Wiki-research-l April 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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Wikipedia Literature Review - Tools and Data Sets
by mohamad mehdi 01 May '11

01 May '11

Hi everyone, This is a follow up on a previous thread (Wikipedia data sets) related to the Wikipedia literature review (Chitu Okoli). As I mentioned in my previous email, part of our study is to identify the data collection methods and data sets used for Wikipedia studies. Therefore, we searched for online tools used to extract Wikipedia articles and for pre-compiled Wikipedia articles data sets; we were able to identify the following list. Please let us know of any other sources you know about. Also, we would like to know if there is any existing Wikipedia page that includes such a list so we can add to it. Otherwise, where do you suggest adding this list so it is noticeable and useful for the community? http://download.wikimedia.org/ /* official Wikipedia database dumps */ http://datamob.org/datasets/tag/wikipedia /* Multiple data sets (English Wikipedia articles that have been transformed into XML) */ http://wiki.dbpedia.org/Datasets /* Structured information from Wikipedia*/ http://labs.systemone.at/wikipedia3 /* Wikipedia³ is a conversion of the English Wikipedia into RDF. It's a monthly updated dataset containing around 47 million triples.*/ http://www.scribd.com/doc/9582/integrating-wikipediawordnet /* article talking about integrating WorldNet and Wikipedia with YAGO */ http://www.infochimps.com/datasets/taxobox-wikipedia-infoboxes-with-taxonom… http://www.infochimps.com/link_frame?dataset=11043 /* Wikipedia Datasets for the Hadoop Hack | Cloudera */ http://www.infochimps.com/link_frame?dataset=11166 /* Wikipedia: Lists of common misspellings/For machines */ http://www.infochimps.com/link_frame?dataset=11028 /* Building a (fast) Wikipedia offline reader */ http://www.infochimps.com/link_frame?dataset=11004 /* Using the Wikipedia page-to-page link database */ http://www.infochimps.com/link_frame?dataset=11285 /* List of films */ http://www.infochimps.com/link_frame?dataset=11598 /* MusicBrainz Database */ http://dammit.lt/wikistats/ /* Wikitech-l page counters */ http://snap.stanford.edu/data/wiki-meta.html /* Complete Wikipedia edit history (up to January 2008) */ http://aws.amazon.com/datasets/2596?_encoding=UTF8&jiveRedirect=1 /* Wikipedia Page Traffic Statistics */ http://aws.amazon.com/datasets/2506 /* Wikipedia XML Data */ http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets?q=Wikipedia+ /* list of Wikipedia data sets */ Examples: http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/top-1000-acce… /* Top 1000 Accessed Wikipedia Articles */ http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/wikipedia-hit… /* Wikipedia Hits */ Tools to extract data from Wikipedia: http://www.evanjones.ca/software/wikipedia2text.html /* Extracting Text from Wikipedia */ http://www.infochimps.com/link_frame?dataset=11121 /* Wikipedia article traffic statistics */ http://blog.afterthedeadline.com/2009/12/04/generating-a-plain-text-corpus-… /* Generating a Plain Text Corpus from Wikipedia */ http://www.infochimps.com/datasets/wikipedia-articles-title-autocomplete Thank you, Mohamad Mehdi

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OKCon 2011 Submission deadline extended
by Daniel Dietrich 30 Apr '11

30 Apr '11

Dear all, As you might know, we're busily preparing the schedule for this year's OKCon, which is going to be in Berlin on the 30th June and 1st July. We have had quite some people asking to extend the deadline for submission. So here is your chance: Submissions will be open until Mai, 9th at midnight. http://okcon.org/2011/submit/ If you have something interesting but *really* can't make it to this deadline please contact us at okcon(a)okfn.org - we might make an exception. If you haven't already seen it you can check out the Call for Participation http://okcon.org/2011/cfp/ I'm also writing to say that we'd really like you (yes: you!) to come! Registration is open at: http://okcon2011.eventbrite.com/ All the best, Daniel Following is a sneak preview of Speakers and Programme (please note this is not jet all confirmed). Andreas Blumauer (Semantic Web Company) Andreas Meiszner (United Nations University) Chris Bizer (Free University Berlin) Chris Taggart (Openly Local) David Bollier (On the Commons) Georgia Angelaki (Europeana) Glyn Moody (Technology Writer) James Boyle (Center for the Study of the Public Domain at Duke Law School) Jaron Rowan (FCForum) Jordan Hacher (Open Data Commons) Michel Bauwens (P2P Foundation) Michelle Thorne (Creative Commons) Nigel Shadbolt (Professor of Artificial Intelligence) Nina Paley (Artist & Filmmaker) Pippa Buchanan (School of Webcraft with Mozilla and P2PU) Richard Stallman (Free Software Foundation) Rufus Pollock (Open Knowledge Foundation) Till Kreuzer (iRights) Tom Lee (Sunlight Foundation) Wouter Tebbens (Free Knowledge Institute) Also the draft programme is starting to get shape and will be published very soon. -- Daniel Dietrich The Open Knowledge Foundation Promoting Open Knowledge in a Digital Age www.okfn.org - www.opendefinition.org Mail: daniel.dietrich(a)okfn.org Mobil: +49 171 780 870 3 Skype: ddie22 Twitter: @ddie

