Beginning in 10 minutes :) public stream link:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bozyc1z25aQ
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From: Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: 18 March 2014 20:42
Subject: [Wmfall] Next research & data showcase: tomorrow at 11.30
To: "wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org Staff" <wmfall(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
The next Research & Data
showcase<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data/Showcase>
will
be live-streamed tomorrow at 11.30 PT (the streaming link will be posted on
the list a few minutes before the showcase starts. Those of you who are in
the SF office can join us in Yongle). This month's program is below, we
look forward to seeing you.
Dario
*Metrics standardization *(Dario)
In this talk I'll present the most recent updates on our work
on participation metrics and discuss the goals of the Editor Engagement
Vital Signs project.
*Wikipedia's rise and decline *(Aaron)
In Halfaker et al. (2013) we present data that show that several changes
the Wikipedia community made to manage quality and consistency in the face
of a massive growth in participation have ironically crippled the very
growth they were designed to manage. Specifically, the restrictiveness of
the encyclopedia's primary quality control mechanism and the algorithmic
tools used to reject contributions are implicated as key causes of
decreased newcomer retention.
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The next Research & Data showcase will be live-streamed tomorrow Wed 3/19 at 11.30 PT.
The streaming link will be posted on the lists a few minutes before the showcase starts and you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. We look forward to seeing you!
Dario
Metrics standardization (Dario Taraborelli)
In this talk I'll present the most recent updates on our work on participation metrics and discuss the goals of the Editor Engagement Vital Signs project.
Wikipedia's rise and decline (Aaron Halfaker)
In Halfaker et al. (2013) we present data that show that several changes the Wikipedia community made to manage quality and consistency in the face of a massive growth in participation have ironically crippled the very growth they were designed to manage. Specifically, the restrictiveness of the encyclopedia's primary quality control mechanism and the algorithmic tools used to reject contributions are implicated as key causes of decreased newcomer retention.
Hallo,
Is there any known easy way to classify Wikipedia articles into a
relatively small number of types?
By "relatively small" I mean no more than twenty, and by "types" I mean
things that are intuitively clear to readers, for example:
* Biographies
* Articles about scientific phenomena (can be sub-grouped to math,
astronomy, physics, geology, medicine)
* Articles about works of art (paintings, movies, books, records, statues)
* Articles about places
* Articles about historical events
* Articles about biological species
* Articles that mostly present data, such as demography or results of
competitions (sports, elections, game shows)
There are a few more, but not much. I hope that you get the idea.
We have categories, but I'm not sure that it's easy to use categories for
such things because of the very loose category structure. For example,
[[Eurovision 2007]] is somewhere under [[Category:Humans]], even though
it's not an article about a human.
Such information can be useful for study about the types of articles that
different people write. In particular, I thought about it in the context of
analyzing the types of articles that people are translating now (manually)
and will translate in the future using the ContentTranslation, which is in
its early stages of development.
Thanks,
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Amir Elisha Aharoni · אָמִיר אֱלִישָׁע אַהֲרוֹנִי
http://aharoni.wordpress.com
“We're living in pieces,
I want to live in peace.” – T. Moore
Greetings, Wikiresearchers!
On three Saturdays in April and May, Benjamin Mako Hill and I will be
running day-long project-based workshops at the University of Washington in
Seattle.
Anyone can participate--you don't have to be affiliated with UW. Although
you do have to be physically present in Seattle :(
The workshops are for anyone interested in learning how to use programming
and data science tools to ask and answer questions about online communities
like Wikipedia, free and open source software, Twitter and civic media.
The workshops are for people with no previous programming experience. We
hope to bring together researchers and participants in online communities.
The goal is that, after the three workshops, participants will be able to
use data to produce numbers, hypothesis tests, tables, and graphical
visualizations to answer questions like:
- Are new contributors to an article in Wikipedia sticking around longer
or contributing more than people who joined last year?
- Who are the most active or influential users of a particular Twitter
hashtag?
