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Working with edit history dump
by Behzad Tabibian 25 Feb '15

25 Feb '15

Hi all, I am new to working with Wikipedia dumps. I am trying to obtain full revision history of all the articles on Wikipedia. I downloaded enwiki-20140707-pages-meta-history1.xml-*.7z from https://dumps.wikimedia.org/enwiki/20140707/. However, by looking at the xml files revision history of individual articles do not match with revision history one may see from history page on Wikipedia website. It seems the dump contains significantly smaller number of revisions than what can be found on Wikipedia. Anyone has an experienced this? Am I downloading the wrong files? Best, Behzad

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Fwd: Reminder – Summer Fellowship 2015 – Internet & Society – Closing Date: 1 March
by Jana Schudrowitz 24 Feb '15

24 Feb '15

[image: Google+1-Button] <https://plus.google.com/u/0/104662709701524780855> If this message is not displayed correctly, *click here* <http://38903.seu.cleverreach.com/m/8668790/53314-b2adcf5519c8bfc1f566ee949a…> .[image: Summer Fellows 2015] <http://www.hiig.de/summer2015> R E M I N D E R SUMMER FELLOWSHIP 2015 – INTERNET AND SOCIETY – 5 DAYS LEFT *Today, I would like to remind you of the expiring call for applications. Please b**e aware that there are just 5 days left until the current call for the HIIG Summer Fellowship 2015 will be closed. Thus, hurry up to send in your applications by 1 March via our application form at hiig.de/summer2015 <http://hiig.de/summer2015>.* Opportunities Our summer fellowship provides innovative thinkers a unique opportunity to exchange experiences and set off new initiatives in an inviting intellectual environment. In addition to that you will get in touch with other summer fellows during the common research period. The selected fellows are very welcome to collaborate in a growing international team and to participate in the research activities at our institute. We encourage you to actively shape your stay according to your research interests. We offer a number of opportunities to get involved with our research programme and discuss your research project with the HIIG research team, such as: - Writing a paper related to your research project, e.g. publishing a journal paper in our SSRN Internet & Society Series <http://www.hiig.de/en/research/ssrn-internet-society-series> - Holding a presentation about a topic of your choice in our weekly HIIG Club - Organising a workshop related to your research topic - Engage in joint activities and projects with other fellows - And more – according to your interest Allowances Fellows are expected to bring their own funding through their home institution or outside grants. Fellows must take care of their accommodation, insurance, childcare, and transportation arrangements. However, in specific cases we can provide a travel allowance of up to € 700,- and a visa subsidy of up to € 200,- on request. Time frame We offer fellowships ranging from 3 to 12 months starting from 1 June 2015 at the earliest. Fellowships must cover the period from 1 July to 31 August to guarantee the exchange among all of our fellows. Qualifications - Master’s degree, PhD in full process/nearing completion - Fluency in English; command of German is appreciated - Research experience and an Internet research project of your own Required application documents - curriculum vitae - letter of motivation explaining your interest in the fellowship, your expectations and your research background (*1 page*) - outline of a) your research project, b) the work you propose to conduct during the fellowship, c) contributions you plan to realise during your stay, d) projects on our research agenda that are of interest to you, and e) if possible, preferred project partners at our institute (*maximum 3 pages total*) - optional: your latest publication or work sample covering Internet research (*maximum of 1 paper/ chapter/presentation in English or German* ) Applications will only be accepted through our online application form at: hiig.de/summer2015 Closing date for applications is Sunday, 1 March 2015. Please contact us with any questions via application(a)hiig.de. [image: Organised by: Friedrich Ebert Stiftung and Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society]If you don't want to receive this email anymore, click here <http://38903.seu.cleverreach.com/rmftlp.php?cid=53314&mid=8668790&h=53314-5…> to unsubscribe Alexander von Humboldt Institute for Internet and Society Oberwallstraße 9 | D-10117 | Berlin | Germany info(a)hiig.de

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The definition of a wiki
by Ziko van Dijk 22 Feb '15

22 Feb '15

Dear colleagues, I am looking for a scientific definition of a wiki, and several works that actually deal a lot about wikis have let me down. Do you know where to look, or is there an authoritative definition anywhere? Kind regards Ziko

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Yochai Benkler talk from Barcelona - 25 Feb: Can we gain an economy, politics and society of the commons?
by Mayo Fuster Morell 22 Feb '15

