Wiki-research-l February 2012

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by song＠cs.umn.edu

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

2 months, 1 week

Statistics on wiki page editing/creation by country?

by alina ostling

Hi! I am doing a PhD on online civic participation project (e-participation). Within my research, I have carried out a user survey, where I asked how many people ever edited/created a page on a Wiki. Now I would like to compare the results with the overall rate of wiki editing/creation on country level. I've found some country-level statistics on Wikipedia Statistics (e.g. 3,000 editors of Wikipedia articles in Italy) but data for UK and France are not available since Wikipedia provides statistics by languages, not by countries. I'm thus looking for statistics on UK and France (but am also interested in alternative ways of measuring wiki editing/creation in Sweden and Italy). I would be grateful for any tips! Sunny regards, Alina -- Alina ÖSTLING PhD Candidate European University Institute www.eui.eu

9 years

Is use of diacritics common?

by Piotr Konieczny

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

11 years, 2 months

Call for Papers - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge

by Angelika Adam

(Apologies for cross-postings) CALL FOR PAPERS - Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge. June 29 - July 1, 2012 | Berlin, Germany Conference Website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Main_Page Submit your papers here: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 The “Wikipedia Academy 2012: Research and Free Knowledge” provides a platform for the research community and the Wikipedia community to connect, present, discuss and advance research on Wikipedia in particular and on free knowledge in general. The Wikipedia Academy 2012 is organized by Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. in collaboration with the Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society and Freie Universität Berlin. The conference will take place in Berlin, June 29 to July 1, 2012. The event will be open to all interested parties and features a variety of session formats, ranging from panel discussions and tracks with traditional paper presentations to break-out sessions, lightning talks, poster presentations and a science fair. We particularly invite young doctoral and postdoctoral researcher to participate and to submit extended abstracts. For research paper and poster sessions, we encourage the submission of extended abstracts addressing issues in the overall nexus of Wikipedia and free knowledge. == Dates == * Submission of extended abstracts: March 31, 2012 * Notification of acceptance: May 01, 2012 * Submission of full papers: June 1, 2012 * Event: June 29 - July 1, 2012 == Topics of interest == Submissions are invited for the following categories, further details will be available soon on the conference website: http://wikipedia-academy.de/2012/wiki/Submission_process === Wikipedia Analytics === * Wikis and Wikipedia as a research tool * Analyzing Wikipedia as a source of "Big Data" * Assessing and measuring the quality of Wikipedia articles === Wikipedia Global === * Relations and Differences between national Wikipedias * Differences between and critique of free/open knowledge ideologies * Regional studies of Wikipedia and free knowledge with global lessons === Sharing Cultures and Practices === * Sharing culture(s) in Wikipedia and other projects of commons-based peer production * Incentives, innovation and community dynamics in open collaborative peer production * Wiki theory and wiki practices === Research on Users of and Contributors to Wikipedia === * Diversity among users of and contributors to Wikipedia * Influencing participation by adapting user interfaces in open collaborative settings * Using information visualization as information instrument to users and contributors === Economic and Regulatory Aspects of Free Knowledge === * Economic, regulatory and societal implications of (increased) access to free knowledge * Different Modes of Governance: Emergence of Order and Coordination in Wikipedia * The role of licensing decisions for Wikipedia and other collaborative forms of knowledge production == Submission Guidelines == Extended Abstracts must be submitted by the given deadline for peer review. Conference language is English, exceptions can be made on a case-by-case basis. Submission entails a commitment that at least one author will attend the event in the case of acceptance and deliver a full paper version prior to the event. Also, authors grant the organizers the right to publish accepted papers in the form of online proceedings or a similar format, to be determined at a later stage. In addition, accepted submissions will be automatically licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported license, unless the authors explicitly state in their submission that they wish to opt out of this licensing agreement. We encourage authors to use said license in order to promote open access to scholarly work, although decisions to opt out will be respected and will not influence the review process in any way. In any case, authors of accepted submissions cannot opt out from the basic condition that they grant the organizers the right to publish at least the extended abstract online. Please submit your extended abstract (about 2-3 pages) in PDF, Open Document Format (ODF) or plain text format at: https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=wpac2012 Note: You will need an easychair account to submit. You can create one on the spot if you don't already have one. -- Angelika Adam Projektmanagerin Wikimedia Deutschland e.V. Eisenacher Straße 2 10777 Berlin Tel.: +49 30 219158260 http://wikimedia.de Helfen Sie mit, dass WIKIPEDIA von der UNESCO als erstes digitales Weltkulturerbe anerkannt wird. Unterzeichnen Sie die Online-Petition! ****Unterstützen Sie Freies Wissen mit einer SMS. Senden Sie einfach WIKI an 81190. Mit 5 Euro sichern Sie so die Verfügbarkeit und Weiterentwicklung von Wikipedia.**** Wikimedia Deutschland - Gesellschaft zur Förderung Freien Wissens e.V. 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11 years, 6 months

