FYI :-)
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From: Erik Moeller <erik(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 2011/3/31
Subject: Dario Taraborelli joins Wikimedia Foundation
To: wikimediaannounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org
Dear all,
it is my pleasure to announce that Dario Taraborelli (User:DarTar) is
joining the Wikimedia Foundation as Senior Research Analyst, Strategy,
reporting to me. As of this week, Dario is based in San Francisco,
having relocated from the UK. Dario joins Howie Fung and me as part of
the Wikimedia Foundation Strategy Team. Our job is to advance
Wikimedia's strategic thinking on an ongoing basis, and to help
organize relevant research and analytics.
Dario most recently was a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the Centre
for Research in Social Simulation, University of Surrey in the UK.
Previously he was Marie Curie Fellow at the Department of Psychology,
University College London. He holds a PhD in Cognitive Science from
École des Hautes Études en Sciences Sociales, France, an MSc in
Cognitive Science, and an MA in Philosophy of Science. He has taught
at various universities, including Sciences Po in Paris, Université
Paris 7, and École Normale Supérieure. He has served as advisor and
editor for numerous scientific publications, organizations and
conferences.
Notably, Dario has participated in wiki-related research and
development since 2004. He is lead developer of WikkaWiki, an open
source wiki engine; developer of WikiTracer, a prototype toolkit for
wiki analytics; and founder and developer of ReaderMeter, a mashup
visualizing readership of scholarly publications. He has led or
participated in many other projects relevant to wikis and social
media. See http://nitens.org/taraborelli/research for a list of his
research projects and publications.
Dario has supported the Wikimedia Foundation as a contractor since
December 2010. Since then he has worked on a number of projects for
us, including:
- Analysis of data from the pilot of the Article Feedback Tool. You
can see his initial findings here:
http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Public_Policy_Pilot/February…
- Organizing meetings and priorities of the Wikimedia Foundation
Research Committee. See:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_Committee
- With Daniel Mietchen and Giota Alevizou (members of RCom),
organizing a survey of expert participation in Wikipedia projects.
See:
http://survey.nitens.org/?sid=21693
- In collaboration with Moritz Stefaner and Giovanni Luca Ciampaglia,
an analysis and visualization of AfD discussions in the English
Wikipedia:
http://notabilia.net
I'm very excited to have Dario on our team. He and his family are
still settling in the San Francisco Bay Area. Dario's official start
date is April 18. Please join me in welcoming him!
All best,
Erik
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Deputy Director, Wikimedia Foundation
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Erik Möller
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I've just come across a really important bit of research on EN wiki.
User:Mr.Z-man analyzed the new accounts created in February to see how
many were still editing in September.
Key findings:
Over two thirds of new accounts had still not become editors after 6 months.
Editors who start by creating articles are only about a quarter of new
editors, three quarters edit existing articles. I find this credible
if a little on the low side. But over ten thousand newbies created an
article in February 2010, had their article deleted and ceased
editing.
Editors whose articles are not deleted are over seven times more
likely to remain than editors whose articles were deleted.
As one would expect, the retention rate of Article creators was much
lower than of other new editors.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Mr.Z-man/newusers
WereSpielChequers
Sorry if this is edging to off topic, but I know many of you are in or
near London, and I've been asked to forward this invite from our
Imperial College Wikimedia society.
WereSpielChequers
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From: Patel, Vinesh <vinesh.patel06(a)imperial.ac.uk>
Date: 16 March 2011 22:53
Subject: Academic mailing list
To: WereSpielChequers <werespielchequers(a)gmail.com>
Hi Jonathan,
Further to our conversations, can I ask that you send the below e-mail
to the academic mailing list/anyone else you can think of who might be
interested.
The London Wikipedia Academy is a mini-conference aimed at starting a
conversation between academics and Wikipedians in London, moving from
ethereal opinions to organised, evidence based, informed discussions.
There will be a number of exciting speakers all engaging in a vital
conversation for modern higher education.
Students, librarians and academics from across London have been
invited by the first official student Wikipedia society in the UK,
Wikipedians at Imperial College, to meet at their South Kensington
campus April 13th 545-8pm.
This unique and original event promises to allow those pro and anti
Wikipedia to discuss the key issues around its inevitable use by staff
and academics, on every topic that is taught at higher education
institutions in the capital.
Please register your interest by adding your name or emailing the
address at the bottom of this webpage:
http://uk.wikimedia.org/wiki/London_Wikipedia_Academy
We hope to see you there!
Wikipedians at Imperial College
This thread on Foundation-l may be of interest to those of you interested in what is acceptable or not for recruitment/research purposes
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/foundation-l/2011-March/064635.html
Dario
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> From: MZMcBride <z(a)mzmcbride.com>
> Date: 14 March 2011 04:25:50 GMT
> To: Wikimedia Foundation Mailing List <foundation-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
> Subject: [Foundation-l] Global banners usage
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> A discussion was started some time ago to discuss when it's appropriate to
> use global banners. There was fairly clear consensus from the people who
> chose to participate, in my view. Does this need wider discussion before
> being adopted or can it be put into place now?
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> http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Requests_for_comment/Global_banners
>
> MZMcBride
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Hello! Hola!
Just to inform that I had been invited by Amical Viquipedia (an association linked to Cat Wik) to do a presentation of the Research Committe goals at a panel on Research and Wikipedia at the Open University of Catalonia next Marc 15th. The panel is part of the week of celebrations of the Wikipedia and Viquipedia 10 anniversary. More on the event here: http://www.viquimedia.cat/viqui/Apunt:Recerca_sobre_Viquip%C3%A8dia,_taula_…
I will report back if any good suggestion or relevant comment emerge.
Cheers! Mayo
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Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info
Ph.D European University Institute
Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute of Govern and Public Policies. Autonomous University of Barcelona.
Visiting scholar. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute. Open University of Catalonia (UOC).
Visiting researcher (2008). School of information. University of California, Berkeley.
Member Research Committee. Wikimedia Foundation
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