Hi Ziko, Too bad you can't be there. :/ Do watch it afterwards if you're interested and ping if you'd like to chat about it.
Best, Leila On Wed, Nov 9, 2016 at 3:11 PM, Ziko van Dijk <zvand...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > The topic sounds great. I'm afraid I can't watch it live, as I have other > duties in the evening. > Kind regards > Ziko > > 2016-11-09 23:29 GMT+01:00 Leila Zia <le...@wikimedia.org>: > > > [Apologies for cross-posting] > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > Almost a year ago, we [1] embarked on a research project to understand > who > > Wikipedia readers are. More specifically, we set a goal for finding a > > taxonomy of Wikipedia readers. In the upcoming Research Showcase, I will > > present the findings of this research. > > > > *Logistics* > > The Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, November 16, > 2016 > > at 11:35 (PST) 19:35 (UTC). > > > > YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O24F1xkbNwI > > > > As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC freedone at > > #wikimedia-research. And, you can watch our past research showcases at > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase. > > > > *Title* > > Why We Read Wikipedia > > > > *Abstract* > > Every day, millions of readers come to Wikipedia to satisfy a broad range > > of information needs, however, little is known about what these needs > are. > > In this presentation, I share the result of a research that sets to help > us > > understand Wikipedia readers better. Based on an initial user study on > > English, Persian, and Spanish Wikipedia, we build a taxonomy of Wikipedia > > use-cases along several dimensions, capturing users’ motivations to visit > > Wikipedia, the depth of knowledge they are seeking, and their knowledge > of > > the topic of interest prior to visiting Wikipedia. Then, we quantify the > > prevalence of these use-cases via a large-scale user survey conducted on > > English Wikipedia. Our analyses highlight the variety of factors driving > > users to Wikipedia, such as current events, media coverage of a topic, > > personal curiosity, work or school assignments, or boredom. Finally, we > > match survey responses to the respondents’ digital traces in Wikipedia’s > > server logs, enabling the discovery of behavioral patterns associated > with > > specific use-cases. Our findings advance our understanding of reader > > motivations and behavior on Wikipedia and have potential implications for > > developers aiming to improve Wikipedia’s user experience, editors > striving > > to cater to (a subset of) their readers’ needs, third-party services > (such > > as search engines) providing access to Wikipedia content, and researchers > > aiming to build tools such as article recommendation engines. > > > > > > *How to prepare? What to expect?* > > If you decide to attend, here are a few things I would like to ask you to > > keep in mind, especially if this will be your first time to one of our > > research showcases: > > > > * Like many other research projects in fields that are not heavily > > explored, the findings of this research will create more questions than > > they answer. I encourage you to keep these questions in mind throughout > the > > presentation and discussion: "What can we do with this finding? What > other > > questions can we ask? What other ideas can we try?" > > > > * Be open to ask these questions to yourself, especially if you are a > > Wikipedia editor, even before coming to the showcase: "Why do I edit > > Wikipedia? Who am I writing the content for, if anyone? Will I change the > > way I write content if I know more about who reads it (to encourage or > > discourage certain types of reading or readers)? What needs an > encyclopedia > > should serve? What is Wikipedia: A place one can quickly find the answer > to > > his/her questions, or a place that one can go to when he/she wants to > spend > > a quiet time reading and learning, or a place for both and even more? > etc." > > > > * And, see if you would be interested to see the result of this study in > > your language. What will be presented is based on research on English, > > Persian, and Spanish Wikipedia (the data from the latter two projects > have > > been used only for one part of the research). We are interested in > running > > the study on at least 2-3 more languages to understand the robustness of > > some of the results across different languages, and to also help > > communities with having access to the results for their specific language > > project. > > > > Looking forward to seeing you there, and if you can't make it, please > feel > > free to watch the video later and get in touch with us with > > questions/comments. :) > > > > Best, > > Leila > > -- > > Leila Zia > > Senior Research Scientist > > Wikimedia Foundation > > > > [1] WMF Research and researchers from three academic institutions: EPFL, > > GESIS, and Stanford University, in collaboration with WMF Reading. > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/ > > wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: 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 > New messages to: 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 New messages to: Wikimedia-l@lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-requ...@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>