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] [acawiki-general] Proposal: new hosting for AcaWiki
by Reid Priedhorsky 29 Apr '11

29 Apr '11

On 4/2/11 5:59 AM, Jodi Schneider wrote: > > Yes--keeping the domain name is important. Otherwise, we break all > links, and alienate existing users -- many of whom do not read these > lists, and who may check the site infrequently. Since we're a nonprofit, > we should ask about a discounted price. OK, that makes sense. I am happy to make the inquiry later in the month, or someone else could do it sooner. > Further, we might want to change hosting again sometime in the future > (for instance if Referata went away or significantly changed). > > I see that "Referata offers hosting of semantic wikis" but I hadn't > heard of it before, though WikiWorks is well-known. What's your > connection with Referata, and how stable are they? It appears that > hosting is funded by the fees, with the free hosting just coming along > for the ride... No connection. I suggest it for three reasons: 1. It's a concrete proposal for folks to respond to. 2. Yaron is apparently one of the principals of Semantic MediaWiki and thus invested in the MW/SMW community. 3. The only alternative I found in some brief searching was Wikia, which seemed less desirable because leaving Wikia seems to be hard (people report that they leave your wiki up even if you move somewhere else and ask for it to be turned off) and because they would put ads on it. I'm happy to chip in on funding if needed. > No--the existing skin needs improvement. Is there info about the default > Refarata skin? I did not check. They do seem to have the Vector skin available (that's the new one that Wikipedia uses, right?). > It's great to have your offer of help for the transition. But one > challenge is ongoing technical leadership. I'd like some clarification > from Referata about what is included in hosting. Any volunteers for > technical administration would be welcome, too! Does this answer your questions? http://referata.com/wiki/Referata:Features I've proposed the "Ad-supported" ($50/mo list) and "Enterprise" ($80/mo) service levels. My take on ad-supported means that we could put our own ads on it if we want, but they don't put any of theirs, but that's something to clarify certainly. I'm happy to be on top of technical issues and liaise with the vendor on getting stuff fixed, on a best effort basis (i.e., no guarantees of response time, no action if I'm on vacation, etc.). I have no interest in hacking LocalSettings.php, etc., but it looks like the vendor would take care of that. I'm also happy to do the import/export tasks I proposed earlier. Reid

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Student Summaries?
by Joseph Reagle 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

I have recently been toying with the idea of having (undergraduate) students post reading summaries to a wiki, and the recent discussion on AcaWiki on this list leads me to post it here, though I can appreciate the argument that it is off topic. So the idea is that students would do their normal reading responses, and then as part of a project work together with students who happened to do responses on the same paper to create an appropriate summary somewhere. Before getting to particulars, is there some other venue where this discussion would be more appropriate? -- Regards, Joseph Reagle http://reagle.org/joseph/ (Perhaps using speech recognition, sorry for any speakos.)