22 Feb '15

(ENGLISH, CATALAN, SPANISH VERSIONS) Yochai Benkler from Barcelona: Can we gain an economy, politics and society of the commons? Emerging model of producation, political innovation and the geopolitics of Internet from the Spanish context of change of era Idea of the Commons and the Future of Capitalism. The political importance of CBPP and its very strong continued relevance. #Commons #p2pvalue (Streaming and Spanish translation will be provided though this page http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php) Talk by Yochai Benkler @CCCB Feb 25 18:30-20:30 Presented by Mayo Fuster Morell Moderator: Joan Subirats Row 0: Floren Cabello (Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>), Nuria Alabao (La Hidra<http://lahidra.net/>), Lorena Fuster (Tramod UB: Trajectories of modernity<http://www.ub.edu/tramod/>), Liliana Arroyo (Eticas<http://www.eticasconsulting.com/>), Anna Monjo (ICARIA Editorial<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/>), Josep Lladós Masllorens (Director IN3<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/jlladosm/EN/curriculum/index.html>), Ismael Peña-López (UOC), Rubén Martínez and Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc<http://www.igopnet.cc>), Samer Hassan (P2Pvalue<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>), Leandro Navarro (CONFINE<http://confine-project.eu/> and Pangea.org<https://pangea.org/>), David Laniado (Dcent), Eduard Aibar (UOC<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/eaibar/EN/curriculum/index.html>), David Gomez (Amical Wikmedia<https://www.wikimedia.cat/>), Javier Creus (Pentagrowth<http://ideasforchange.com/en/>), Ignasi Alcalde (OKFN Spain<http://okfn.es/>), Guillermo Rojo (XES<http://www.xes.cat> - Solidarian Economy Network), Maria Garcia Perulero (Goteo<http://goteo.org>), Juanlu Sanchez (eldiario.es<http://www.eldiario.es/>), Quim Guitart (communia.org<http://communia.org>), Peter Matjasic (Open Society Foundations<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/>), Leda Guidi (Iperbole<http://www.comune.bologna.it/> - civic network and digital agenda of Bologna City Council), Valentina Bazzarin, Alejandro Perez and Jordi Bonet (Podem Cat), Sir Jaron Rowan (BAU<http://www.demasiadosuperavit.net/?page_id=7>), Francisco Jurado (Democracia 4.0<http://demo4punto0.net/>), Tomas Diez (BCN Fab Lab<http://www.fablabbcn.org/>), Sol Polo (FAD / Design Beats<http://designbeats.net/>), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons<http://es.creativecommons.org/blog/>), Arnau Monterde (Tecnopolítica<http://tecnopolitica.net> de l'IN3), among others. Madrid streammed connection: Marcos Garcia (Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun (Media Lab Prado), Victor Sampedro (Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/>). Conference on occasion of the publication of the work in Spanish "The Wealth of Networks" (published in Spanish by Icaria Editorial<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1>). [cid:part31.03090203.08070206@eui.eu] ◾ When? 25 February 2015 From 18:30 to 20:30 talk. The event will continue in a networking meet up. ◾ Where? Barcelona: CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona Classroom 1 (Limited capacity) Afterword (20:30 onward) there will be a networking meet up at CCCBar. Madrid: There will be an streaming of the event organized by Media Lab Prado <http://medialab-prado.es> (Plaza de las Letras. Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid). Participants in Madrid will be able to send questions for the debate. Online: Streaming will be provided from this same website: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php Expanded debate on Identica/Twitter: #Commons ◾ Organization: Organized by IGOP.net.cc, P2Pvalue.eu European projec<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>t, CCCB Lab<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>. Collaboration: Ed. Icaria<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1>, Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun and Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/> (Media Lab Prado), Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>, Communia <http://www.communia.org/> Support: Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation<http://okfn.es/>, Open Society Foundation Initiative for Europe <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-societ…> ◾ Resources on Benkler work: Benkler's website <http://benkler.org> Review of Benkler's work in occasion of the publication of "La Riqueza de las reded" by Mayo Fuster Morell English<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Castellano<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/es/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Catala <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> Index of "La riqueza de las redes" (Spanish version of The wealth of networks), and introduction by Floren Cabello and Andoni Alonso, and foreword by Mayo Fuster Morell <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/pdf_libros/La%20riqueza%20de%20las%20redes.p…> (Castellano) Yochai Benkler is a professor at theFaculty of Law and co-director of the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. He is the author of the book - recently published by Icaria in Spanish - "The Wealth of Networks" benchmark studies Internet and society. His work examines the ways in which information technologies allow extensive forms of collaboration can have transformative consequences for the