- Are people who participated in a Wikipedia outreach event
staying involved? How do they compare to people that joined the
project outside of the event?
Details and dates are online here:
http://networkcollectiv.es/2014/03/09/community-data-science-workshops/
If you are interested in participating, fill out our registration
form linked from the URL above before March 26th.
If you already know how to program (in Python), it would be awesome if you
would volunteer as a mentor! Being a mentor will involve working with
participants and talking them through the challenges they encounter in
programming. No special preparation is required. If you are interested,
send me an email.
--
Jonathan T. Morgan
Lecturer, Human Centered Design & Engineering
University of Washington
jmo25(a)uw.edu
Hoi,
In the latest iteration of the "Reasonator", you will find the option to
see what items exist in a radius of 15 km around the current item.
Obviously, you will find only those items that have a geo-coordinate. There
are however many of them :) They are everything from cities to amusement
parks like Disney land and its rides.
Essentially the functionality shows what is the result of a query.
The current maps are based on OpenStreetMap and Wikidata. This is a first
iteration of this functionality so we love to hear from you what more and
what else you would like us to do with maps and Wikidata.
Thanks,
GerardM
http://ultimategerardm.blogspot.nl/2014/03/reasonator-cambridge-revisited-i…
***Apologies for duplicate postings***
The paper deadline for the 2014 ACM Web Science Conference (WebSci'14)
has passed. We are thrilled to announce that we received 160 paper
submissions! Paper notifications are scheduled for 13 April.
We are, however, still accepting late-breaking extended abstract
submissions (2 pages) for posters and "lightning talk" presentations,
until 23 March. For details, see http://www.websci14.org/#
call-for-papers-and-posters
Also, the Data Visualization Challenge is accepting submissions
through 15 April, and is offering $1000 in prizes! For details, see:
http://websci14.org/# call-for-data-visualization- challenge.
ACM Web Science 2014 will be held 23-26 June 2014 at Indiana
University, Bloomington. Further information available at
http://www.websci14.org/. For questions, contact webscience-14-
organizers(a)googlegroups.com.
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✉ gciampag(a)indiana.edu
Hoping this activity is of interest of people of this list. Thank you to help spread the word! Mayo
(ENGLISH, CATALAN, SPANISH)
Launch and Data Jam of the P2Pvalue Directory of Commons Based Peer Production
Join us Wednesday March 12th for the launch and Data Jam (hackathon) of the P2Pvalue Directory of Commons Based Peer Production
Commons Based Peer Production (CBPP) means collaborative production and sharing of resources among peers under commons settings. From the initial cases, such as Wikipedia and FLOSS, recently there has been an expansion to other areas of activity, such as citizen science, product design, management of common spaces and open data sources.
The mission of the Directory of Commons Based Peer Production is mapping the diffusion and hybridization of peer production by collecting and typifying digital platforms or projects that are Commons Based Peer Productions (CBPP).
The directory currently holds more than 300 cases of CBPP such as platforms for collective research, citizen journalism, peer to peer financing, and hackerspaces. Projects that produce software, hardware, texts, images, videos, music or sounds, collaborative research projects that give access to the data, and produce resources for public use.
The directory serves as a valuable tool for anyone interested on CBPP such as "commoners", "prosumers" or researchers. It also aims to give visibility to the CBPP and support the networking among CBPP projects.
The directory itself is based on collaborative production. Join the collaborative mapping of CBPP: Reuse and remix the data, insert new cases, send your feedback on the directory design, etc. The data contributed to the directory is published with an open license and accessible through our API or for downloaded in various formats.
To celebrate the launch we will be hosting a P2Pvalue Data Jam 12th March 2014, a collective effort to populate the directory and document as many examples of CBPP as possible.
