http://gph.is/2lnp32Z On Mon, Feb 11, 2019 at 5:19 PM Pine W <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks for the replies. > > I think that detailed discussion of the pros and cons of the Tech Wishlist > should be separate from this thread, but I agree that one way to get a > subject like unflagged bot detection addressed could be through the Tech > Wishlist assuming that WMF is willing to devote resources to that topic if > it ranked in the top X places. > > It sounds like there are a few different ways that work in this area could > be resourced: > > 1. As mentioned above, making it be a tech wishlist item and having > Community Tech work on it; > 2. Having the Anti-Harrassment Tools team work on it; > 3. Having the Security team work on it; > 4. Having the ORES team work on it; > 5. Funding work through a WMF grants program; > 6. Funding through a mentorship program like GSOC. I believe that GSOC > previously supported work on CAPTCHA improvements. > > Of the above options I suggest first considering 2 and 4. Having AHAT staff > work on unflagged bot detection might be scope creep under the existing > AHAT charter but perhaps AHAT's charter could be modified into something > that would resemble the charter for an "Administrators' Tools Team". And if > the ORES team has already done some work on unflagged bot detection then > perhaps ORES and AHAT staff could collaborate on this topic. > > In the first half of the next WMF fiscal year, I think that planning for an > existing WMF team or combination of staff from existing teams to work on > unflagged bot detection would be good. If WMF does not resource this topic, > then if community people want unflagged bot detection be resourced, we can > consider other options such as 1 and 5. > > Pine > ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine ) > _______________________________________________ > Wikitech-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l _______________________________________________ Wikitech-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikitech-l