economy and society The research Benkler is developed in three areas connected. On the one hand, "peer production based on the common good" as collaborative initiatives of free software that Wikipedia is becoming the emerging production model and reference. On the other hand, introduced the concept of public space network, and analyzes to what extent is the process of transforming public policy and political mobilization. Finally, an expert on Internet policy and architecture to new technologies. Through these lines of work explores the hypothesis of the emergence of a third organizational model commons, which would break the pairing state - market, and would favor greater centrality and empowerment of civil society as an agent. >From these key reading Benkler incorporate elements to understand the change of time in Spain. Mayo Fuster Morell is a researcher at the Institute of Government and Public Policy at the Autonomous University of Barcelona and the Berkman Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University. One expert in the governance of communities based on collaborative production between equals. P2Pvalue directs research on conditions that favor the creation of value in the production network. One member of the Open Knowledge Foundation and the Wikimedia Foundation. Joan Subirats Humet is professor of Political Science at UAB and researcher at the Institute of Government and Public Policy at the University Autonoma of Barcelona. Hir areas of research include public policy analysis, democratic innovation, public participation and local and regional government. He has published numerous books, including the Spanish Urban Policies (2011) and sociedad Otra, otra ¿politics? "Not to represent us" democracy of the policy. (CATALA) Podem guanyar una economia, política i societat procomú? Xerrada: Claus de lectura del moment actual en un context de canvi d'època: Producció procomu, espai public en xarxa i geopolitica d’Internet per Yochai Benkler @CCCB Feb 25 18:30-20:30 (Xerrada en angles. Streaming i traduccio al castellà disponible a la web: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php) #Commons #p2pvalue Presenta: Mayo Fuster Morell Modera: Joan Subirats Fila 0: Floren Cabello (Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>), Nuria Alabao (La Hidra<http://lahidra.net/>), Lorena Fuster (Tramod UB: Trajectories of modernity<http://www.ub.edu/tramod/>), Liliana Arroyo (Eticas<http://www.eticasconsulting.com/>), Anna Monjo (ICARIA Editorial<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/>), Josep Lladós Masllorens (Director IN3<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/jlladosm/EN/curriculum/index.html>), Ismael Peña-López (UOC), Rubén Martínez and Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc<http://www.igopnet.cc>), Samer Hassan (P2Pvalue<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>), Leandro Navarro (CONFINE<http://confine-project.eu/> and Pangea.org<https://pangea.org/>), David Laniado (Dcent), Eduard Aibar (UOC<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/eaibar/EN/curriculum/index.html>), David Gomez (Amical Wikmedia<https://www.wikimedia.cat/>), Javier Creus (Pentagrowth<http://ideasforchange.com/en/>), Ignasi Alcalde (OKFN Spain<http://okfn.es/>), Guillermo Rojo (XES<http://www.xes.cat> - Solidarian Economy Network), Maria Garcia Perulero (Goteo<http://goteo.org>), Juanlu Sanchez (eldiario.es<http://www.eldiario.es/>), Quim Guitart (communia.org<http://communia.org>), Peter Matjasic (Open Society Foundations<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/>), Leda Guidi (Iperbole<http://www.comune.bologna.it/> - civic network and digital agenda of Bologna City Council), Valentina Bazzarin, Alejandro Perez and Jordi Bonet (Podem Cat), Sir Jaron Rowan (BAU<http://www.demasiadosuperavit.net/?page_id=7>), Francisco Jurado (Democracia 4.0<http://demo4punto0.net/>), Tomas Diez (BCN Fab Lab<http://www.fablabbcn.org/>), Sol Polo (FAD / Design Beats<http://designbeats.net/>), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons<http://es.creativecommons.org/blog/>), Arnau Monterde (Tecnopolítica<http://tecnopolitica.net> de l'IN3), among others. Madrid connexio per streaming: Marcos Garcia (Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun (Media Lab Prado), Victor Sampedro (Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/>). Conferencia en ocasió de la publicació en castellà de l'obra «La riqueza de las redes» (Titlo de l'obra original en angles: «The Wealth of Networks» – publicat per Icaria Editorial). [cid:part31.03090203.08070206@eui.eu] ◾ Quan? 25 Febrer 2015 De les 18:30 a 20:30 xerrada. L'esdeveniment continuara amb un networking pica pica al CCCBar. ◾ On? Barcelona: CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona Aula 1 (Capacitat limitada) Despres (20:30 endavant) hi haura un networking pica pica at the CCCBar. Madrid: Hi haurà una transmissió de l'esdeveniment organitzat al Media Lab Prado <http://medialab-prado.es> (Plaça de les Lletres. Carrer Albereda, 15. 