Please see below. On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 3:53 PM J. Nathan Matias <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi Leila, > > Glad we were thinking along similar lines! > > *>> Nate: what do you consider as good outcomes out of different > Wikimediasessions the research community can (co-)organize?* > > We have some ideas and would love to hear other people's thoughts. Having > received a grant > <https://citizensandtech.org/2021/02/new-funding-new-hires/> to support > research together with Wikipedia communities over the next three years, we > have several goals for the next few months, and we're still deciding how > well Wikimania is the right place for them: > > - Gathering with Wikipedians to *discuss research ideas/agendas* > (unclear if the new Wikimania format would work for this) > If you can work with 45-min one of the Workshop or Discussion forms should accommodate this: https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions/Guidelines#Tracks . For this one, my hunch is that you should go ahead and just submit a proposal. The other items you have can benefit from more coordination/collaboration. > - *Convening researchers* to discuss possible questions and research > approaches (maybe?) - Discussing *best practices for community outreach, co-design, and > approval/consent* with intervention research (this might be especially > valuable) > I don't have very clear thoughts on these, yet. > - *Sharing research insights into other parts of Wikimania* (would love > to help here, especially since we have a number of new results coming > out, > but unsure how it would work without tracks in the same way?) > Let's keep exploring this one. If we can find an engaging and accessible way to share the top n findings of the past year, that'd be great, in my humble opinion. I'm clearly excited to think through this with you. ;) I'll be quiet for others to chime in. Happy to brainstorm more in the coming 11 days. Best, Leila > > All the best, > > --Nathan > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 6:02 PM Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Thanks for kicking this off. > > > > A few things on my end: > > * In the Research team [1] we have started discussing and coordinating > > on submissions. This conversation can shape some of the ongoing > > conversations. > > * Mako and I talked a while back to organize a series of sessions > > similar to 2019: > > https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2019:Research/Program . We > > haven't connected recently though. Your email is a good poke. ;) > > * Now that we know the format of Wikimania 2021, if I understand > > correctly the 2019 format won't work. That is: we likely won't have > > multiple large blocks of time. > > > > Nate: what do you consider as good outcomes out of different Wikimedia > > sessions the research community can (co-)organize? > > > > Leila > > > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > > > On Mon, Jun 7, 2021 at 2:47 PM J. Nathan Matias <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I see that the Wikimania call for proposals > > > <https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2021:Submissions/Guidelines> is > > open, > > > and that the submission deadline is 11 days from now. > > > > > > Is anyone organizing a research-specific session or series, and is > there > > a > > > way we can support that endeavor? > > > > > > All the best, > > > > > > -- > > > J. Nathan Matias <http://natematias.com/> : Cornell University : > > Citizens > > > and Technology Lab <https://citizensandtech.org> : @natematias > > > <http://twitter.com/natematias> : blog > > > <https://natematias.com/external-posts/> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > > > To unsubscribe send an email to > > [email protected] > > _______________________________________________ > > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > > To unsubscribe send an email to > [email protected] > > > > > -- > J. Nathan Matias <http://natematias.com/> : Cornell University : Citizens > and Technology Lab <https://citizensandtech.org> : @natematias > <http://twitter.com/natematias> : blog > <https://natematias.com/external-posts/> > _______________________________________________ > Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected] > _______________________________________________ Wiki-research-l mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe send an email to [email protected]
