Wiki-research-l October 2011

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Wikipedia Research policy
by song＠cs.umn.edu 14 Jul '23

14 Jul '23

Pursuant to prior discussions about the need for a research policy on Wikipedia, WikiProject Research is drafting a policy regarding the recruitment of Wikipedia users to participate in studies. At this time, we have a proposed policy, and an accompanying group that would facilitate recruitment of subjects in much the same way that the Bot Approvals Group approves bots. The policy proposal can be found at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Research The Subject Recruitment Approvals Group mentioned in the proposal is being described at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Subject_Recruitment_Approvals_Group Before we move forward with seeking approval from the Wikipedia community, we would like additional input about the proposal, and would welcome additional help improving it. Also, please consider participating in WikiProject Research at: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_Research -- Bryan Song GroupLens Research University of Minnesota

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Is use of diacritics common?
by Piotr Konieczny 18 Jul '12

18 Jul '12

I wonder if anybody has studied the use of diacritics on Wikipedia? It is my experience that they are commonly used, but some editors are challenging that (http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Naming_conventions_(use…). I wonder if we have any data on that, or if somebody could create and run some form of query on the database (as I don't code, this is unfortunately beyond my capabilities). -- Piotr Konieczny PhD Candidate Dept of Sociology Uni of Pittsburgh http://pittsburgh.academia.edu/PiotrKonieczny/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus

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Workshop call for participation: WikiLit: Collecting the Wiki and Wikipedia Literature at WikiSym 2011
by Reid Priedhorsky 30 Dec '11

30 Dec '11

Hi all, Phoebe Ayers and I are leading a workshop at WikiSym this year, "WikiLit: Collecting the Wiki and Wikipedia Literature". We would love to have your participation! This workshop has three key goals. First, we will examine existing and proposed systems for collecting and analyzing the research literature about wikis. Second, we will discuss the challenges in building such a system and will engage participants to design a sustainable collaborative system to achieve this goal. Finally, we will provide a forum to build upon ongoing wiki community discussions about problems and opportunities in finding and sharing the wiki research literature. For more details, please see: http://www.wikisym.org/ws2011/workshop:wikilit Please do not hesitate to ask questions, either by replying here on the list or by contacting me or Phoebe (psayers(a)ucdavis.edu) directly. Looking forward to seeing you at WikiSym! Reid

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truncated image comments?
by Tommy Chheng 26 Oct '11

26 Oct '11

I'm grabbing some image metadata from the wiki api and noticed the text could be truncated. On this page: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=query&prop=imageinfo&iiprop=commen… i only see: {{OTRS pending|year=2009|month=August|day=16}} {{Information |Description={{en|Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, and Michael Fassbender promoting the 2010 film ''Jonah Hex'' at San Diego Comic-Con.}} |Source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdnatasha/3767292285/ |Date= If i look at the real data for the file: http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:Export/File:BrolinFoxFassbenderJo… i see the full information: == {{int:filedesc}} =={{Information|Description={{en|Josh Brolin, Megan Fox, and Michael Fassbender promoting the 2010 film ''Jonah Hex'' at San Diego Comic-Con.}}|Source= http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdnatasha/3767292285/|Date=2009-07-28|Author=N… at http://www.flickr.com/photos/sdnatasha/|Permission=Creative Commons Attribution|other_versions=}}{{Location dec|32.705573|-117.160391|}}== {{int:license}} =={{self|cc-by-2.0|author=Natasha Baucas}}{{PermissionOTRS|ticket= https://ticket.wikimedia.org/otrs/index.pl?Action=AgentTicketZoom&Ticke… in 2009]][[Category:Josh Brolin]][[Category:Michael Fassbender]][[Category:2009 Comic-Con International]][[Category:Images uploaded by User:Nehrams2020] * * *Can I use the api to get the non-truncated comments?* -- @tommychheng http://tommy.chheng.com

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Wikipedia Users database
by Rami Al-Rfou' 24 Oct '11