28014 Madrid). Els participants a Madrid podran enviar preguntes pel debat. Online: Des de aquesta web es retransmetrà http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php Debat expandid: Identica/Twitter: #Commons ◾ Organizacio: Organizat per IGOP.net.cc, P2Pvalue.eu European projec<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>t, CCCB Lab<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>. Colaboracio: Ed. Icaria<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1>, Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun and Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/> (Media Lab Prado), Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>, Communia <http://www.communia.org/> Support: Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation<http://okfn.es/>, Open Society Foundation Initiative for Europe <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-societ…> ◾ Recursos del treball de Benkler: Benkler's website <http://benkler.org> Revisio del treball de Benkler en ocassio de la publicacio al castella de "La Riqueza de las reded" per Mayo Fuster Morell English<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Castellano<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/es/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Catala <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> Index of "La riqueza de las redes" (Spanish version of The wealth of networks), and introduction by Floren Cabello and Andoni Alonso, and foreword by Mayo Fuster Morell <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/pdf_libros/La%20riqueza%20de%20las%20redes.p…> (Castella) Yochai Benkler és catedràtic a la Facultat de Dret i codirector del Centre Berkman per Internet i la Societat de la Universitat de Harvard. És autor del llibre - recentment publicat en castellà per Icaria - "La riquesa de les xarxes" referència mundial en els estudis d'Internet i societat. La seva obra analitza les maneres en què les tecnologies de la informació possibiliten formes extensives de col·laboració que poden tenir conseqüències transformatives per a l'economia i la societat El treball de recerca de Benkler es desenvolupa en tres àrees connectades. D'una banda, "producció entre iguals basada en el bé comú" com les iniciatives col·laboratives del programari lliure o Viquipèdia que està convertint-se en el model productiu emergent i de referència. D'altra banda, va introduir el concepte d'espai públic en xarxa, i analitza en quina mesura està transformant els processos de polítiques públiques i la mobilització política. Finalment, és un expert en polítiques d'Internet i en l'arquitectura de poder de les noves tecnologies. A través d'aquestes línies de treball explora la hipòtesi de l'emergència d'un tercer model organitzacional procomu, que vindria a trencar el binomi Estat - mercat, i afavoriria una major centralitat i empoderament de la societat civil com a agent. A partir d'aquestes claus de lectura, Benkler incorporarà elements per entendre el canvi d'època a l'Estat Espanyol. Mayo Fuster Morell és investigadora de l’Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona i del Centre Berkman per Internet i Societat de la Universitat de Harvard. Es experta en la governança de les comunitats basades en la producció col·laborativa entre iguals. Dirigeix la recerca P2Pvalue sobre condicions que afavoreixen la creació de valor a la producció en xarxa. Es membre de la Fundació pel coneixement obert i la Fundació Wikimedia. Joan Subirats Humet és professor de Ciència Política a la UAB i investigador de l’Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Els seus camps de recerca inclouen l’anàlisi de polítiques públiques, la innovació democràtica, la participació pública i el govern local i regional. Ha publicat nombrosos llibres, entre els quals destaquen les Polítiques urbanes espanyoles (2011) i Otra sociedad, ¿otra política? De “no nos representan" a la democracia de lo común. (CASTELLANO) ¿Podemos ganar una economía, política y sociedad procomún? Claves de lectura del momento actual en un contexto de cambio de época en España: Producción procomún, espacio público en red y geopolítica de Internet por Yochai Benkler @CCCB Feb 25 18:30-20:30 (Retransmision en directo y traduccion al castellano en esta web http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php) #Commons #p2pvalue Presenta: Mayo Fuster Morell Modera: Joan Subirats Fila 0: Floren Cabello (Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>), Nuria Alabao (La Hidra<http://lahidra.net/>), Lorena Fuster (Tramod UB: Trajectories of modernity<http://www.ub.edu/tramod/>), Liliana Arroyo (Eticas<http://www.eticasconsulting.com/>), Anna Monjo (ICARIA Editorial<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/>), Josep Lladós Masllorens (Director IN3<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/jlladosm/EN/curriculum/index.html>), Ismael Peña-López (UOC), Rubén Martínez and Marco Berlinguer (IGOPnet.cc<http://www.igopnet.cc>), Samer Hassan (P2Pvalue<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>), Leandro Navarro (CONFINE<http://confine-project.eu/> and Pangea.org<https://pangea.org/>), David Laniado (Dcent), Eduard Aibar (UOC<http://www.uoc.edu/webs/eaibar/EN/curriculum/index.html>), David Gomez (Amical Wikmedia<https://www.wikimedia.cat/>), Javier Creus (Pentagrowth<http://ideasforchange.com/en/>), Ignasi Alcalde (OKFN Spain<http://okfn.es/>), Guillermo Rojo (XES<http://www.xes.cat> - Solidarian Economy Network), Maria Garcia Perulero (Goteo<http://goteo.org>), Juanlu Sanchez (eldiario.es<http://www.eldiario.es/>), Quim Guitart (communia.org<http://communia.org>), Peter Matjasic (Open Society Foundations<http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/>), Leda Guidi (Iperbole<http://www.comune.bologna.it/> - civic network and digital agenda of Bologna City Council), Valentina Bazzarin, Alejandro Perez and Jordi Bonet (Podem Cat), Sir Jaron Rowan (BAU<http://www.demasiadosuperavit.net/?page_id=7>), Francisco Jurado (Democracia 4.0<http://demo4punto0.net/>), Tomas Diez (BCN Fab Lab<http://www.fablabbcn.org/>), Sol Polo (FAD / Design Beats<http://designbeats.net/>), Ignasi Labastida (Creative Commons<http://es.creativecommons.org/blog/>), Arnau Monterde (Tecnopolítica<http://tecnopolitica.net> de l'IN3), among others. Madrid conexion por streaming: Marcos Garcia (Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun (Media Lab Prado), Victor Sampedro (Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/>). Conferencia en ocasión de la publicación en castellano de la obra «La riqueza de las redes» (Titulo de la obra original en angles: «The Wealth of Networks» – publicado por Icaria Editorial). [cid:part31.03090203.08070206@eui.eu] ◾ ¿Cuando? 