+1 I talked to Asaf a bit about this project at OpenSym last week. Fortunately, the project aligns closely with my interests in system-level thinking[1] and system-level measurements[2]. I hope to contribute where I can. :)
1. http://socio-technologist.blogspot.com/2014/10/wikipedias-socio-technology-as-compared.html 2. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Measuring_value-added -Aaron On Wed, Aug 26, 2015 at 10:52 AM, Jonathan Morgan <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kerry, > > Cool initiative. But then I expect nothing less from Ijon. > > I probably don't have to time perform additional analysis, unless it's a > project I'm supporting on a volunteer basis. But one thing I do have time > for is leading more SQL tutorials[1] to teach more people how to ask and > answer questions with Wikimedia data. Always happy to set up a webinar. > > I can also advise on sampling and other methodological considerations, and > *may* be able to help with gathering data in some cases. Ping me as needed. > > Jonathan > > 1. https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Evaluation/Wikiresearch_webinars > > On Tue, Aug 25, 2015 at 8:46 PM, Kerry Raymond <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Asaf Bartov has announced the WMF initiative: Community Capacity >> Development on the Wikimedia-l mailing list. The thread starts here: >> >> >> >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimedia-l/2015-August/078954.html >> >> >> >> The initiative can be found here: >> >> >> >> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Community_Capacity_Development >> >> >> >> As experimentation is mentioned in parts of this, I have asked a question >> about the freedom to experiment, the engineering resources to support >> experiments, and (possibly involving some of you) the support of WMF for >> the qualitative and quantitative collection and analysis of data arising >> from such experiments. >> >> >> >> We speculate a lot on this list about what might make a difference but >> generally that’s all we can do as we have no way to test an idea. So I am >> genuinely curious to know if the resourcing is there to support >> experimentation. >> >> >> >> I also note that the on-wiki pages invite ideas. It occurred to me that >> there might be scope for re-using ideas that have been put forward on this >> list. >> >> >> >> Kerry >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wiki-research-l mailing list >> [email protected] >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l >> >> > > > -- > Jonathan T. Morgan > Senior Design Researcher > Wikimedia Foundation > User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> > > > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l > >
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