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Wikipedia & Emotions // Wikipedia & old people
by Fuster, Mayo 25 Apr '11

25 Apr '11

Dear everybody! I hope that you are happy and fine! I am looking for previous studies, data, writing, suggestions on two issues I am working at the moment: * Wikipedia and emotions, from a plurality of perspectives (i.e. data which emerged on studies in terms of emotions that wikipedians express, analysis from the perspective of sociology of emotions on wikipedia case, etc.) * Old people (people of more than 55 years old) participaiting in Wikimedia projects (I.e. stadistics of participation, attends to reach old people, etc.). Thank you in advance. Have a nice day! Mayo «·´`·.(*·.¸(`·.¸ ¸.·´)¸.·*).·´`·» «·´¨*·¸¸« Mayo Fuster Morell ».¸.·*¨`·» «·´`·.(¸.·´(¸.·* *·.¸)`·.¸).·´`·» Research Digital Commons Governance: http://www.onlinecreation.info Ph.D European University Institute Postdoctoral Researcher. Institute of Govern and Public Policies. Autonomous University of Barcelona. Visiting scholar. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute. Open University of Catalonia (UOC). Visiting researcher (2008). School of information. University of California, Berkeley. Member Research Committee. Wikimedia Foundation http://www.onlinecreation.info E-mail: mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu Skype: mayoneti Phone Spanish State: 0034-648877748

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Still looking for Wikipedia contributors for brief e-mail interview
by Kristin Eckert 21 Apr '11

21 Apr '11

Hi everyone, We are still looking for Wikipedia contributors for a brief interview for our study on how Wikipedia works. Please consider participating. Best regards, Stine Eckert See more details here: Why Wikipedia works -- Wikipedia contributors for brief e-mail interview needed The Philip Merrill College of Journalism at the University of Maryland is seeking Wikipedia contributors willing to participate in a brief e-mail interview. If you have been contributing to Wikipedia and you are over 18 years old, please consider participating in our study. We will share the result of the study with you. Your information will be confidential and your name will not be used. If you are interested please e-mail Dr. Linda Steiner at lsteiner(a)jmail.umd.edu or Stine Eckert at keckert(a)jmail.umd.edu.

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Wikipedia Literature Review - Tools and Data Sets
by mohamad mehdi 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

Hi everyone, Thank you all for your replies, we really appreciate your cooperation. Below is a summary of the tools and data sets recommended by Torsten, Andrew, paolo, and emijrp. We would also like to know if there is any existing Wikipedia page that includes such a list so we can add to it. Otherwise, where do you suggest adding this list so it is noticeable and useful for the community? http://code.google.com/p/jwpl/ http://wikipedia-miner.sourceforge.net/ http://code.google.com/p/wikokit/ /*Wiktionary parser and visual interface */ https://github.com/phauly/wiki-network/ /*Python scripts for parsing Wikipedia dumps with different goals*/ http://www.gnuband.org/2011/04/19/wikipedia_datasets_released/ /*datasets of network extracted from User Talk pages*/ http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/ http://code.google.com/p/wikiteam/downloads/list?can=1 http://www.research.ibm.com/visual/projects/history_flow/ http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiXRay http://statmediawiki.forja.rediris.es/index_en.html Best regards, Mohamad Mehdi

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best practices for recruiting study participants?
by Jodi Schneider 20 Apr '11

20 Apr '11

What are the recommended ways to recruit Wikipedians for a research study? My thoughts are: Specific recruitment (i.e. to particular populations/randomized samples): - email? - Talk page messages? Generic recruitment: - post to the Village Pump - post to the appropriate project mailing list(s) Does that seem right? Anybody willing to share successful email/Talk page messages (offlist is fine)? I'm particularly concerned about giving sufficient info, tone, and not being spammy (perhaps a hard balance to hit!). -Jodi

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How to cite versioned documents - a wiki example
by Daniel Mietchen 17 Apr '11

17 Apr '11

Dear colleagues, if a wiki contains information originally published elsewhere, the question arises how the updated wiki version of such information should be properly cited. The Species ID wiki ( http://www.species-id.net/ ) has recently, in collaboration with the journals ZooKeys and PhytoKeys as well as the Plazi repository, imported a number of taxonomic treatments as wiki pages, and the above-mentioned issue was addressed by incorporating the generic link to the wiki page into new journal publications, and providing a suggested citation format on-wiki that includes the original work along with a permalink to the most recent wiki version and the wiki contributors until that version. For some example pages, see http://species-id.net/wiki/Neobidessodes_darwiniensis or http://species-id.net/wiki/Sinocallipus_catba . The publisher's news release on the matter is at http://www.pensoft.net/news.php?n=53 , and I have commented in my blog at http://www.science3point0.com/evomri/2011/04/16/citing-versioned-papers-rob… , touching upon the need for a tailored karma system. Comments and suggestions very welcome. With my best wishes, Daniel -- http://www.google.com/profiles/daniel.mietchen

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