Wiki-research-l March 2007

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History of discussion pages
by Rut 20 Apr '07

20 Apr '07

Hi Everyone, some curiosity brought me this question: is it possible to see/access/get the history of the discussion pages? thanks! rut

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WikiSym 2007 paper submission deadline coming up!
by Dirk Riehle 25 Mar '07

25 Mar '07

WikiSym 2007 paper submission deadline is upon us in 6 weeks! Please consider submitting a paper, panel, workshop, etc. Dirk --- WikiSym 2007 CALL FOR PAPERS 2007 International Symposium on Wikis (WikiSym 2007) Wikis at Work in the World: Open, Organic, Participatory Media for the 21st Century October 21-23, 2007, Montreal, Canada Co-located with ACM OOPSLA 2007 In cooperation with ACM SIGWEB See http://www.wikisym.org/ Archived * Peer Reviewed * ACM Sponsored OVERVIEW The 2007 International Symposium on Wikis brings together wiki researchers, practitioners, and users. The goal of the symposium is to explore and extend our growing community. The symposium has a rigorously reviewed research paper track as well as plenty of space for practitioner reports, demonstrations, and discussions. Anyone who is involved in using, researching, or developing wikis is invited to WikiSym 2007! We recognize the online world is always evolving, and we also welcome contributions which are about other online media consistent with the wiki philosophy of being open, organic and participatory. We are seeking submissions for * research papers (long and short): due 7 May 2007 * workshops: due 7 May 2007 * panels: due 7 May 2007 * posters: due 9 July 2007 * demonstrations: due 9 July 2007 Given the interdisciplinary nature of wikis, we invite contributions from researchers and practitioners in a wide range of fields including: * business, marketing, law * communications and media studies * computer science, human-computer interaction * history, political science, geography * information and library science * linguistics, discourse analysis, language studies * natural sciences, medicine Topics of interest to the symposium include, but are not limited to: * wiki technologies and implementations * wiki in the workplace; for business use * wiki as social software for collaboration and work group processes * wiki user experiences, usability, discourse analysis * wiki for non-text media (images, video, audio) and spatial systems * wiki content dynamics and evolution, wiki metrics * wiki journalism; wiki archiving * wiki reputation systems, quality assurance processes * wiki administration, processes, dealing with abuse * wiki scalability, social and technical * wiki and the semantic web, knowledge management, tacit-knowledge * wikis for specific domains (education, genomics, politics, etc.) * wikis written by and for small audiences (ex: family wikis) * wiki legal issues (copyright, licensing) * wiki translation and multilingual wiki content SUBMISSION DETAILS Research papers will be reviewed by the Program Committee to meet rigorous academic standards of publication. Research papers are expected to advance the state of the art by describing substantiated new research or novel technical results or by reporting on significant experience (including case studies) or experimentation. They will be reviewed both with respect to conceptual quality and clarity of presentation. Note that authors of accepted papers are expected to attend the conference and present the paper, otherwise publication will be canceled. Accepted research papers will be provided as part of the conference proceedings. They will be put into the ACM Digital Library and can be referenced as papers that appeared in the "Proceedings of the 2007 International Symposium on Wikis (WikiSym 2007)". We invite full papers (recommended length of 10 to 15 pages with maximum of 20 pages, and a 30 minute presentation time) and short papers (maximum 6 pages, with a 15 minute presentation time). Papers should use the ACM SIG Proceedings Format, see: http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html