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preelminary results from the Wikipedia Gender Inequality Index project - comments welcome
by Piotr Konieczny 16 Jan '15

16 Jan '15

Here (http://notconfusing.com/preliminary-results-from-wigi-the-wikipedia-gender-…) are some early findings from a research project I am involved in (together with Maximilian Klein). (To find out more about the project, see https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikipedia_Gender_Inequality_Index and it's talk page). We are very curious what you think (don't hesitate to be critical). What we would really appreciate would be any alternative hypotheses (to the one presented) that could try to explain why post-1950s Confucian and South Asian clusters seem so much more inclusive of female biographies than others (including the "Western" clusters). Are we seeing a data error, or something else - and if so, what? -- Piotr Konieczny, PhD http://hanyang.academia.edu/PiotrKonieczny http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gdV8_AEAAAAJ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus

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SEMANTiCS 2015, Vienna, Call for Research & Innovation Papers
by Sebastian Hellmann 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Apologies for cross-posting Call for Research & Innovation Papers Call for Research & Innovation Papers SEMANTiCS 2015 Transfer // Engineering // Community 11th International Conference on Semantic Systems Vienna, Austria September 15-17, 2015 http://www.semantics.cc <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.i-semantics.at%2F&sa=D&sntz=1&…> Important Dates (Research & Innovation) * Abstract Submission Deadline: May 22, 2015 * Paper Submission Deadline: May 29, 2015 * Notification of Acceptance:June 26, 2015 * Camera-Ready Paper: July 15 , 2015 SEMANTiCS proceedings will be published by ACM ICP. Submissions via Easychair: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2015research <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3…> The calls for “Industry & Use Case Presentations” and “Posters and Demos”at SEMANTiCS 2015 can be found here:http://www.semantics.cc/ <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.semantics.cc%2Fopen-calls%2Fpa…> The annual SEMANTiCS conference is the meeting place for professionals who make semantic computing work, who understand its benefits and encounter its limitations. Every year, SEMANTiCS attracts information managers, IT-architects, software engineers and researchers from organisations ranging from NPOs, through public administrations to the largest companies in the world. Attendees learn from industry experts and top researchers about emerging trends and topics in the fields of semantic software, enterprise data, linked data & open data strategies, methodologies in knowledge modelling and text & data analytics. The SEMANTiCS community is highly diverse; attendees have responsibilities in interlinking areas like knowledge management, technical documentation, e-commerce, big data analytics, enterprise search, document management, business intelligence and enterprise vocabulary management. The success of last year’s conference in Leipzig with more than 230 attendees from 22 countries proves that SEMANTiCS 2015 will continue a long tradition of bringing together colleagues from around the world. There will be presentations on industry implementations, use case prototypes, best practices, panels, papers and posters to discuss semantic systems in birds-of-a-feather sessions as well as informal settings. SEMANTICS addresses problems common among information managers, software engineers, IT-architects and various specialist departments working to develop, implement and/or evaluate semantic software systems. The SEMANTiCS program is a rich mix of technical talks, panel discussions of important topics and presentations by people who make things work - just like you. In addition, attendees can network with experts in a variety of fields. These relationships provide great value to organisations as they encounter subtle technical issues in any stage of implementation. The expertise gained by SEMANTiCS attendees has a long-term impact on their careers and organisations. These factors make SEMANTiCS for our community the major industry related event across Europe. The following ‘horizontals’ (research) and ‘verticals’ (industries) topics are of interest: * Business Models, Governance & Data Strategies * Knowledge Discovery & Intelligent Search * Data Integration & Enterprise Linked Data * Big Data & Text Analytics * Data Portals & Knowledge Visualization * Semantic Information Management * Document Management & Content Management * Terminology, Thesaurus & Ontology Management * Industry & Engineering * Life Sciences & Health Care * Public Administration * Galleries, Libraries, Archives & Museums (GLAM) * Media, Publishing & Advertising * Financial & Insurance Industry * Telecommunications * Energy, Transport & Environment Research / Innovation Papers The Research & Innovation track at SEMANTiCS welcomes the submission of papers on novel scientific research and/or innovations relevant to the topics of the conference. Submissions must be original and must not have been submitted for publication elsewhere. Papers should follow the ACM ICPS guidelines for formatting (http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.acm.org%2Fsigs%2Fpublications%…>) and must not exceed 8 pages in lenght for full papers and 4 pages for short papers, including references and optional appendices. All accepted full papers and short papers will be published in the digital library of the ACM ICP Series under the ISBN-No.: 978-1-4503-1972-0. Research & Innovation papers should be submitted through EasyChair at: https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=semantics2015research <https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Feasychair.org%2Fconferences%2F%3…>. Papers must be submitted in PDF (Adobe's Portable Document Format) format. Other formats will not be accepted. For the camera-ready version, the source files (Latex, Word Perfect, Word) will also be needed. Important Dates (Research & Innovation) * Abstract Submission Deadline: May 22, 2015 * Paper Submission Deadline: May 29, 2015 * Notification of Acceptance:June 26, 2015 * Camera-Ready Paper: July 15 , 2015 Research and Innovation Chairs: Sebastian Hellmann, AKSW, Universität Leipzig Josiane Xavier Parreira, Siemens AG Österreich Programme Committee: to be announced SEMANTiCS 2015 Organisation Committee: * Axel Polleres, Conference Chair * Tassilo Pellegrini, Conference Chair * Christian Dirschl, Industry Chair * Sebastian Hellmann, Research & Innovation Chair * Josiane Xavier Parreira, Research & Innovation Chair * Agata Filipowska, Poster and Demo Chair * Ruben Verborgh, Poster and Demo Chair * Anna Fensel, Workshop Chair