Additionally, on the day we will be having a live streamed program with introduction to the P2Pvalue project, and with instruction on how to use the directory and discussion around CBPP issues. Starting at 11:30 am (+1 GMT), Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) will talk about the P2Pvalue research on delimitation criteria of CBPP and the conditions that favor CBPP. (12:34h) David Rozas (University of Surrey) will explain the directory from a technical perspective. (13:45h) Antonio Tenorio (UCM) will present Kune, a decentralized platform also resulting from the P2Pvalue project. (17h) There will be presentations of cases such as Guifi.net (by Jaume Barcelo and Pedro) and (18h) Goteo.org (by Maria G. Perulero). Finally (19h), there will be a discussion group on "Analyzing value in CBPP experiences" moderated by Mayo Fuster Morell and with interventions by Michel Bauwens (P2PFoundation), Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) and Marcos García (Medialab Prado).
How to join the Data Jam (12th March 2014)?
Directory: http://directory.p2pvalue.eu<http://directory.p2pvalue.eu/>
Live streaming link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE7D1CHamQ
Twitter: @P2Pvalue Hash tags #P2PDATAJAM and #P2PVALUE
Local Data Jam: Local Data Jam will take place in Barcelona, Madrid, and Quito (timetable and physical address availeble here http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1<http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1>) Organize a local Data Jam also if you like around your place! <http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1>
Mailing list: http://lists.p2pvalue.eu/wws/info/datajam
The directory development is supported by the European Project <http://www.p2pvalue.eu/> P2Pvalue.eu (Techno-social platform for sustainable models and value generation in commons-based peer production in the Future Internet), and promoted by a consortium of organizations including P2Pvalue project partner members (mainly: IGOPnet.cc (conceptualization and coordination of CBPP Directory), University of Surrey (technical development of the Directory) and P2P Foundation (dissemination of the Directory)), and the contribution of the other partners of the project GRASIA - Complutense University of Madrid, CNRS and University of Milan), and the support of the Spanish Chapter of Open Knowledge Foundation, among others.
The P2P Data Jam Team are (coordination) Ruben Martinez (IGOPnet.cc) ruben(a)leyseca.net<mailto:ruben@leyseca.net> @RubenMartinez David Rozas (University of Surrey) david.rozas(a)gmail.com<mailto:david.rozas@gmail.com> @drozas and Kevin Flanagan (P2P Foundation) kevin(a)p2pvalue.eu<mailto:kevin@p2pvalue.eu> @flgnk Plus, Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu<mailto:mayo.fuster@eui.eu> @lilaroja Jorge Salcedo (IGOPnet.cc) @jorgelsalcedo and Antonio Tapiador (UCM) atapiador(a)ucm.es<mailto:atapiador@ucm.es> @atapiador
(CATALA)
Llançament i Data Jam (hackathon) del Directori de producció col·laborativa entre iguals procomú - 12 març 2014
La producció col·laborativa entre iguals procomú (CBPP) és una modalitat emergent de producció i compartició de recursos entre iguals sota una lògica procomú. A partir dels casos inicials, com ara Wikipedia i el programari lliure, recentment ha hagut una expansió de la CBPP a altres àrees d'activitat, com ara la ciència ciutadana, disseny de productes, la gestió dels espais comuns i les fonts de dades obertes.
La missió del Directori de CBPP és el mapatge de la difusió i la hibridació de la producció entre iguals mitjançant la recopilació i tipificant de plataformes digitals o projectes.
El directori té actualment més de 300 casos de CBPP com ara plataformes per a la investigació col·lectiva, periodisme ciutadà, finançament P2P i hackerspaces. Projectes que produeixen de forma col·laborativa i oberta programari, maquinaria, textos, imatges, vídeos, o música, que donen accés a les dades generades i produeixen recursos per a l'ús públic.
El directori serveix com una eina valuosa per a qualsevol persona interessada en la CBPP , com ara "comuners", " prosumidors" o persones investigadores. El directori així mateix vol ajudar a donar visibilitat a la CBPP i donar suport al enxarxament entre projectes CBPP.