Workshop and Panels submissions will be reviewed and selected for their interest to the community. A submission should consist of two pages describing what you intend to do and how you meet this criterion. It should include a 100-word abstract and one-paragraph bios of all people relevant to the submission. Workshops will be allocated a half-day or a full-day and a room of their own (depending on your request). Panels will be given a 90 minutes time slot and a room of their own. Poster submissions will be reviewed on their merits and may describe research projects or experience reports. A submission should consist of two page extended abstract outlining the content of the poster. Successful applicants will be invited to bring a poster for display at the symposium. Posters must be flat and within 1mx2m in size. Demos will be reviewed based on their relevance to the community. A submission should be one page in length, with a title, a short description of the demo, as well as a description of any special technical needs you may have (ex: wireless connectivity). Please submit your papers or proposals in PDF format by the respective deadline through our submission system, which will be available through the WikiSym website. Questions should be directed respectively at papers(a)wikisym.org (research papers and practitioner reports), workshopsandpanels(a)wikisym.org (workshops and panels), or demosandposters(a)wikisym.org (posters and demos). SYMPOSIUM LOGISTICS The 2007 International Symposium on Wikis will be held at the Palais des Congrs in Montreal, Canada, October 21-23, 2007. A special hotel rate has been negotiated at the Hyatt Regency Montreal. WikiSym 2007 will be co-located with the ACM OOPSLA 2007 conference, and participants may register for the symposium alone, or may jointly register for WikiSym and OOPSLA 2007. Registration is handled through the ACM OOPSLA website: http://oopsla.org/ If you have any questions, please contact Alain Desilets through chair(a)wikisym.org. SYMPOSIUM COMMITTEE Alain Dsilet, NRC-CNRC, Canada (Symposium Chair) Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada (Program Chair) Phoebe Ayers, U. of California Davis, USA (Wikimedia Liaison and Publicity) Angela Beesley, Wikia / Wikimedia, USA (Posters and Demos Chair) Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, USA (Panels and Workshops Chair) Ward Cunningham, Eclipse Foundation, USA (Honorary Chair) Ted Ernst, Open Space World (Open Space Chair) Andrea Forte, Georgia Institute of Technology, USA (Publicity Chair) Dirk Riehle, SAP, USA (Treasurer and Corporate Sponsorships) Peter Thoeny, TWiki.org and StructuredWikis LLC, USA (Web Master) PROGRAM COMMITTEE Ademar Aguiar, Universidade do Porto, Portugal Phoebe Ayers, University of California Davis, United States Angela Beesley, Wikimedia / Wikia, United Kingdom Amy Bruckman, Georgia Institute of Technology, United States Mark Bernstein, Eastgate Systems, United States Robert Biddle, Carleton University, Canada Sally Jo Cunningham, University of Waikato, New Zealand Alain Dsilets, National Research Council, Canada Mark Gaved, The Open University, United Kingdom Brian Greenspan, Carleton University, Canada Beat Doebeli Honegger, UAS Northwestern, Switzerland Matthias Jugel, Fraunhofer FIRST, Germany Elizabeth Da Lio, Marche Polytechnic University, Italy Ann Majchrzak, University of Southern California, United States Sky Marsen, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand Michele Notari, University of Applied Sciences Berne, Switzerland Alejandro Ramirez, Carleton University, Canada Dirk Riehle, SAP Research, United States Hugh Robinson, The Open University, United Kingdom Cristoff Sauer, Hochschule Heilbronn, Germany Till Schuemmer, FernUniversitaet in Hagen, Germany Sunir Shah, BibWiki.com, Canada Robert Tolksdorf, Freie Universitaet Berlin, Germany Brion Vibber, Wikimedia Foundation, United States Max Vlkel, FZI Forschungszentrum Informatik Karlsruhe, Germany Jacob Voss, Wikimedia Deutschland, Germany Christian Wagner, City University of Hong Kong, China

