Analytics January 2021

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[events] Wiki Workshop 2021 Announcement and Call for Papers
by Leila Zia 09 Apr '21

09 Apr '21

Hi everyone, We are delighted to announce that Wiki Workshop 2021 will be held virtually in April 2021 and as part of the Web Conference 2021 [1]. The exact day is to be finalized and we know it will be between April 19-23. In the past years, Wiki Workshop has traveled to Oxford, Montreal, Cologne, Perth, Lyon, and San Francisco, and (virtually) to Taipei. Last year, we had more than 120 participants in the workshop and we are particularly excited about this year's as we will celebrate the 20th birthday of Wikipedia. We encourage contributions by all researchers who study the Wikimedia projects. We specifically encourage 1-2 page submissions of preliminary research. You will have the option to publish your work as part of the proceedings of The Web Conference 2021. You can read more about the call for papers and the workshop at http://wikiworkshop.org/2021/#call. Please note that the deadline for the submissions to be considered for proceedings is January 29. All other submissions should be received by March 1. If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this list or at wikiworkshop(a)googlegroups.com. Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition. Best, Miriam Redi, Wikimedia Foundation Bob West, EPFL Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation [1] https://www2021.thewebconf.org/

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Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours February 2, 2021
by Martin Gerlach 02 Feb '21

02 Feb '21

Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours next week on 2021-02-02 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm CET). To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Martin (WMF Research Team) [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation

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Open Call to Join the Project & Simple APG Grants Programs Committees
by Chris "Jethro" Schilling 28 Jan '21

28 Jan '21

Hello, (Apologies for cross-posting!) The Community Resources team is inviting you to an exciting opportunity to be a committee member as part of the grants programs' participatory grantmaking practice. Participatory grantmaking ensures that resourcing community efforts in the movement is diverse, equal and inclusive. This practice aligns with movement strategy recommendation 4. Ensure Equity in Decision-making: Establishing shared responsibility and accountability for decision-making and distribution of resources. Serving committee members will have the opportunity to inform and advise funding decisions and proactively share recommendations and mentorship to support grantees worldwide in their development, growth, and sustainability strategies; that contribute to a world in which every single human being can freely share in the sum of all knowledge. You will also strengthen your capacity in participatory decision-making processes while learning about our community's incredible work and the different contexts that influence their work. Here is statement by current committee member, Thepwnco, on their experience; My experiences with Wikimedia Foundation grant programs have been very rewarding and I feel so fortunate to have served as a volunteer committee member since 2014. Grant programs contribute to equity and sustainability in our movement through funding unmet and under-resourced needs. Under our participatory approach to grantmaking, volunteers play a key role in decision-making. Volunteers also help support and strengthen community-led initiatives by reviewing grant proposals for impact and providing feedback and other support to prospective grantees. But being a volunteer committee member is much more than just a way to share your knowledge and insights, it’s also an incredible opportunity to learn and be inspired by the breadth of amazing and innovative work taking place across the movement and in diverse communities and regions. Here are the committees that are currently soliciting new members: * Project Grants: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project ** Project Grants Committee reviewing Community Organizing proposals: This committee reviews proposals for projects that inspire and coordinate volunteers, via campaigns, training, contests and other forms of community organizing. You can learn more about Project Grants here: ** Project Grants Committee reviewing Research and Software proposals: This committee reviews proposals for projects that create or maintain software that supports the Wikimedia movement, or that conduct research to answer questions important for Wikimedia communities and projects. * Simple Annual Plan Grants: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/About ** Simple APG Committee: This committee reviews proposals to fund a group or organization's programs and operating expenses for 12 months. The groups and organizations need to already have experience managing programs and grant funding. Orientation and training is provided for new members and you don’t have to have previous experience to sign up. Committee responsibilities include: * Providing review and constructive feedback to help support applicants and strengthen grant proposals * Evaluating and recommending promising proposals for funding * Helping recruit and spread the word about grants * Optional: Becoming a project advisor for proposals that interest you Eligibility requirements for committee members can be found here: * Project Grants : https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Committee/Eligibility#commit… * Simple APG: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee You can sign up as a candidate for a committee here: * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Project/Committee/Candidates * https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:Simple/Committee/Candidates Deadlines for submitting committee candidacy: * Project Grants Committee reviewing Community Organizing proposals -- February 5, 2020 * Project Grants Committee reviewing Research and Software proposals -- March 5, 2020 * Simple APG Committee -- February 5, 2020 Please reach out to projectgrants(a)wikimedia.org for questions on the Project Grants Committee and simple(a)wikimedia.org for questions on the Simple APG Committee. Warm regards, Veronica Thamaini, Program Officer for Simple APG Marti Johnson, Program Officer for Project Grants Chris Schilling, Program Officer for Rapid Grants *Chris Schilling* (him/his/they/their) User:I JethroBT (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:I_JethroBT_(WMF)> Senior Program Officer, Wikimedia Foundation Grants Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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[Introduction] In search of beginner issues
by Tambe Tabitha 21 Jan '21