El directori en si es basa en producció col·laborativa. Uneix-te a la cartografia col·laborativa de CBPP : Reutilitzant i remesclant les dades, inserint nous casos, enviant els teus suggeriments sobre el disseny del directori, unint-se com a organització al consorci promotor del directori, etc La base de dades del directori es publica amb una llicència oberta i les dades estan accessible a través d'API o descarregables en diversos formats.
Per celebrar el llançament del directori el 12 de Març celebrarem un Data Jam (hackathon), un esforç col·lectiu per poblar el directori amb el major nombre de casos de CBPP possible. A més d'incorporar casos al directori, durant el dia celebrarem un programa via streaming en directe. Iniciant a les (11:30h) Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) presentarà la investigació P2Pvalue sobre els criteris de delimitació de la CBPP i les condicions que l'afavoreixen . (12:34h) David Rozas (Universitat de Surrey) explicarà el directori des d'una perspectiva tècnica. (13:45 h) Antonio Tenorio ( UCM ) presentarà Kune, una plataforma descentralitzada on també esta contribuint el projecte P2Pvalue. (17h) Hi haurà presentacions de casos com Guifi.net (per Jaume Barceló i Pedro) i (18h) Goteo.org (per Maria G. Perulero). Finalment (19h), celebrarem un debat sobre el "dimensions de valor a les experiències de CBPP" moderat per Mayo Fuster Morell i amb intervencions de Michel Bauwens (P2PFoundation), Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) i Marcos García (Medialab Prado).
Com unir-se al Data Jam (12 de març 2014)?
Directori: http://directory.p2pvalue.eu
Enllaç de streaming en viu: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE7D1CHamQ
Twitter: @ P2Pvalue hashtag # P2PDATAJAM # P2PVALUE
Data Jam locals: Data Jam locals es duran a terme a Barcelona, Madrid i Quito (horari i adreça física de les trobades accessible aquí http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1). Organitza un Data Jam a la teva localitat també si vols!
Llista de correu: http://lists.p2pvalue.eu/wws/info/datajam
El desenvolupament del directori es porta a terme amb el suport del Projecte Europeu P2Pvalue.eu (Plataforma Tecno - social pel desenvolupament de models sostenibles i la generació de valor en la producció entre iguals basada en el procomu a l'Internet del Futur), i promogut per un consorci d'organitzacions, entre aquestes, els socis del projecte P2Pvalue (principalment: IGOPnet.cc (conceptualització i coordinació del CBPP), Universitat de Surrey (desenvolupament tècnic del Directori) i la Fundació P2P (difusió del Directori)) , i el suport dels altres socis GRASIA - Universitat Complutense de Madrid, CNRS i la Universitat de Milà), i la col·laboració del Capítol Espanyol de la Fundació pel coneixement obert, entre d'altres.
L'Equip del Data Jam esta compost per (coordinació) Rubén Martínez (IGOPnet.cc) ruben(a)leyseca.net<mailto:ruben@leyseca.net> @RubenMartinez David Rozas (Universitat de Surrey) david.rozas(a)gmail.com<mailto:david.rozas@gmail.com> @drozas i Kevin Flanagan (Fundació P2P) kevin(a)p2pvalue.eu<mailto:kevin@p2pvalue.eu> @flgnk Amb el suport de Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu<mailto:mayo.fuster@eui.eu> @lilaroja Jorge Salcedo (IGOPnet.cc) @jorgelsalcedo i Antonio Tapiador (UCM) atapiador(a)ucm.es<mailto:atapiador@ucm.es> @ atapiador
(CASTELLANO)
Lanzamiento y Data Jam (hackathon) del Directorio de producción colaborativa entre iguales procomún - 12 de Marzo 2014
La producción colaborativa entre iguales procomún (CBPP) es una modalidad emergente de producción y compartición de recursos entre iguales bajo una lógica procomún. A partir de los casos iniciales, tales como Wikipedia y el software libre, recientemente ha habido una expansión de la CBPP a otras áreas de actividad, tales como la ciencia ciudadana, diseño de productos, la gestión de los espacios comunes y las fuentes de datos abiertas.