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CFP: Hypertext and Society
by James Noble 24 Mar '07

24 Mar '07

====================================== HYPERTEXT AND SOCIETY ACM Hypertext 2007 Call for Participation ====================================== Hypertext and Society Programme Eighteenth International ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia Manchester, UK 10th - 12th September 2007 http://www.sigweb.org/ht07/home/htsociety.php -------------------------------------- ACM Hypertext 2007 consists of five autonomous programmes under a single unified conference. The Hypertext and Society programme aims to explore developments in Hypertext and innovative technologies where the defining feature is the existence of communities of users. It is our hope that the Hypertext and Society Programme will offer a high quality venue for this exciting new area. TOPICS ------ We seek papers that explore applications, implementations, implications and evaluation, and necessary models and standards for such systems, including: * Mapping and Visualisation of social spaces and networks * Blogs and alternative Blog forms (podcasting, photologs etc.) * Collaborative working * Wikis * Forums * Semantic Wikis * Folksonomy, tagging, annotation and metadata * Recommender systems * Social networks and communities of practice * Social software for learning * Citation networks * Virtual presence, identity and trust * Multi-user Games We are also seeking papers that explore the implementation and impact of such systems user communities such as: * Governments * Developing regions * Virtual organisations * E-commerce * Education * Health care We understand the term hypertext in the broadest sense encompassing a wide range of multimedia applications. SUBMISSIONS ----------- Participants are invited to submit Technical Papers, Hypertexts, Poster and Demonstration papers. All submissions must be formatted using the official ACM SIG proceedings template. (http://www.acm.org/sigs/pubs/proceed/template.html). Technical (4 pages Short & 10 pages Full) Hypertexts (Zip-File / URL & 2 pages) - Submission: 7th May 2007 Midnight HST - Notification: 4th Jun 2007 Midnight HST - Camera Copy: 2nd Jul 2007 Midnight HST Posters & Demos (2 pages) - Submission: 11th Jun 2007 Midnight HST - Notification: 18th Jun 2007 Midnight HST - Camera Copy: 2nd Jul 2007 Midnight HST We have also included a Student Research Competition programme. The aim of this is to encourage research students to submit their work in order to obtain valuable feedback and to also become involved within the hypertext community. Student Research Competition (2 pages) - Submission: 7th May 2007 Midnight HST - Notification: 4th Jun 2007 Midnight HST - Camera Copy: 2nd Jul 2007 Midnight HST Technical papers, poster abstracts, and demonstration abstracts will appear in the official conference proceedings, published by ACM. Conference attendees will receive a copy of the proceedings. All material will be available through the ACM Digital Library. CONFERENCE LOCATION ------------------- The conference will take place on the 10th, 11th and 12th September 2007, within the Manchester Museum in Manchester, UK. The museum is located within the centre of The University of Manchester campus and is within easy access of several tourist attractions and the city centre of Manchester. Located in the North West of the UK, Manchester is easily reachable by air, rail, and car. Further information of how to get to the conference venue can be found in the travel section. Being in a central location of the country, Manchester also acts as a good base for travelling further a field around the UK, with all the major roads and railway lines passing through the City. London is only 2 hours away by train whilst Edinburgh, the Capital City of Scotland, is only 3 and a half hours away. CONFERENCE ORGANIZATION ----------------------- Hypertext and Society Autonomous Programme Committee Co-chairs: Hugh Davis (University of Southampton, UK) David Millard (University of Southampton, UK) Programme Committee: Mark Bernstein (Eastgate Systems) Peter Brusilovsky (University of Pittsburgh, USA) Darina Dicheva (Winston-Salem State University, USA) Peter Dolog (Aalborg University, Denmark) James Noble (Victoria University of Wellington, NZ) Demetrios Sampson (University of Piraeus, Greece) Sunir Shah (Meatball) Josie Taylor (The Open University, UK) Vincent Wade (Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland) Enquiries may be directed to Hugh Davis at hcd(a)ecs.soton.ac.uk

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Thesis research at MSU on Wikipedia
by Benjamin Keith Johnson 22 Mar '07