25 Febrero 2015 De les 18:30 a 20:30 Conferencia, El evento continuara con un networking pica pica en el CCCBar. ◾ ¿Donde? Barcelona: CCCB - Montalegre, 5 - 08001 Barcelona Aula 1 (Capacidad limitada) Después (20:30 en adelante) se celebrara networking pica pica en el CCCBar. Madrid: Habrá una transmisión del evento organizado en el Media Lab Prado <http://medialab-prado.es> (Plaza de las Letras. Calle Alameda, 15. 28014 Madrid). Los participantes en Madrid podrán enviar preguntas para el debate. Online: Desde esta web se retransmitirá el streaming: http://stream.communia.org/benkler-igop.php Debate expandido: Identica/Twitter: #Commons ◾ Organización: Organizado por IGOP.net.cc, P2Pvalue.eu European projec<http://www.p2pvalue.eu>t, CCCB Lab<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/>. Colaboración: Ed. Icaria<http://www.icariaeditorial.com/contenido/noticia_detallada.php?id=424&img=1>, Commons Lab<http://medialab-prado.es/laboratorio_del_procomun>/Laboratorio del Procomun and Máster CCCD<http://cccd.es/> (Media Lab Prado), Traducciones procomun<https://twitter.com/commontrad>, Communia <http://www.communia.org/> Apoyo: Spanish Chapter of the Open Knowledge Foundation<http://okfn.es/>, Open Society Foundation Initiative for Europe <http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/about/offices-foundations/open-societ…> ◾ Recursos del trabajo de Benkler: Benkler's website <http://benkler.org> Revisión del trabajo de Benkler en ocasión de la publicación en castellano de "La Riqueza de las redes" por Mayo Fuster Morell English<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/en/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Castellano<http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/es/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> - Catala <http://blogs.cccb.org/lab/article_la-riquesa-de-les-xarxes/> Índice de "La riqueza de las redes", y introducción de Floren Cabello y Andoni Alonso, y prologo de Mayo Fuster Morell <http://www.icariaeditorial.com/pdf_libros/La%20riqueza%20de%20las%20redes.p…> Yochai Benkler es catedrático en la Facultad de Derecho y codirector del Centro Berkman por Internet y la Sociedad de la Universidad de Harvard. Es autor del libro, recientemente publicado en castellano por Icaria - “ La riqueza de las redes” referencia mundial en los estudios de Internet y sociedad. Su obra analiza los modos en que las teconologías de la información posibilitan formas extensivas de colaboración que pueden tener consecuencias que transformen la economía y la sociedad. El trabajo de investigación de Benkler se desarrolla en tres áreas conectadas. Por un lado, “ producción entre iguales basada en el bien común” tales como las iniciativas colaborativas del programario libre o Wikipedia que está convirtiéndose en el modelo productivo emergente i de referencia. Por otro lado, introdujo el concepto espacio público en red, y analiza de que modo está transformando los procesos de políticas públicas y la movilización política. Finalmente, es un experto en políticas de Internet y en la arquitectura de poder de las nuevas tecnologías. A través de estas líneas de trabajo, explora la hipótesis de la emergencia de un tercer modelo organizacional procomún, que rompería con el binomio Estado-mercado, y favorece una mayor centralidad y empoderamiento de la sociedad civil como agente. A partir de estas claves de lectura, Benkler introducirá elementos para comprender el cambio de época en el Estado español. Mayo Fuster Morell és investigadora de l’Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la UAB y del Centro Berkman por Internet y la Sociedad de la Universidad de Harvard. Es experta en la governanza de las comunidades basadas en la producción colaborativa entre iguales. Dirige la investigación P2P value sobre condiciones que favorecen la creación de valor a la producción en red. Es miembro de la Fundación por el conocimiento abierto y la Fundacion Wikimedia. Joan Subirats Humet es profesor de Ciencia Política en la Universidad Autonoma de Barcelona y investigador del Institut de Govern i Polítiques Públiques de la UAB. Sus areas de investigación incluyen el análisis de las políticas públicas, la innovación democrática, la participación pública y el gobierno local y regional. Ha publicado numerosas obras, entre las cuales destacan la Políticas urbanas españolas (2011) y Otra sociedad ¿otra política? De “no nos representan” a la democracia de lo común. The information transmitted is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination, distribution, forwarding, or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited without the express permission of the sender. If you received this communication in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any computer.

