Wooooo hoooo.
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:57 AM, Jane Darnell <jane...@gmail.com> wrote: > It's mentioned in the MIT Review here: > > http://www.technologyreview.com/news/544036/artificial-intelligence-aims-to-make-wikipedia-friendlier-and-better/ > > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Steven Walling <steven.wall...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > This is really cool! Congrats to everyone who worked on this. > > On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 7:51 PM Dario Taraborelli < > > dtarabore...@wikimedia.org> wrote: > > > > > (cross-posting from wikitech-l) > > > > > > Today we published an announcement on the Wikimedia blog marking the > > > official launch of revision scoring as a service < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service > > > > > and I wanted to say a few words about this project: > > > > > > Blog post: > > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/30/artificial-intelligence-x-ray-specs/ > > > < > > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/30/artificial-intelligence-x-ray-specs/ > > > > > > > Docs on Meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ORES < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ORES> > > > > > > First off: what’s revision scoring < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service#Rationale > > >? > > > On the surface, it’s a set of open APIs allowing you to automatically > > > “score” any edit and measure their probability of being damaging or > > > good-faith contributions. The real goal behind this project, though, is > > to > > > fix the damage indirectly caused by vandal-fighting bots and tools on > > > good-faith contributors and to bring back a collaborative dimension to > > how > > > we do quality control on Wikipedia. I invite you to read the whole blog > > > post < > > > > > > https://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/30/artificial-intelligence-x-ray-specs/ > > > > > > if you want to know more about the motivations and expected outcome of > > this > > > project. > > > > > > I am thrilled this project is coming to fruition and I’d like to > > > congratulate Aaron Halfaker < > > > https://wikimediafoundation.org/wiki/User:Ahalfaker> and all the > project > > > contributors < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service#Team > > > > > > on hitting this big milestone: revision scoring started as Aaron’s side > > > project well over a year ago and it has been co-designed (as in – > > literally > > > – conceived, implemented, tested, improved and finally adopted) by a > > > distributed team of volunteer developers, editors, and researchers. We > > > worked with volunteers in 14 different Wikipedia language editions and > as > > > of today revision scores are integrated < > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service#Tools_that_use_ORES > > > > > > in the workflow of several quality control interfaces, WikiProjects and > > 3rd > > > party tools. The project would not have seen the light without the > > > technical support provided by the TechOps team (Yuvi in particular) and > > > seminal funding provided by the WMF IEG program and Wikimedia Germany. > > > > > > So, here you go: the next time someone tells you that LLAMAS GROW ON > > TREES > > > <https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?diff=prev&oldid=642215410> you > can > > > confidently tell them they should stop damaging < > > > http://ores.wmflabs.org/scores/enwiki/damaging/642215410/> Wikipedia. > > > > > > Dario > > > > > > > > > Dario Taraborelli Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation > > > wikimediafoundation.org <http://wikimediafoundation.org/> • nitens.org > < > > > http://nitens.org/> • @readermeter <http://twitter.com/readermeter> > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > > < > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/guidelineswikimedi...@lists.wikimedia.org > > > > > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe> > -- Anna Stillwell Major Gifts Officer Wikimedia Foundation 415.806.1536 *www.wikimediafoundation.org <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org>* _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