22 Mar '07

Hi all, I'm completing a Master's thesis in Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media at Michigan State University. My topic is, of course, Wikipedia. You may have seen my advertisement for research subjects on the wikipedia-l list or at the Village Pump. I'm doing in-depth interviews with contributors... basically my perspective is Wikipedia as a public good and "why" individuals contribute, following the work of Olson; Ostrom; Kollock & Smith; Bimber, Flanagin, & Stohl; Forte & Bruckman; and others. I've already received several queries regarding the limitation of interviewees to U.S. residents. Frankly, it's an IRB restriction, and the decision was made that excluding other English speakers is not a liability in a small, purposive sample. I'd be interested in any comments or feedback, and am willing to entertain questions. Thanks, and have a great night! ------------------------- Benjamin Johnson MA Student in Information, Policy and Society Telecommunication, Information Studies and Media 428 Communication Arts and Sciences East Lansing, MI 48824 Cell: 517.230.1272 john2429(a)msu.edu

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Fwd: [Asis-l] new Journal: International Journal of Internet Research Ethics
by phoebe ayers 15 Mar '07

15 Mar '07

New journal, perhaps of interest. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jeremy Hunsinger <jhuns(a)vt.edu> Date: Mar 15, 2007 7:08 AM Subject: [Asis-l] new Journal: International Journal of Internet Research Ethics To: Asis-l(a)asis.org Distribute as appropriate: > International Journal of Internet Research Ethics http://www.uwm.edu/Dept/SOIS/cipr/ijire.html Description and Scope: The IJIRE is the first peer-reviewed online journal, dedicated specifically to cross-disciplinary, cross-cultural research on Internet Research Ethics. All disciplinary perspectives, from those in the arts and humanities, to the social, behavioral, and biomedical sciences, are reflected in the journal. With the emergence of Internet use as a research locale and tool throughout the 1990s, researchers from disparate disciplines, ranging from the social sciences to humanities to the sciences, have found a new fertile ground for research opportunities that differ greatly from their traditional biomedical counterparts. As such, "populations," locales, and spaces that had no corresponding physical environment became a focal point, or site of research activity. Human subjects protections questions then began to arise, across disciplines and over time: What about privacy? How is informed consent obtained? What about research on minors? What are "harms" in an online environment? Is this really human subjects work? More broadly, are the ethical obligations of researchers conducting research online somehow different from other forms of research ethics practices? As Internet Research Ethics has developed as its own field and discipline, additional questions have emerged: How do diverse methodological approaches result in distinctive ethical conflicts – and, possibly, distinctive ethical resolutions? How do diverse cultural and legal traditions shape what are perceived as ethical conflicts and permissible resolutions? How do researchers collaborating across diverse ethical and legal domains recognize and resolve ethical issues in ways that recognize and incorporate often markedly different ethical understandings? Finally, as "the Internet" continues to transform and diffuse, new research ethics questions arise – e.g., in the areas of blogging, social network spaces, etc. Such questions are at the heart of IRE scholarship, and such general areas as anonymity, privacy, ownership, authorial ethics, legal issues, research ethics principles (justice, beneficence, respect for persons), and consent are appropriate areas for consideration. The IJIRE will publish articles of both theoretical and practical nature to scholars from all disciplines who are pursuing—or reviewing— IRE work. Case studies of online research, theoretical analyses, and practitioner-oriented scholarship that promote understanding of IRE at ethics and institutional review boards, for instance, are encouraged. Methodological differences are embraced.

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Paper: Tracking the Lexical Zeitgeist with WordNet and Wikipedia
by Oldak Quill 12 Mar '07

12 Mar '07

I don't see many people recommending already-written papers about Wikimedia projects on this mailing list, so I thought I'd recommend one. http://afflatus.ucd.ie/Papers/ecai2006.pdf The paper is about "a system for dynamic lexicon growth that harvests and semantically analyses new lexical forms from Wikipedia, to automatically enrich WordNet as these new word forms are minted." It's an interesting read about semantic information that can be extracted from Wikipedia as-is. A useful derivitive use of what we're putting together. A second paper also covers the semantic extraction of a knowledge base of 5 million facts from Wikipedia. "The facts have been automatically extracted from Wikipedia and married with WordNet, using a carefully designed combination of rule-based and heuristic methods described in this paper." (http://www.mpi-inf.mpg.de/~suchanek/publications/www2007.pdf) Credit to Chris Bizer for posting the former paper, and Sören Auer for the latter on the Dbpedia-discussion mailing list. -- Oldak Quill (oldakquill(a)gmail.com)