24 Oct '11

Hi, I am planning to study the difference in users edits style and their spelling errors in English Wikipedia as part of a research project I am involved in. So I downloaded some of the wikipedia XML partial dump and convert them to SQL. My understanding that wikipedia stores every copy of the pages in the database. - I can not see the users table! Is the users table stored in a special partial dump? - Does the user table contain any properties related to the user country, preferred wikipeidas, or their skill in different languages ? - I am interested in the user modifications that contain addition to the articles and not modification or deletion. I am planning now to diff between revisions to get such data. Are you aware of any tool or effort that can help? - Are you aware of any tools that extract the text from wikipedia markup language. Regards. -- Rami Al-Rfou' PhD student at Stony Brook University

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Wikimedia Coding Challenge: surfacing change in real-time
by Dario Taraborelli 21 Oct '11

21 Oct '11

All, Although not research focused, I thought this coding challenge might be of interest to some of you: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Special:ContestWelcome/October_2011_Coding_Ch… in particular: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/October_2011_Coding_Challenge/Real-Time Help us spread the word! Dario -- Dario Taraborelli, PhD Senior Research Analyst Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org http://nitens.org/taraborelli

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wikistream: displays wikipedia updates in realtime
by Ed Summers 16 Oct '11

16 Oct '11

I've been looking to experiment with node.js lately and created a little toy webapp that displays updates from the major language wikipedias in real time: http://wikistream.inkdroid.org Perhaps like you, I've often tried to convey to folks in the GLAM sector (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) just how much Wikipedia is actively edited. GLAM institutions are increasingly interested in "digital curation" and I've sometimes displayed the IRC activity at workshops to demonstrate the sheer number of people (and bots) that are actively engaged in improving the content there...with the hopes of making the Wikipedia platform part of their curation strategy. Anyhow, I'd be interested in any feedback you might have about wikistream. //Ed

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Call - Building Digital Commons 29 & 30 October 2011 (Barcelona & online)
by Fuster, Mayo 09 Oct '11

