Wow. Thanks for doing this. a) did you mine emijrp's subconscious yet? b) what meta-gaps are you aware of (areas where the gap analysis itself might have blind spots) c) this seems appropriate for a wikijournal <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiJournal> of knowledge...
🌍🌏🌎🌑 On Thu, Sep 10, 2020 at 6:48 PM Leila Zia <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I hope this email finds you well. > > I'm reaching out to let you know that the Research team [1] at the > Wikimedia Foundation has been working on developing a taxonomy of > knowledge gaps for the Wikimedia projects. We now have the first draft > of the taxonomy ready and we're seeking your input to improve it. > > ==Why are we contacting you?== > The taxonomy of knowledge gaps aims to be a high level representation > and grouping of the different knowledge gaps Wikimedia projects face > today. Each of you, whether you are a volunteer editor, patroller, > organizer, affiliate, etc. have valuable on the ground knowledge of > the different types of knowledge gaps. We believe it's important to > hear from you before we finalize the taxonomy. > > ==Material== > The material you may need to review is listed at > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Learn_more > ! > . I will list them below as well, for archive completeness: > > * A summary of the taxonomy and motivation: > > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy_Summary-and-Motivation.pdf > > * Full paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2008.12314 > > * A video presentation: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pP3uXA9bfvU or > https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Knowledge_Gaps_Taxonomy.mp4.webm > (same video on two platforms) > > ==Feedback== > Please provide your feedback by answering the 6 questions posted at > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Knowledge_Gaps_Index/Taxonomy#Feedback_collection_September_2020 > . > > We're collecting feedback until 2020-09-30. > > ==Talk with us== > If you have questions about the taxonomy and you'd like to talk with > us in a synchronous set-up, we invite you to join us in the upcoming > Research Showcase > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#September_2020 > . We will have a very short presentation about it and will leave 15-20 > min for any questions you may have. We are also happy to set up more > time to answer your questions if there is demand for it. > > ==Disclaimer== > As you're going through the material we have shared with you, you will > see imperfections and rooms for improvement. I acknowledge that they > exist and they may be numerous. We could spend another month and > improve the documents. We made the call to not let perfect be the > enemy of good. Please keep that in mind, assume good faith, and ask > questions if any part of what you read is not clear to you. We're here > to engage and answer your questions, and ultimately learn about your > perspective. > > Thank you! > > Leila, on behalf of > Martin Gerlach, Research Scientist, WMF > Isaac Johnson, Research Scientist, WMF > Miriam Redi, Senior Research Scientist, WMF > Leila Zia, Head of Research, WMF > > [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html > > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