La misión del Directorio de CBPP es el mapeo de la difusión y la hibridación de la producción entre iguales mediante la recopilación y tipificando de plataformas digitales o proyectos.
El directorio tiene actualmente más de 300 casos de CBPP como plataformas para la investigación colectiva, periodismo ciudadano, financiamiento P2P y hackerspaces. Proyectos que producen de forma colaborativa y abierta software, hardware, textos, imágenes, vídeos, música o sonidos, que dan acceso a los datos generados y producen recursos para el uso público.
El directorio sirve como una herramienta valiosa para cualquier persona interesada en la CBPP, como "comuner@s", "prosumidores" o personas investigadoras. El directorio así mismo quiere ayudar a dar visibilidad a la CBPP y apoyar el enredamiento entre proyectos CBPP.
El directorio en sí se basa en producción colaborativa. ¡Únete a la cartografía colaborativa de CBPP: Reutilizando y remezclando los datos, insertando nuevos casos, enviando tus sugerencias sobre el diseño del directorio, uniéndoos como organización al consorcio promotor del directorio, etc La base de datos del directorio se publica con una licencia abierta y los datos están accesible a través de API o descargables en varios formatos.
Para celebrar el lanzamiento del directorio el 12 de Marzo celebraremos un Data Jam (hackathon), un esfuerzo colectivo para poblar el directorio con el mayor número de casos de CBPP posible. Ademas de incorporar casos en el directorio, durante el día celebraremos un programa via streaming en directo. Iniciando a las (11:30 h) Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) presentará la investigación P2Pvalue sobre los criterios de delimitación de la CBPP y las condiciones que la favorecen. (12:34h) David Rozas (Universidad de Surrey) explicará el directorio desde una perspectiva técnica. (13:45h) Antonio Tenorio (UCM) presentará Kune, una plataforma descentralizada a cuyo desarrollo también contribuye el proyecto P2Pvalue. (17h) Habrá presentaciones de casos como Guifi.net (por Jaume Barceló y Pedro) y (18h) Goteo.org (por Maria G. Perulero). Finalmente (19h), celebraremos un debate sobre el "valor Analizar experiencias en la CBPP" moderado por Mayo Fuster Morell y con intervenciones de Michel Bauwens (P2PFoundation), Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc) y Marcos García (Medialab Prado) .
¿Cómo unirse a la Data Jam (12 de marzo 2014)?
Directorio: http://directory.p2pvalue.eu
Enlace de streaming en vivo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRE7D1CHamQ
Twitter: @ P2Pvalue etiquetas hash # P2PDATAJAM y # P2PVALUE
Data Jam locales: Data Jam locales se llevaran a cabo en Barcelona, Madrid y Quito (horario y dirección física de los encuentros http://p2pdatajam.titanpad.com/1). Organiza un Data Jam en tu localidad tambien si quieres!
Lista de correo: http://lists.p2pvalue.eu/wws/info/datajam
El desarrollo de directorio se lleva a cabo con el apoyo del Proyecto Europeo P2Pvalue.eu (Plataforma Tecno - social para el desarrollo de modelos sostenibles y la generación de valor en la producción entre iguales basada en el procomun en el Internet del Futuro), y promovido por un consorcio de organizaciones, entre estas, los socios del proyecto P2Pvalue (principalmente: IGOPnet.cc (conceptualización y coordinación del CBPP), Universidad de Surrey (desarrollo técnico del Directorio) y la Fundación P2P (difusión del Directorio)), y el apoyo de los otros socios GRASIA - Universidad Complutense de Madrid, CNRS y la Universidad de Milán), y la colaboración del Capítulo Español de la Fundación por el conocimiento abierto, entre otros.