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How many links did TWL account recipients add to Wikipedia with their access?
by Jake Orlowitz 15 Jan '15

15 Jan '15

Hi all, There are 2000 editors who have received access to 20 different online databases. We know the usernames of these editors and the url prefixes of the websites they were given access to. We need to know: - from July 18th 2014 to January 11th 2014 - on English Wikipedia - for the cohort of 2000 TWL editors - ...how many times did they add links to any of the 20 partner websites I have my fingers crossed that Quarry can solve this but I need some help to write a query. Bonus queries: 1) In that date range, how many links did these editors add using partner websites on *all Wikipedias* (any language) 2) What is the baseline change in all external links on English Wikipedia in that date range 3) What is the baseline change in all external links on *all Wikipedias* since July 18th 2014 Thanks so much for any guidance on this! Jake (Ocaasi) The Wikipedia Library

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Geo-aggregation of Wikipedia page views: Maximizing geographic granularity while preserving privacy – a proposal
by Dario Taraborelli 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

I’m sharing a proposal that Reid Priedhorsky and his collaborators at Los Alamos National Laboratory recently submitted to the Wikimedia Analytics Team aimed at producing privacy-preserving geo-aggregates of Wikipedia pageview data dumps and making them available to the public and the research community. [1] Reid and his team spearheaded the use of the public Wikipedia pageview dumps to monitor and forecast the spread of influenza and other diseases, using language as a proxy for location. This proposal describes an aggregation strategy adding a geographical dimension to the existing dumps. Feedback on the proposal is welcome on the lists or the project talk page on Meta [3] Dario [1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Geo-aggregation_of_Wikipedia_pagev… [2] http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1003892 [3] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Geo-aggregation_of_Wikipedia_…