09 Oct '11

Hello! Hola! Hoping this is of interest of researchers on this e-list. It built upon an alliance between a research institute and a wiki promotor group as one of its objectives is built bridges between research and action perspective on collaborative communities dynamics. Looking forward many of you will join online or/and offline. Particularly we are preparing an small reader for participants and a maxi bibliography online, add to the wiki.digital-commons.net any source you might consider relevant. Thanks to the Wikimedia Foundation, we have an small amount for travel scholarships for wikipedians/wikimedians. If you need to apply please get in contact ASAP with info(a)digital-commons.net Cheers! On behalf of Amical Viquipedia (Please help to spread the word) ENGLISH, CATALAN, SPANISH VERSION Forum Building Digital Commons and Collaborative Communities 29th - 30th October 2011, Barcelona, Catalonia & Online http://www.digital-commons.net Building Digital Commons and Collaborative Communities is a new initiative aiming to bring together individuals, collective and organizations from different Free and Open Collaborative Communities, Digital Commons Initiatives and Researchers in the area to identify ways to support and learn from each other and collaborate in order to promote together digital commons. Why? The new technologies offered a big opportunity to create, innovate and collaborate to share and build information and knowledge resources. However, we are living challenging times, with an ongoing growth of the enclosure of the commons. i) We want to promote the “makers” and “ doers” approach: To increase the visibility of the initiatives that are based on building digital commons. ii) Systematize experiences & learn from each other (at the legal, infrastructural, sustainable, participation and governance levels). ii) Map the digital public spaces and promote common actions iv) Create public procommons references: To underline the distinction between the governance of digital commons and other forms of corporate-providers not based on free and open infrastructure. v) Build bridges between action and research on commons as a form of governance, production and horizon for social transformation. What? We will address collaboratively and critically a series of working lines: 1. Participation and engagement in communities 2. Sustainability formulas and dialogue between social digital economy and cooperativism 3. Mapping a variety of digital commons initiatives and to define a common strategy A "How to manual on digital commons: participation engagement, sustainability formulas and over all digital commons networking" and a "Digital commons alliance/network" will be the resulting outcomes of the event. When and Where? 29th and 30th of October 2011 physically at the CCCB ( 5th Montalegre str. – Aula 1) (Barcelona) and online at: http://www.digital-commons.net See program: http://www.digital-commons.net/program/ How to participate and keep informed? To attend physically register at: www.digital-commons.net/form/registration Keep updated and participate online: Identica & Twitter: @dimmons_forum Facebook: ForumGlobal Dimmons IRC: #Dimmons Visit www.digital-commons.net for the streaming Engage with the event documentation and collaborative writing at: wiki.digital-commons.net Looking forward to hearing back from you! Building Digital Commons is an initiative promoted by Amical Viquipedia (http://www.viquimedia.cat) and Institute of Government and Public Policies - Autonomous University of Barcelona (http://igop.uab.cat), and supported by the Wikimedia Foundation (http://wikimediafoundation.org). CATALÀ Fòrum Procomú Digital i Comunitats Col·laboratives Marca't la data al calendari! - 29, 30 d'octubre a Barcelona (Catalunya) i en xarxa: http://www.digital-commons.net Fòrum Procomú Digital i Comunitats Col·laboratives és una nova iniciativa destinada a reunir persones, col·lectius i organitzacions de diferents Comunitats Col·laborativas Lliures i Obertes, Iniciatives de Béns Comuns Digitals i investigadors i investigadores en l'àrea amb la finalitat d'identificar formes d'aprendre mutuament i col·laborar per a promoure conjuntament els béns comuns digitals. Per què? Les noves tecnologies van oferir-nos una gran oportunitat per crear, innovar i col·laborar en l'intercanvi i creació de recursos d'informació i coneixements. No obstant això, vivim en un temps ple de desafiaments, amb cada vegada un major encerclament dels commons. * Volem destacar l'enfocament del fer i crear: Per augmentar la visibilitat de les comunitats que construeixen béns comuns digitals. * Sistematitzar les experiències i aprendre mútuament (a nivell legal, d'infraestructura, sostenible, de participació i d'auto-govern). * Traçar un plànol del procomú digital i promoure accions comunes. * Crear referències a favor del domini públic: Per remarcar la diferència entre la infraestructura online lliure i oberta i sota governança comuna i altres formes de provisió d'infraestructura online corporativa. * Construir ponts entre l'acció i la investigació en el procomú com una forma de govern, producció i l'horitzó de la soci-transformació. Què? Tractarem de forma col·laborativa i crítica una sèrie de línies de treball: * Participació en comunitats * Sostenibilitat: Dialogue entre la economia social digital i noves formes de cooperativisme * Promoure i Mapar les