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Re: [Wiki-research-l] a cautious note on gender stats Re: Fwd: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers
by aaron shaw 21 Feb '15

21 Feb '15

Hi all! Thanks, Jeremy & Dariusz for following up. On Mon, Feb 16, 2015 at 5:58 AM, Dariusz Jemielniak <darekj(a)alk.edu.pl> wrote: > As far as I recall, they did a follow-up on this topic, and maybe a > publication coming up? Sadly, no follow ups at the moment. If we want to have a more precise sense of the demographics of participants the biggest need in this space is simply higher quality survey data. My paper with Mako has a lot of detail about why the 2008 editor survey (and all subsequent editor surveys, to my knowledge) has some profound limitations. The identification and estimation of the effects of particular causes and mechanisms that drive the gender gap (and related participation gaps) presents an even tougher challenge for researchers and is an area of active inquiry. all the best, Aaron

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Fwd: Reasons you use the XML dumps or want to, but can't?
by Federico Leva (Nemo) 21 Feb '15

21 Feb '15

FYI -------- Messaggio inoltrato -------- Oggetto: [Xmldatadumps-l] Your comments needed (long term dumps rewrite?) Data: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 12:30:01 +0200 Mittente: Ariel Glenn WMF <ariel(a)wikimedia.org> A: Xmldatadumps-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org The MediaWiki Core team has opened a discussion about getting more involved in and maybe redoing the dumps infrastructure. A good starting point is to understand how folks use the dumps already or want to use them but can't, and some questions about that are listed here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_MediaWiki_Core_Team/Backlog/Improv… I've added some notes but please go weigh in. Don't be shy about what you do/what you need, this is the time to get it all on the table. Ariel

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CFP CICM 2015 - Deadline Extension
by serge.autexier＠dfki.de 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