El Equipo del Data Jam esta compuesto por (coordinación) Rubén Martínez (IGOPnet.cc) ruben(a)leyseca.net<mailto:ruben@leyseca.net> @RubenMartinez David Rozas (Universidad de Surrey) david.rozas(a)gmail.com<mailto:david.rozas@gmail.com> @drozas y Kevin Flanagan (Fundación P2P) kevin(a)p2pvalue.eu<mailto:kevin@p2pvalue.eu> @flgnk Con el apoyo de Mayo Fuster Morell (IGOPnet.cc) mayo.fuster(a)eui.eu<mailto:mayo.fuster@eui.eu> @lilaroja Jorge Salcedo (IGOPnet.cc) @jorgelsalcedo y Antonio Tapiador (UCM) atapiador(a)ucm.es<mailto:atapiador@ucm.es> @atapiador
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All,
these are highlights from a session the Wikimedia Foundation’s Research & Data team hosted at CSCW ’14 in Baltimore. The audience was a group of researchers either working on Wikipedia/Wikimedia-related research projects or interested in learning about opportunities to collaborate with the Foundation.
Feel free to get in touch if you have any questions/comments.
Contact
Dario Taraborelli - dario(a)wikimedia.org
Aaron Halfaker - ahalfaker(a)wikimedia.org
Jonathan Morgan - jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org
IRC: irc://irc.freenode.net/wikimedia-research (webclient)
Mailing list: wiki-research-l (mailing list)
Resources
We gave a short overview of existing resources of potential interest to Wikipedia/Wikimedia researchers:
OAuth allows 3rd-party software to edit Wikipedia on behalf of a Wikipedia editor and it’s a (mostly untapped) opportunity to run experimental research or test new interfaces targeted at Wikipedians. See: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Extension:OAuth#Using_OAuth
Data portal summarizes data sources that are currently available to researchers and app developers. See: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Data
Wikimedia Research Newsletter: A monthly overview reviewing or summarizing recent research (contributions are welcome, please contact Dario if you’re interested in contributing) https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter
Subject recruitment. Aaron and Dario have managed a process for documenting and vetting subject recruitment occurring on Wikimedia projects. This process was set in place to help resolve the tension between researchers’ need to recruit subjects and editors’ desire to not be bothered. The process involves a public discussion and mentorship in order to ensure that proposed studies that affect editors are well documented, are addressing original questions and do not result in unnecessary disruption of wiki work. This is a service we’ve been providing on a volunteer basis as members of the Research Committee, it’s meant to offer support to researchers but doesn’t eliminate the risk that an account used for recruitment purposes might be blocked by an administrator.
IRBs and minors. One of the issues that we discussed is dealing with IRB & other ethics boards’ requirements when studies may result in interaction with minors. Aaron <ahalfaker(a)wikimedia.org> is willing to discuss the issue with researchers and university staff upon request.
Annual survey modules. Interest was expressed in exploring strategies for expanding the annual editor/reader survey with new questions contributed by researchers. At this point (March 2014) we cannot commit to any such project, but in general there is potential for cooperations between WMF and academic researchers in this area. Interested parties should contact Tilman Bayer (tbayer at wikimedia dot org) who has been conducting the last WMF editor survey and can provide information about these surveys (methodology, results, available data etc.) and their calendar.
WikiResearch Workshop at CSCW 2015. We discussed planning a workshop for CSCW next year. Anyone who is interested in collaborating, please contact us. Details are TBD, but our general goals include:
increase awareness of the public data resources that are available
highlight research areas that are ripe for investigation, esp. where WMF could benefit from the results
get a better sense of what kind of data resources (and/or what data formats) researchers would like to have
brainstorm a (lightweight, ethical, practical) model for partnership between WMF and academic research orgs that want access to certain non-public data
Wiki Research Hackathons. On Nov. 9th, 2013, we held our first global research hackathon (announcement). We had universities and other local meetups from around the world connect via Google Hangout to share ideas, data and presentations geared toward datasets, code and other resources. We’ll be planning another hackathon in the coming months. You can help by hosting or attending your own local event. Please contact us if you’re interested.
Public listing on WMF’s strategic research questions. We discussed the potential for the Wikimedia Foundation to list out key areas of research that we are interested in. This is something we are keenly interested in and you should expect to hear from us soon through wiki-research-l and @WikiResearch.