iniciatives procomunes digitals i recolzar una estratègia comuna Com a resultat de la trobada es construirà conjuntament i difondrà un "Manual sobre/per procomuns digitals: participació, sostenibilitat & networking" i es promourà una "Aliança/xarxa de Bens Comuns Digitals". Quan i on? 29 i 30 d'octubre de 2011 presencialment a Barcelona (CCCB - Montalegre, 5 – Aula 1) i en xarxa a www.digital-commons.net Veure el programa: http://www.digital-commons.net/program/ Com participar i mantenir-se informat? Per participar presencialment registre't en: www.digital-commons.net/form/registration Mantén-te informat i participa online a: Identica i Twitter: @dimmonsforum Facebook: ForumGlobal Dimmons IRC: #Dimmons Visita www.digital-commons.net per veure l'streaming Participa en la documentació i redacció col.laborativa del temes: wiki.digital-commons.net Per a més informació, posa't en contacte amb info(a)digital-commons.net. Estarem encantats/des de rebre els seus comentaris! Digital Commons Forum és una iniciativa promoguda per Amical Viquipèdia (http://www.viquimedia.cat) i l'Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques – Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona (http://igop.uab.cat), i recolzat per la Fundació Wikimedia (http://wikimediafoundation.org). . CASTELLANO Foro Construyendo el Procomún Digital y Comunidades Colaborativas Reserve la fecha - 29, 30 Octubre, Barcelona, Cataluña y en red en http://www.digital-commons.net Foro Construyendo el Procomún Digital y Comunidades Colaborativas és una nueva iniciativa destinada a reunir individuos, colectivos y organizaciones vinculadas a diferentes Comunidades Colaborativas Libres y Abiertas, Iniciativas de Bienes Comunes Digitales e Investigadores e Investigadoras en el área con el fin de identificar formas de apoyarnos y aprender las unas de las otras y colaborar para promover juntas los bienes comunes digitales. ¿Por qué? Las nuevas tecnologías brindaran una gran oportunidad para crear, innovar y colaborar en el intercambio y creación de recursos de información y conocimientos. Sin embargo, vivimos en tiempos de desafíos, con cada vez un mayor cercamiento de los commons digitales. i) Queremos destacar el enfoque del hacer y el crear: Para aumentar la visibilidad de las iniciativas que se basan en crear bienes comunes digitales. ii) Sistematizar las experiencias y aprender mutuamente (a nivel legal, infraestructural, sostenible, de participación y gobierno). ii) Trazar un plano de los commons digitales y promover acciones en común. iii) Crear referentes a favor del dominio público: para remarcar la diferencia entre la gobernanza de los bienes comunes digitales basados en infraestructura libre y abierta y otros proveedores de infraestructura corporativos o con intereses privados. iv) Construir puentes entre la acción y la investigación en los commons como una forma de gobierno, producción y el horizonte de transformación social. ¿Qué? Trataremos de forma colaborativa y critica una serie de líneas de trabajo: i) Participación en comunidades creativas ii) Sostenibilidad: Dialogo entre la economía social digital y nuevas formas de cooperativismo iii) Mapar las diversas iniciativas de bienes comunes digitales, promover proyectos conjuntos y definir una estrategia común. Como resultado del encuentro construirá conjuntamente y difundirá un "Manual sobre/por el procomún digital: participación, sostenibilidad & networking" y se promoverá una "Alianza/red de Bienes Comunes Digitales". ¿Cómo participar y mantenerse informad@? Para participar presencialmente registrarse en: www.digital-commons.net/form/registration Para mantenerse informad@ i participar en red: Identica y Twitter: @dimmons_forum Facebook: ForumGlobal Dimmons IRC: #Dimmons Visita www.digital-commons.net para acceder al streaming Participa en la documentación y redacción colaborativa sobre los temas en wiki.digital-commons.net. Para más información, contacta con info(a)digital-commons.net. ¡Estaremos encantad@s de recibir tus comentarios o sugerencias! Building Digital Commons és una iniciativa promovida por Amical Viquipedia (http://www.viquimedia.cat) y el Instituto de Gobierno y Políticas Públicas – Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona (http://igop.uab.cat), y apoyada por la Fundación Wikimedia (http://wikimediafoundation.org). «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info Fellow Berkman center for Internet and Society. Harvard University. Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute of Govern and Public Policies. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Visiting scholar. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute. Open University of Catalonia (UOC). Member Research Committee. Wikimedia Foundation Ph.D European University Institute Visiting researcher (2008). School of information. 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"almost wikipedia" talk
by phoebe ayers 05 Oct '11

05 Oct '11

Of interest: Benjamin Mako Hill is giving a talk at the Berkman Center on October 11, entitled: "Almost Wikipedia: What Eight Collaborative Encyclopedia Projects Reveal About Mechanisms of Collective Action" It will be webcast: http://cyber.law.harvard.edu/events/luncheon/2011/10/makohill cheers, phoebe -- * I use this address for lists; send personal messages to phoebe.ayers <at> gmail.com *

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