[Apologies if you have received multiple copies of this announcement] Following a number of requests we have extended the submission deadlines for CICM 2015 as follows: OLD NEW Abstract submission deadline: Mon, 16 Feb Wed, 25 Feb Submission deadline: Mon, 23 Feb Mon, 2 Mar Kind regards, Manfred Kerber -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Call for Papers Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics CICM 2015 13-17 July 2015 Washington DC, USA Digital and computational solutions are becoming the prevalent means for the generation, communication, processing, storage and curation of mathematical information. Separate communities have developed to investigate and build computer based systems for computer algebra, automated deduction, and mathematical publishing as well as novel user interfaces. While all of these systems excel in their own right, their integration can lead to synergies offering significant added value. The Conference on Intelligent Computer Mathematics (CICM) offers a venue for discussing and developing solutions to the great challenges posed by the integration of these diverse areas. CICM has been held annually as a joint meeting since 2008, co-locating related conferences and workshops to advance work in these subjects. Previous meetings have been held in Birmingham (UK 2008), Grand Bend (Canada 2009), Paris (France 2010), Bertinoro (Italy 2011), Bremen (Germany 2012), Bath (UK 2013), and Coimbra (Portugal 2014). This is a (short version of the) call for papers for CICM 2015, which will be held in Washington, D.C., 13-17 July 2015. The full version of the CFP is available from the conference web page at http://cicm-conference.org/2015/cicm.php ********************************************************************** The principal tracks of the conference will be: ********************************************************************** * Calculemus (Symbolic Computation and Mechanised Reasoning) Chair: Jacques Carette * DML (Digital Mathematical Libraries) Chair: Volker Sorge * MKM (Mathematical Knowledge Management) Chair: Cezary Kaliszyk * Systems and Data Chair: Florian Rabe Publicity chair is Serge Autexier. The local arrangements will be coordinated by the Local Arrangements Chairs, Bruce R. Miller (National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA) and Abdou Youssef (The George Washington University, Washington, D.C.), and the overall programme will be organized by the General Programme Chair, Manfred Kerber (U. Birmingham, UK). As in previous years, it is anticipated that there will be a number co-located workshops, including one to mentor doctoral students giving presentations. We also solicit for project descriptions and work-in-progress papers. ********************************************************************** Important Dates ********************************************************************** Conference submissions: Abstract submission deadline: 25 February 2015 Submission deadline: 2 March 2015 Reviews sent to authors: 6 April 2015 Rebuttals due: 9 April 2015 Notification of acceptance: 13 April 2015 Camera ready copies due: 27 April 2015 Conference: 13-17 July 2015 Work-in-progress and Doctoral Programme submissions: Submission deadline: (Doctoral: Abstract+CV) 4 May 2015 Notification of acceptance: 25 May 2015 Camera ready copies due: 1 June 2015 More detailed information, e.g. on submission via EasyChair, can be found on http://cicm-conference.org/2015/cicm.php

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Fwd: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers
by Jane Darnell 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

Forwarding here in case anyone has information that could benefit Yana ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Jane Darnell <jane023(a)gmail.com> Date: Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 9:44 AM Subject: Re: [Gendergap] Wikipedia readers To: "Addressing gender equity and exploring ways to increase the participation of women within Wikimedia projects." < gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org> In 2013 the Dutch Wikimedia chapter hired an external party to conduct a survey and the results (translated to English) are here: https://nl.wikimedia.org/wiki/Bestand:Motivaction_report_translation_v02.pdf The study was split into two parts; one on the contributors and one on the "users", aka readers. Users were 50/50 male female (page 51), contributors were 88% male, 6% female, and 6% would not say (page 26) On Sat, Feb 14, 2015 at 8:11 AM, Yana Welinder <yana(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > What are some good studies of the gender of Wikipedia readers? > > Thanks, > Yana > > > _______________________________________________ > Gendergap mailing list > Gendergap(a)lists.wikimedia.org > To manage your subscription preferences, including unsubscribing, please > visit: > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/gendergap >

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February 2015 Research Showcase: Global South survey results; data imports in OpenStreetMap
by Dario Taraborelli 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

I am thrilled to announce our speaker lineup for this month’s research showcase <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data/Showcase#Februar…>. Our own Haitham Shammaa will present results from the Global South survey. We also invited Stamen’s Alan McConchie, an OpenStreetMap expert, to talk about the challenges the OSM community is facing with external data imports. The showcase will be recorded and publicly streamed at 11.30 PT on Wednesday, February 18 (livestream link will follow). We’ll hold a discussion and take questions from remote participants via the Wikimedia Research IRC channel (#wikimedia-research <http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=wikimedia-research> on freenode). Looking forward to seeing you there. Dario Global South User Survey 2014 By Haitham Shammaa <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:HaithamS_(WMF)> Users' trends in the Global South have significantly changed over the past two years, and given the increase in interest in Global South communities and their activities, we wanted this survey to focus on understanding the statistics and needs of our users (both readers, and editors) in the regions listed in the WMF's New Global South Strategy <https://m.mediawiki.org/wiki/File:WMF%27s_New_Global_South_Strategy.pdf>. This survey aims to provide a better understanding of the specific needs of local user communities in the Global South, as well as provide data that supports product and program development decision making process. Ingesting Open Geodata: Observations from OpenStreetMap By Alan McConchie <http://stamen.com/studio/alan> As Wikidata grapples with the challenges of ingesting external data sources such as Freebase, what lessons can we learn from other open knowledge projects that have had similar experiences? OpenStreetMap, often called "The Wikipedia of Maps", is a crowdsourced geospatial data project covering the entire world. Since the earliest years of the project, OSM has combined user contributions with existing data imported from external sources. Within the OSM community, these imports have been controversial; some core OSM contributors complain that imported data is lower quality than user-contributed data, or that it discourages the growth of local mapping communities. In this talk, I'll review the history of data imports in OSM, and describe how OSM's best-practices have evolved over time in response to these critiques.