CFP - Thailand : 2nd IEEE DICTAP2012

by The Second International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP2012)

The Second International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP2012) University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce(UTCC), Bangkok Thailand May 16-18, 2012 Technical co-sponsored by IEEE Thailand Section All papers will be submitted to IEEE for potential inclusion to IEEE Xplore http://www.sdiwc.net/thi/ ======================================================================== The proposed conference on the above theme will be held at University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce(UTCC), Bangkok, Thailand during the period of May 16-18, 2012. The DICTAP2012 aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications.The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics:1) Communication Basic and Infrastructure - Telecommunications - Communication protocols - Algorithms, Architecture, and Infrastructures - Transmission Techniques - Communication Systems 2) Networks Basic and Management - Network Systems and Devices - Wireless Networks, Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks - Network Modeling and Simulation - Network Management Techniques - Networks Security, Encryption and Cryptography 3) Multimedia Application - Management and Diffusion of Multimedia Applications - Multimedia Data Base - Information Retrieval - Digital Rights Management4) Image, Video, Signal and Information Processing - Compression and Coding - Analysis and Processing - Computer Graphics - Data mining - Soft Computing - Web based applicationsResearchers are encouraged to submit their work electronically. All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees. Before final acceptance, all referees comments must be considered.Important Dates ==============Submission Date : Mar. 10, 2012 Notification of acceptance : Apr. 1, 2012 Camera Ready submission : Apr. 14, 2012 Registration : Apr. 14, 2012 Conference dates : May 16-18, 2012. If you want to unsubscribe to this mail message from SDIWC, just follow this link http://sdiwc.info/Filemailer2/sdiwc-mailer/unsubscribe.php?id=6f57bf75fbe76…

11 years, 6 months

The Wikimedia Research Newsletter 2(2) - Feb 2012 is out

by Dario Taraborelli

The latest issue (February 2012) of the monthly Wikimedia Research Newsletter is out: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2012-02-27 In this issue: 1 Wikipedia research at CSCW 2012 1.1 Gender gap connected to conflict aversion and lower confidence among women 1.2 Making sense of NPOV 1.3 Public Policy Initiative motivated students to become Wikipedians 1.4 High-tempo contributions: Who edits breaking news articles? 1.5 How different kinds of leadership messages increase or decrease participation 1.6 Other CSCW 2012 contributions 2 Wikipedia discourse on Europe analyzed 3 The significance of the first edit 4 Given enough eyeballs, do articles become neutral? 5 Navigating conceptual maps of Wikipedia language editions 6 Briefly 7 References ••• 22 new items were covered in this issue ••• You can post suggestions and contributions for the next issue at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Newsletter or by mail at researchnews(a)wikimedia.org RSS feed for the newsletter: https://blog.wikimedia.org/c/research-2/wikimedia-research-newsletter/feed/ Best, Dario -- Dario Taraborelli, PhD Senior Research Analyst Wikimedia Foundation http://wikimediafoundation.org http://nitens.org/taraborelli