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Open Positions
by Taha Yasseri 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Dear All, This email is about a job opening. Sorry if it's not appropriate for this mailing list, however, both positions are heavily involved with Wikipedia Research (among other things) and therefore pretty much related to the topic. I would appreciate if you could circulate it within your networks. Best, Taha Postdoctoral Researcher in Computational Social Science Grade 7: Salary £30,434 to £37,394 p.a. We are a leading international multidisciplinary research and policy institute at the University of Oxford, looking for two full-time Postdoctoral Researchers to join Dr Taha Yasseri <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/?id=315> to work on his funded projects, “HUMANE: a typology, method and roadmap for HUman-MAchine Networks <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=131>” and “Collective Memory in the Digital Age; understanding “forgetting” on the Internet <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=132>”. In both projects quantitative analysis will be performed on large scale transactional data collected from the web to understand social aspects of collective online behaviour. Applicants should hold (or be completing) a PhD in Social Sciences, Computer Science or Informatics, Physics, Mathematics, or any other relevant discipline, have a strong interest in the social aspects of online technologies and proven experience in performing and writing papers based on quantitative research. The successful applicants will work in a multidisciplinary research team and contribute to the research projects at all their stages, including literature review, research design, data collection, data analysis, writing papers, presenting at conferences, and other dissemination activities, e.g., writing blog posts. Based at our OII North office at 34 St. Giles, Oxford, these positions are available from 1st April 2015 or as soon as possible thereafter, for 18 months in the first instance, with the possibility of extension, depending on funding. Applications for this vacancy are to be made online. The application form and further details, including a job description and selection criteria, are available on the Oxford University's recruitment website <https://www.recruit.ox.ac.uk/pls/hrisliverecruit/erq_jobspec_version_4.jobs…> . *The closing date for applications is 12:00 GMT on Monday 19 January 2015 and only applications received before then can be considered.* Interviews for those short-listed are currently planned to take place in the week commencing Monday 2 February 2015. -- Dr Taha Yasseri http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/people/yasseri/ Research Fellow in Computational Social Science Oxford Internet Institute University of Oxford 1 St. Giles Oxford OX1 3JS UK Tel. +44-1865-287229

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Fwd: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing WikiProject X
by Pine W 14 Jan '15

14 Jan '15

Forwarding. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: "James Hare" <jamesmhare(a)gmail.com> Date: Jan 13, 2015 2:27 PM Subject: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing WikiProject X To: <lgbt(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, < wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, <wikimediaus-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, "Partnerships American Cultural North" <glam-us(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Cc: (Standard apology for cross-posting.) Greetings everyone! I am pleased to announce a new project, WikiProject X, funded by a Wikimedia Foundation Individual Engagement Grant. WikiProject X's goal is to improve the experience of WikiProjects, which are subject-area (or goal-oriented) collaborative spaces on the English Wikipedia. By making WikiProjects easier to use and maintain, it will be easier to build sub-communities of like-minded people, giving editors a sense of community on a huge and daunting website like Wikipedia. This includes mechanisms for recruiting new participants and encouraging the creation of safe spaces where editors, new and experienced alike, can feel like they can participate in discussions without fear of intimidation or jargon. The project will begin with some research, both qualitative research in the form of interviews and case studies, and quantitative research based on Wikipedia’s database. Our focus will be on WikiProjects that have been successful in organizing editors, and learning more about what makes them work. Based on this research, we will develop new tools and interfaces that make WikiProjects easier to use and easier to maintain. Please note that this is an opt-in program for WikiProjects; no WikiProject will be required to make changes. I would like to invite the community to check out our new page on Wikipedia, <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_X> (shortcut WP:WPX). There, you can share your experiences with WikiProjects and sign up to become a pilot tester. Community participation is crucial for the success of this project, and the more voices we hear, the better. If you want to sign up for more updates, sign up for our newsletter here: < https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_X/Newsletter>. Please let me know if you have any questions. I am very much looking forward to working with everyone on making this project succeed! Cheers, James Hare Project Manager, WikiProject X https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:WikiProject_X _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:wikimedia-l-request@lists.wikimedia.org?subject=unsubscribe>