Tweet @WikiResearch. We maintain a relatively high-visibility twitter account from which we tweet about new research, data, and other initiatives. If you tweet about your own wiki-related work @WikiResearch, we will retweet it so long as it’s relevant. We will also experiment with the use of this Twitter handle to increase the visibility of libraries and analytics tools to support Wikipedia research.
Internships/grad student residencies. We talked briefly about research collaborations, internships and other forms of work opportunities at WMF. We’re actively exploring possibilities and will broadcast details through wiki-research-l and @WikiResearch when we know more.
We’re hiring. We are looking to expand the research team at WMF, if you are interested in working with us keep an eye on wiki-research-l and @WikiResearch for job openings or contact us off-list.
Dear Federico:
Do you have time to re-do the European community survey, or know any
trusted community members who do? I am nowhere near Europe. Any
trusted community member can update the questionnaire, and I am sure
you could get volunteers to help translate it:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/General_User_Survey/Questionnaire
Furthermore, there are some pretty obvious reasons why anyone at the
Foundation or any Foundation-funded entity has a conflict of interest
when trying to administer such surveys, which manifests in ways which
we should try to reduce. The last time I tried to run a survey I was
accused of violating a proposal. That makes it much harder for me to
run another one than it would if you did. I am confident that the
permissions involved will be restored, because I am confident that the
Foundation will try to make amends for their mistake someday. It took
me about 60 hours for 330 enwiki administrators, but there were
complicated issues and questions to which I still have not received a
response.
Original: http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/EU_policy/Survey
16 proposed additions followed by the earlier list of 24:
1. Labor rights, e.g., linking to fixmyjob.com
2. Support the ratification of the Convention on the Rights of the
Child and its protocols without reservation
3. Increase infrastructure spending
4. Increase education spending
5. Public school class size reduction
6. College subsidy with income-based repayment terms
7. More steeply progressive taxation
8. Negative interest on excess reserves
9. Telecommuting
10. Workweek length reduction
11. Single-payer health care
12. Renewable power purchase
13. Increased data center hardware power efficiency
14. Increased security against eavesdropping
15. Metropolitan broadband
16. Oppose monopolization of software, communications, publishing, and
finance industries
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A. Open Access (Scientific Research)
B. Database Rights
C. Freedom of Information
D. Orphan Works
E. Broadband Internet Access
F. Data Protection
G. Human Rights
H. Freedom of Panorama
I. Open (Government) Data
J. Censorship
K. Copyright on Government Works
L. Internet Neutrality
M. Three-strikes laws
N. Cultural Heritage
O. Data Retention
P. Provider/Hoster Liability
Q. Copyright Enforcement
R. Geodata
S. Open Educational Resources
T. Software Patents
U. Research Funding
V. Surveillance
W. Public Broadcasting
X. Frequency Allocation
Justification from previous messages:
> Our advocacy orientation isn't well aligned with the issues that most
> affect Wikimedians at present, because previous surveys had ... flaws.
Would quantitative measures of how various proposed actions counter
threats to building and sharing free knowledge help?
For example, if someone makes a case that acting successfully on some
issue is likely to cause X additional hours of productive editor
contribution time than failing to act on it, and nobody disagrees with
the analysis, or, if the analysis is supported by reliable sources,
nobody is able to counter those sources or show that they aren't
applicable, then the Foundation could be obligated to at least open a
formal RFC on the topic, and at larger thresholds of X, for example,
point people to it with CentralNotice or watchlist notices etc.
A good specific example is the Comcast-Time Warner Cable issue. I
think we should act to avoid monopoly consolidation of internet
resources, and there are sources which measure the extent to which
monopolies result in additional rent-seeking which would tend to
exclude editors. But I'm not particularly motivated to ask for action
on it without some expectation of whether it is even worth it to try
to persuade people.
see also:
http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/advocacy_advisors/2014-February/000394…
Best regards,
James Salsman