedia users are disproportionately affected by the > quality assurance mechanisms designed to thwart spammers and promoters. > English Wikipedia’s en:WP:Articles for > Creation<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WP:Articles_for_Creation> provides > a protected space for newcomers to draft articles, which are reviewed > against minimum quality guidelines before they are published. In this > presentation, describe and a study of how this drafting process has > affected the productivity of newcomers in Wikipedia. Using a mixed > qualitative and quantitative approach, I'll show the process's > pre-publication review, which is intended to improve the success of > newcomers, in fact decreases newcomer productivity in English Wikipedia and > offer recommendations for system designers. > > -- Dario Taraborelli Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org http://nitens.org/taraborelli
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