Hi everybody,
we’re preparing for the May 2014 research newsletter and looking for contributors. Please take a look at: https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/WRN201405 and add your name next to any paper you are interested in covering. As usual, short notes and one-paragraph reviews are most welcome.
Highlights from this month:
• Detecting epidemics using Wikipedia article views: A demonstration of feasibility with language as location proxy • Wikipedia in the eyes of its beholders: A systematic review of scholarly research on Wikipedia readers and readership • "The sum of all human knowledge": a systematic review of scholarly research on the content of Wikipedia • Uneven Openness: Barriers to MENA Representation on Wikipedia • Sex ratios in Wikidata • Automatically Detecting Corresponding Edit-Turn-Pairs in Wikipedia • A Novel Methodology Based on Formal Methods for Analysis and Verification of Wikis • Okinawa in Japanese and English Wikipedia • Bipartite Editing Prediction in Wikipedia • Increasing the Discoverability of Digital Collections Using Wikipedia: The Pitt Experience • Playscript Classification and Automatic Wikipedia Play Articles Generation
If you have any question about the format or process feel free to get in touch off-list.
Dario Taraborelli and Tilman Bayer