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January 2015 Wikimedia Research Showcase: Felipe Ortega and Benjamin Mako Hill
by Dario Taraborelli 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

The upcoming Wikimedia Research showcase <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data/Showcase> (Wednesday January 14, 11.30 PT) will host two guest speakers: Felipe Ortega <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:GlimmerPhoenix> (University of Madrid) and Benjamin Mako Hill <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill> (University of Washington). As usual, the showcase will be broadcast on YouTube (the livestream link will follow on the list) and we’ll host the QA on the #wikimedia-research IRC channel on freenode. We look forward to seeing you there. Dario Functional roles and career paths in Wikipedia By Felipe Ortega <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:GlimmerPhoenix> An understanding of participation dynamics within online production communities requires an examination of the roles assumed by participants. Recent studies have established that the organizational structure of such communities is not flat; rather, participants can take on a variety of well-defined functional roles. What is the nature of functional roles? How have they evolved? And how do participants assume these functions? Prior studies focused primarily on participants' activities, rather than functional roles. Further, extant conceptualizations of role transitions in production communities, such as the Reader to Leader framework, emphasize a single dimension: organizational power, overlooking distinctions between functions. In contrast, in this paper we empirically study the nature and structure of functional roles within Wikipedia, seeking to validate existing theoretical frameworks. The analysis sheds new light on the nature of functional roles, revealing the intricate “ areer paths" resulting from participants' role transitions. Free Knowledge Beyond Wikipedia A conversation facilitated by Benjamin Mako Hill <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Benjamin_Mako_Hill> In some of my research with Leah Buechley <http://mako.cc/academic/buechley_hill_DIS_10.pdf>, I’ve explored the way that increasing engagement and diversity in technology communities often means not just attacking systematic barriers to participation but also designing for new genres and types of engagement. I hope to facilitate a conversation about how WMF might engage new readers by supporting more non-encyclopedic production. I'd like to call out some examples from the new Wikimedia project proposals list <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Proposals_for_new_projects>, encourage folks to share entirely new ideas, and ask for ideas about how we could dramatically better support Wikipedia's sister projects.

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Endowment perpetuity
by James Salsman 13 Jan '15

13 Jan '15

Speaking of fundraising far over budget, did the question about an endowment perpetuity make it on to the last donor survey? If so, what was the result? I seem to remember a favorable response, from somewhere, but can't find anything either way. Was it a Board poll?

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Designing a public API for Wikidata
by Dario Taraborelli 07 Jan '15

07 Jan '15

In case you missed this, the Wikimedia Services team is soliciting feedback on the design of a public API for Wikidata, considering MQL and SPARQL among possible options [1] If you are interested in contributing to this discussion, please chime in on the Phabricator thread or help spread the word among interested parties [2]. Dario [1] https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T85181 [2] https://twitter.com/ReaderMeter/status/552919940387196928

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New user retention on Zooniverse
by Jonathan Morgan 06 Jan '15

06 Jan '15

This from Ars[1]. Sound familiar? * - "The top 10 percent of contributors end up supplying an average of about 80 percent of the total effort put into these projects." - "Most people who show up to check out a project never return. The most compelling projects still saw 60 percent of their users stop by for a single visit and never come back; the worst case was an 83-percent rate." - "The topic of the project also seemed to have some effect [on participation rates]. The biggest project... lets users sift through Kepler telescope data to search for exoplanets; that attracted almost 30,000 users in its first 180 days. The smallest, Galaxy Zoo Supernova (which is no longer active) only drew a bit over 3,000."* Original manuscript [2] (paywalled). Anyone have subscription access? 1. http://arstechnica.com/science/2015/01/most-participants-in-citizen-science… 2. http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2015/01/02/1408907112 -- Jonathan T. Morgan Community Research Lead Wikimedia Foundation User:Jmorgan (WMF) <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Jmorgan_(WMF)> jmorgan(a)wikimedia.org

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