11 years, 7 months

CFP:: Thailand- IEEE- 2nd DICTAP

by The Society of Digital Information and Wireless Communications

Apologies in advance for multiple received copies of the CFP. The Second International Conference on Digital Information and Communication Technology and its Applications (DICTAP2012) University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce(UTCC), Bangkok, Thailand May 16-18, 2012 http://www.sdiwc.net/thi/ The DICTAP2012 is technically co-sponsored by IEEE Thailand and All papers will be submitted to IEEE for potential inclusion to IEEE Xplore and EI Compendex ======================================================================== The proposed conference on the above theme will be held at University of the Thai Chamber of Commerce(UTCC), Bangkok, Thailand during the period of May 16-18, 2012. The DICTAP2012 aims to enable researchers build connections between different digital applications. The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics: 1) Communication Basic and Infrastructure - Telecommunications - Communication protocols - Algorithms, Architecture, and Infrastructures - Transmission Techniques - Communication Systems 2) Networks Basic and Management - Network Systems and Devices - Wireless Networks, Ad-Hoc and Sensor Networks - Network Modeling and Simulation - Network Management Techniques - Networks Security, Encryption and Cryptography 3) Multimedia Application - Management and Diffusion of Multimedia Applications - Multimedia Data Base - Information Retrieval - Digital Rights Management 4) Image, Video, Signal and Information Processing - Compression and Coding - Analysis and Processing - Computer Graphics - Data mining - Soft Computing - Web based applications Researchers are encouraged to submit their work electronically. All papers will be fully refereed by a minimum of two specialized referees. Before final acceptance, all referees comments must be considered. Important Dates ============== Submission Date : Mar. 10, 2012 Notification of acceptance: Apr. 1, 2012 Camera Ready submission : Apr. 14, 2012 Registration : Apr. 14, 2012 Conference dates : May 16-18, 2012 If you have any concern regarding this conference please contact: di(a)sdiwc.net Please contact us in facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Society-of-International-and-Wireless-Com…

11 years, 7 months

wikitrends

by Ed Summers

I imagine something like this has already been done before, but I thought I would mention it as a curiosity: Wikitrends http://inkdroid.org/wikitrends/ Wikitrends is a display of the top 25 view articles on English Wikipedia in the latest hour. It relies on stats that Wikimedia make available [1]. If you hover over the article you should get the article summary (courtesy of the MediaWiki API), and there are canned search links of realtime Google and Twitter and Facebook search if you want to look at what people might be saying about the topic. I put the code up on Github [2] and wrote a brief blog entry about the process of putting the app together. The punchline that I was trying to work up to is that it is truly wonderful that Wikimedia makes an effort to make its data assets available on the Web, both via an API and as bulk downloads. It is a great role model for other organizations and institutions. Thanks! //Ed [1] http://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pagecounts-raw/ [2] http://inkdroid.org/edsu/wikitrends/ [3] http://inkdroid.org/journal/2012/02/21/nodb/

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Wiki-research-l] wikitrends

by James Salsman

Ed, Please consider asking Johan Gunnarsson <johan.gunnarsson(a)gmail.com> to collaborate with you. He did something similar (with the same name) in 2008 which you can see at: http://toolserver.org/~johang/wikitrends Best regards, James Salsman > Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2012 12:01:28 -0500 > From: Ed Summers <ehs(a)pobox.com> > To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities > <wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: [Wiki-research-l] wikitrends > > I imagine something like this has already been done before, but I thought I > would mention it as a curiosity: > > Wikitrends > http://inkdroid.org/wikitrends/ > > Wikitrends is a display of the top 25 view articles on English Wikipedia in > the latest hour. It relies on stats that Wikimedia make available [1]. If > you hover over the article you should get the article summary (courtesy of > the MediaWiki API), and there are canned search links of realtime Google and > Twitter and Facebook search if you want to look at what people might be > saying about the topic. > > I put the code up on Github [2] and wrote a brief blog entry about the > process of putting the app together. The punchline that I was trying to work > up to is that it is truly wonderful that Wikimedia makes an effort to make > its data assets available on the Web, both via an API and as bulk downloads. > It is a great role model for other organizations and institutions. > > Thanks! > //Ed > > [1] http://dumps.wikimedia.org/other/pagecounts-raw/ > [2] http://inkdroid.org/edsu/wikitrends/ > [3] http://inkdroid.org/journal/2012/02/21/nodb/

11 years, 7 months

Re: [Wiki-research-l] Permission to use Wikipedia's (or any sister project's) screenshots in academic papers or books

by Han-Teng Liao

Dear colleagues, After a bit of Web search, I get the impression that a screenshot of Wikipedia page will involve three copyright licences: (1) text is CC-BY-SA, (2) software/inteface is GPLv2 and (3) Wikipedia logo is not released under any free license at all. So the question is: What is your past experience in using screenshots of Wikipedia content? I have only published an article through the US-based IEEE publishing body, with my assumption (which could be wrong) that it is covered by fair use in the US. Now I am not so sure when I try to publish in UK. Please do share your experience as I am more curious about other researchers' practice now. Do you ask for permission? Do you simply remove the logo? Do you just assume that the US fair use provision works for you? Best, han-teng liao

11 years, 7 months

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