21 Jan '21

Greetings, My name is Tambe Tabitha Achere and I just got a Bachelor of Engineering in Electrical and Electronic Engineering and I am pursuing a career in Data Science. I am Cameroonian. I learnt how to code and Data science using books, videos and online tutorials. I code in Python. I know SQL too. I think contributing to opensource and the exposure it gives me will be a good test of my knowledge. However, I tried contributing earlier and I was a little confused with how to use toolforge and how to get datasets from the dumps into analysis-friendly structures like Pandas Dataframes. Are there areas of the codebase that needs analytical skills which I can contribute to which don't initially require a lot of knowledge about mediawiki customized tools? This will give me a softer landing as I start to contribute again. Please let me know if there are any issues or projects you recommend. Best regards, Tambe Tabitha Achere.

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[Wikimedia Research Showcase] January 20, 2021: Macro-level organizational analysis of peer production communities
by Martin Gerlach 20 Jan '21

20 Jan '21

Hi all, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed on Wednesday, January 20, at 9:30 AM PST/17:30 UTC. In this month’s showcase, Aaron Shaw will present ongoing research illustrating the values and challenges of macro-level organizational analysis of peer production and social computing systems. Specifically, he will give an overview on different studies showing convergent trends of formalization in large Wikipedias; divergent editor engagement in small Wikipedias; and commensal patterns of ecological interdependence across communities. Youtube stream: <https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v9Wcc-TeaEY> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ujd8S82YfmA As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You can also watch our past research showcases here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase>*Speaker*: Aaron Shaw (Northwestern University) *Title*: The importance of thinking big. Convergence, divergence, and interdependence among wikis and peer production communities *Abstract*: Designing and governing collaborative, peer production communities can benefit from large-scale, macro-level thinking that focuses on communities as the units of analysis. For example, understanding how and why seemingly comparable communities may follow convergent, divergent, and/or interdependent patterns of behavior can inform more parsimonious theoretical and empirical insights as well as more effective strategic action. This talk gives a sneak peak at research-in-progress by members of the Community Data Science Collective <http://communitydata.science/> to illustrate these points. In particular, I focus on studies of (1) convergent trends of formalization in several large Wikipedias; (2) divergent editor engagement among three small Wikipedias; and (3) commensal patterns of ecological interdependence across communities. Together, the studies underscore the value and challenges of macro-level organizational analysis of peer production and social computing systems. -- Martin Gerlach Research Scientist Wikimedia Foundation

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Pageview Dumps outage?
by Marcus Schorow 08 Jan '21

08 Jan '21

Hi all, I collect views for some terms for a project and noticed the dumps on https://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pageviews/2021/2021-01/ haven't been updating since January 6th. Is this a known outage? Is there anywhere I can check to see the status of the systems that create and dump the view counts?

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Invitation for Wikimedia Research Office hours on January 5th, 2021 at 5PM UTC
by Miriam Redi 05 Jan '21

05 Jan '21

Hi all, Join the Research Team at the Wikimedia Foundation [1] for their monthly Office hours on 2021-01-04 at 17:00-18:00 PM UTC (9am PT/6pm CET)! To participate, join the video-call via this Wikimedia-meet link [2]. There is no set agenda - feel free to add your item to the list of topics in the etherpad [3] (You can do this after you join the meeting, too.), otherwise you are welcome to also just hang out. More detailed information (e.g. about how to attend) can be found here [4]. Through these office hours, we aim to make ourselves more available to answer some of the research related questions that you as Wikimedia volunteer editors, organizers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives. Some example cases we hope to be able to support you in: - You have a specific research related question that you suspect you should be able to answer with the publicly available data and you don’t know how to find an answer for it, or you just need some more help with it. For example, how can I compute the ratio of anonymous to registered editors in my wiki? - You run into repetitive or very manual work as part of your Wikimedia contributions and you wish to find out if there are ways to use machines to improve your workflows. These types of conversations can sometimes be harder to find an answer for during an office hour, however, discussing them can help us understand your challenges better and we may find ways to work with each other to support you in addressing it in the future. - You want to learn what the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation does and how we can potentially support you. Specifically for affiliates: if you are interested in building relationships with the academic institutions in your country, we would love to talk with you and learn more. We have a series of programs that aim to expand the network of Wikimedia researchers globally and we would love to collaborate with those of you interested more closely in this space. - You want to talk with us about one of our existing programs [5]. Hope to see many of you, Miriam on behalf of the WMF Research Team [1] https://research.wikimedia.org/team.html [2] https://meet.wmcloud.org/ResearchOfficeHours [3] https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours [4] https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Office_hours [5] https://research.wikimedia.org/projects.html

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