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Two new papers: Analysis of the Wikipedia Category Graph & Using Wikipedia for computing Semantic Relatedness
by Torsten Zesch 11 Mar '07

11 Mar '07

We would like to announce two new papers using Wikipedia. We hope that the results will be of use for the Wikipedia research community. (1) Torsten Zesch, Iryna Gurevych (2007) ''Analysis of the Wikipedia Category Graph for NLP Applications.'' Proceedings of the TextGraphs-2 Workshop (NAACL-HLT) http://elara.tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/publications/2007/hlt-textgraphs… In this paper, we discuss the Wikipedia category graph. We perform a graphtheoretic analysis and show that it is a scale-free, small world graph like other well-known lexical semantic networks. (2) In this paper, we show how Wikipedia can be used for computing semantic relatedness between terms. Wikipedia outperforms classical semantic wordnets on the task of estimating non-classical semantic relations. Torsten Zesch, Iryna Gurevych, Max Mühlhäuser (2007) ''Comparing Wikipedia and German Wordnet by Evaluating Semantic Relatedness on Multiple Datasets.'' Proceedings of NAACL-HLT http://elara.tk.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/publications/2007/hlt-short.pdf Best regards, Torsten -- Dipl.-Inf. Torsten Zesch Doctoral Researcher Ubiquitous Knowledge Processing Group Darmstadt University of Technology WWW: http://www.ukp.tu-darmstadt.de

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Reminder: IRC meeting about Wikiversity research - 22 UTC
by Cormac Lawler 10 Mar '07

10 Mar '07

Hi all, This is a reminder of the meeting about research in Wikiversity, which will be today (UTC) @ 22:00 UTC in freenode channel: #wikiversity. Details of the meeting are at: <http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:IRC_meeting_about_research>. (Info on timezones at: <http://worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx> and <http://www.worldtimezone.com>. Info on using IRC can be found at: <http://freenode.net/faq.shtml>, and client info at: <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_Internet_Relay_Chat_clients>.) This will be a logged meeting - meaning that the log of the meeting may be published on Wikiversity or elsewhere. Hope to see you there - you're welcome to participate as well as simply to "lurk" :-) Cheers, Cormac

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Wikiversity research - IRC meeting
by Cormac Lawler 06 Mar '07

06 Mar '07

Hi all - this is to let you know that there will be an IRC meeting about Wikiversity research this Saturday (10th) @ 22:00 UTC in freenode channel #wikiversity. This is in advance of the board's meeting about Wikiversity (scheduled to take place the following Friday, 16th), and is a crucial aspect to Wikiversity's move out of its "beta phase". Board members are, as ever, particularly welcome. :-) Further details of the meeting are at: <http://beta.wikiversity.org/wiki/Wikiversity:IRC_meeting_about_research>. Links to relevant work-pages to be edited and discussed can be found there. For info on timezones, see: <http://worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.aspx> and/or <http://www.worldtimezone.com>. Hope to see you there - if you can't make it, and want to add something to the agenda, please do so at the page given above. Cheers, Cormac http://cormaggio.org http://en.wikiversity.org/wiki/User:Cormaggio

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How many know that WP is editable and discussable?
by Joseph Reagle 05 Mar '07

05 Mar '07

A handful of students in a class I teach hadn't realized that the Wikipedia was 1) user written, 2) editable, or 3) discussable. They never even tried the tabs at the top, so a student put the question to me in class today: how many of those that access a page access its discussion page? On #wikipedia folks noted that such a feature is possible with Wikimedia but disabled and any such statistics are hard to get since there's so much and can hurt performance if enabled. Any other thoughts?

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