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FLOSS4P2P: distributed FLOSS for communities (London, March)
by Samer 19 Feb '15

19 Feb '15

*FLOSS4P2P: Call for Participation* A 2-day London workshop in March, gathering *FLOSS projects* that are building software for *peer production and organization*, with a focus on *distributed* platforms. *Scholarships* to attend are offered to grassroots communities. ** Context ** We know that the Internet was originally decentralized, with protocols and services built by hackers. However, with the arrival of the celebrated Web 2.0, centralization and corporations proprietary platforms seem to have taken over. Moreover, this centralized structure is used by governments to increase surveillance (following Snowden’s revelations), to blackout internet whenever it is needed (e.g. Egypt, Syria, or San Francisco’s BART) or to choke annoying activist organizations (such as Wikileaks). On the other hand, in the last few years we have seen the emergence of Internet-enabled collaborative communities building shared libre/open resources. Commons-based Peer to Peer Production (CBPP) is rapidly growing: not just for software and encyclopedias, but also for information (OpenStreetMap, Wikihow), hardware (FabLabs, Open Source Ecology), accommodation (Couchsurfing) and currency (Bitcoin, Altcoins). In the last few years, it has become clear to many that it is not enough to develop free/libre/open source (FLOSS) alternatives, but we also need to re-decentralize the Internet. Many initiatives are being undertaken under this premise (e.g. Ethereum, Diaspora, OwnCloud, MediaGoblin, Sandstorm). These new software tools may also be useful to boost CBPP communities further. In this workshop, we will gather those working around the decentralized FLOSS that could help CBPP/P2P communities. Hackers, academics, activists and interested stakeholders are welcome. **When** March 16-17th 2015 **Where** Fab Lab London http://fablablondon.org **Call for Proposals** We welcome proposals for: - Lightning talks (2m-5m): summarise your idea & receive feedback - Show & Tell presentations (20m): explain your project/tech/research - Tutorials on software tools (1h) Please email: lu.yang(a)surrey.ac.uk with your idea/proposals. The workshop will have both presentations and unconference-style participatory dynamics for finding points of collaboration and extraction of conclusions. ** Topics ** - Focus on FLOSS software with some of the following features: - Social: communication - e.g. social-networking, microblogging, reworked email - Social: collaboration - e.g. wikis, pads, wave, shared file hosting, multimedia repositories - Alternative to proprietary choices - Federated / Distributed / Interoperable - Open Standards - Secure / Encrypted - Encouraging Peer Production communities - Encouraging the construction/maintenance of Commons - Potential cases for discussion: - Diaspora (federated social network) - Wave (federated real-time collaboration) - Lorea (federated social network) - DarkWallet (distributed wallet & social network) - Ethereum (P2P infrastructure) - MaidSafe (P2P infrastructure) - Sandstorm.io (facilitates federated sw) - Mailpile (encripted email) - MediaGoblin (federated multimedia repository) - OwnCloud (file hosting) - … (your case) **Scholarships** There are a few scholarships for potential participants who wish to attend the event. The scholarship will cover participant’s travel and subsistence cost, up to €400. If you are interested in applying for the scholarship, please email: lu.yang(a)surrey.ac.uk before 28 February 2015, with a paragraph stating why you think your FLOSS is relevant, plus a short bio. Priority will be given to those with low resources, innovative FLOSS within the topics of the call, and being a grassroot community. ** More ** More info will be posted online in: http://p2pvalue.eu/2nd-floss4p2p-workshop Email queries to: lu.yang(a)surrey.ac.uk

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