hi there,
sounds cool! CSCW 2015 is also an interesting idea, I'd love to
contribute to.
best,
dj
On Thu, Mar 6, 2014 at 2:25 AM, Dario Taraborelli <
dtaraborelli(a)wikimedia.org> wrote:
All,
these are highlights from a session the Wikimedia Foundation's Research
& Data team <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data>hosted
at CSCW '14 in Baltimore. The audience was a group of researchers
either working on Wikipedia/Wikimedia-related research projects or
interested in learning about opportunities to collaborate with the
Foundation.
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions/comments.
Contact
- Dario Taraborelli - dario(a)wikimedia.org
- Aaron Halfaker - ahalfaker(a)wikimedia.org
- Jonathan Morgan - jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org
IRC:
irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-research
(
webclient<http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-research>
)
Mailing list: wiki-research-l (mailing
list<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-research-l>
)
Resources
We gave a short overview of existing resources of potential interest to
Wikipedia/Wikimedia researchers:
- OAuth allows 3rd-party software to edit Wikipedia on behalf of a
Wikipedia editor and it's a (mostly untapped) opportunity to run
experimental research or test new interfaces targeted at Wikipedians. See:
https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAuth#Using_OAuth
- Data portal summarizes data sources that are currently available
to researchers and app developers. See:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Data
- Wikimedia Research Newsletter: A monthly overview reviewing or
summarizing recent research (contributions are welcome, please contact
Dario if you're interested in contributing)
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter
Subject recruitment. Aaron and Dario have managed a
process<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Subject_recruitment>… documenting
and vetting subject recruitment occurring on Wikimedia
projects. This process was set in place to help resolve the tension
between researchers' need to recruit subjects and editors' desire to not be
bothered. The process involves a public discussion and mentorship in order
to ensure that proposed studies that affect editors are well documented,
are addressing original questions and do not result in unnecessary
disruption of wiki work. This is a service we've been providing on a
volunteer basis as members of the Research Committee, it's meant to offer
support to researchers but doesn't eliminate the risk that an account used
for recruitment purposes might be blocked by an administrator. IRBs and
minors. One of the issues that we discussed is dealing with IRB & other
ethics boards' requirements when studies may result in interaction with
minors. Aaron <ahalfaker(a)wikimedia.org> is willing to discuss the
issue with researchers and university staff upon request. Annual
survey modules. Interest was expressed in exploring strategies for
expanding the annual editor/reader survey with new questions contributed by
researchers. At this point (March 2014) we cannot commit to any such
project, but in general there is potential for cooperations between WMF and
academic researchers in this area. Interested parties should contact Tilman
Bayer (tbayer at wikimedia dot org) who has been conducting the last WMF
editor survey and can provide information about these surveys (methodology,
results, available data etc.) and their calendar.
WikiResearch Workshop at CSCW 2015. We discussed planning a workshop
for CSCW next year. Anyone who is interested in collaborating, please
contact us. Details are TBD, but our general goals include:
- increase awareness of the public data resources that are available
- highlight research areas that are ripe for investigation, esp.
where WMF could benefit from the results
- get a better sense of what kind of data resources (and/or what
data formats) researchers would like to have
- brainstorm a (lightweight, ethical, practical) model for
partnership between WMF and academic research orgs that want access to
certain non-public data
Wiki Research Hackathons. On Nov. 9th, 2013, we held our first global
research hackathon
(
announcement<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/N…)3>).
We had universities and other local meetups from around the world connect
via Google Hangout to share ideas, data and presentations geared toward
datasets, code and other resources. We'll be planning another hackathon in
the coming months. You can help by hosting or attending your own local
event. Please contact us if you're interested.
Public listing on WMF's strategic research questions. We discussed the
potential for the Wikimedia Foundation to list out key areas of research
that we are interested in. This is something we are keenly interested in
and you should expect to hear from us soon through
wiki-research-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-resear…
@WikiResearch <https://twitter.com/WikiResearch>.
Tweet @WikiResearch. We maintain a relatively high-visibility twitter
account from which we tweet about new research, data, and other
initiatives. If you tweet about your own wiki-related work
@WikiResearch <https://twitter.com/WikiResearch>, we will retweet it so
long as it's relevant. We will also experiment with the use of this Twitter
handle to increase the visibility of libraries and analytics tools to
support Wikipedia research.
Internships/grad student residencies. We talked briefly about research
collaborations, internships and other forms of work opportunities at WMF.
We're actively exploring possibilities and will broadcast details through
wiki-research-l<https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wiki-resear…
@WikiResearch <https://twitter.com/WikiResearch> when we know more.
We're hiring. We are looking to expand the research team at WMF, if you
are interested in working with us keep an eye on wiki-research-l and
@WikiResearch for job openings or contact us off-list.
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Kozminski University