Dear all,
I'm doing some research on the use of image and video in Wikipedia and
would like to know if there is any way to track # of video views in
Wikipedia articles ?
Image view per page I use the GLAM tools, but for video, I'm not sure if
there is a tool or general Wikipedia stat on # of videos currently used in
all languages, # of Wikipedia articles containing video and # of views to
this pages.
I understand use of video online is exploiting, and wondered if the wiki
had stats on this as well.
your feedback will be most appreciated !
thanks much in advance
Trilce
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Craig,
That was what I was thinking. After the election, when there is little
reason to have a article in that shape, would be a good time to
extensively review it.
Fred
On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 12:59:09 -0400
Craig Newmark <craig.newmark(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>Fred, thanks!
>
> Worth reviewing, after people have recovered from the election. How
> about...reminding me two weeks from today. I might've recovered by
>then,
> seriously...
>
> Thanks!
>
> Craig Newmark
>
> founder, craigslist
>
> On Nov 2, 2016 12:44 PM, "FRED BAUDER" <fredbaud(a)fairpoint.net>
>wrote:
>
>> Craig,
>>
>> I don't expect you to do anything about it, but Hillary Clinton
>> presidential campaign, 2016 has been so much an object of political
>>editing
>> by Clinton supporters that it looks more like an ad for Hillary than
>>a
>> Wikipedia article.
>>
>> Fred Bauder
>>
>> On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:43:32 -0400
>> Craig Newmark <craig.newmark(a)craigconnects.org> wrote:
>>
>>> Wikipedia is where facts go to live.
>>>
>>>
>>> It helps that folks on US Capitol Hill are receptive to quiet
>>>suggestions
>>> that Wikipedia avoid becoming a partisan battleground.
>>>
>>> Craig Newmark
>>>
>>> founder, craigslist
>>>
>>> On Nov 1, 2016 7:35 PM, "Olatunde Isaac" <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>> Hoi,
>>>>
>>>> Pine, thanks for sharing this article. I found the entire article
>>>>very
>>>> interesting. I am glad that Wikipedia is not seen as a vehicle for
>>>> political campaign. Sometimes, people create account on Wikipedia
>>>>with
>>>> the
>>>> aim to use the encyclopedia for political campaign and a good number
>>>>of
>>>> them end up getting blocked either for POV pushing or other
>>>>disruptive
>>>> editing/behavior.
>>>>
>>>> BTW....I have a few question. Is it a good idea to protect a page
>>>>from
>>>> creation if there are indications that the overall intention of the
>>>> creator
>>>> is to use Wikipedia as a platform for political campaign? If yes,
>>>>how is
>>>> such protection necessary if the page is neutrally written?
>>>>
>>>> There was an incident that happened sometimes last year when an
>>>>article
>>>> on
>>>> "Akinwunmi Ambode" was protected from creation and unprotected
>>>>after his
>>>> election.
>>>>
>>>> Is this really a good idea?
>>>>
>>>> Best,
>>>>
>>>> Isaac
>>>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.
>>>>
>>>> -----Original Message-----
>>>> From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
>>>> Sender: "Wikimedia-l" <wikimedia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date:
>>>> Wed,
>>>> 26 Oct 2016 20:31:59
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>>>>Wikimedia
>>>> Education<education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; Wiki
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>>>>and
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>>>>
>>>> Hello colleagues,
>>>>
>>>> Some of you might be interested in this news article:
>>>> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/
>>>> can-wikipedia-save-the-internet-a7380786.html
>>>>
>>>> When we know that we have countless shortcomings in Wikimedia, I
>>>>found it
>>>> refreshing to hear that some aspects of our content and community
>>>>are
>>>> performing well and, on the whole, are serving the public interest.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>>
>>>> Pine
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Craig,
I don't expect you to do anything about it, but Hillary Clinton
presidential campaign, 2016 has been so much an object of political
editing by Clinton supporters that it looks more like an ad for
Hillary than a Wikipedia article.
Fred Bauder
On Wed, 2 Nov 2016 11:43:32 -0400
Craig Newmark <craig.newmark(a)craigconnects.org> wrote:
> Wikipedia is where facts go to live.
>
>
> It helps that folks on US Capitol Hill are receptive to quiet
>suggestions
> that Wikipedia avoid becoming a partisan battleground.
>
> Craig Newmark
>
> founder, craigslist
>
> On Nov 1, 2016 7:35 PM, "Olatunde Isaac" <reachout2isaac(a)gmail.com>
>wrote:
>
>> Hoi,
>>
>> Pine, thanks for sharing this article. I found the entire article
>>very
>> interesting. I am glad that Wikipedia is not seen as a vehicle for
>> political campaign. Sometimes, people create account on Wikipedia
>>with the
>> aim to use the encyclopedia for political campaign and a good number
>>of
>> them end up getting blocked either for POV pushing or other
>>disruptive
>> editing/behavior.
>>
>> BTW....I have a few question. Is it a good idea to protect a page
>>from
>> creation if there are indications that the overall intention of the
>>creator
>> is to use Wikipedia as a platform for political campaign? If yes,
>>how is
>> such protection necessary if the page is neutrally written?
>>
>> There was an incident that happened sometimes last year when an
>>article on
>> "Akinwunmi Ambode" was protected from creation and unprotected
>>after his
>> election.
>>
>> Is this really a good idea?
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Isaac
>> Sent from my BlackBerry® wireless handheld from Glo Mobile.
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Pine W <wiki.pine(a)gmail.com>
>> Sender: "Wikimedia-l" <wikimedia-l-bounces(a)lists.wikimedia.org>Date:
>>Wed,
>> 26 Oct 2016 20:31:59
>> To: Wikimedia Mailing List<Wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>;
>>Wikimedia
>> Education<education(a)lists.wikimedia.org>; Wiki
>>Research-l<wiki-research-l@
>> lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Reply-To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
>> Subject: [Wikimedia-l] "Can Wikipedia save the internet?": Wikipedia
>>and
>> political neutrality
>>
>> Hello colleagues,
>>
>> Some of you might be interested in this news article:
>> http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/
>> can-wikipedia-save-the-internet-a7380786.html
>>
>> When we know that we have countless shortcomings in Wikimedia, I
>>found it
>> refreshing to hear that some aspects of our content and community
>>are
>> performing well and, on the whole, are serving the public interest.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> Pine
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Hello colleagues,
Some of you might be interested in this news article:
http://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/gadgets-and-tech/can-wikipedia-save…
When we know that we have countless shortcomings in Wikimedia, I found it
refreshing to hear that some aspects of our content and community are
performing well and, on the whole, are serving the public interest.
Regards,
Pine
Hello -
My name is Eddie Avila and I’m with the organization Global Voices. I’ve been lurking for the past couple of months getting a feel of different experiences in research around Wikimedia-related topics.
We were recently awarded a Project Grant from the Wikimedia Foundation to conduct a research project examining the current state of active and incubator Wikipedias in indigenous languages of Latin America with a special focus on identifying ongoing challenges for native-speaking editors and the demand for this content in their communities.
I believe some members of this list provided some feedback on the proposal, which was greatly appreciated. The project is still a work in progress and the final, refined proposal will be added to the original proposal. We are looking forward to adding the Lead Researcher to the team to help us better define the parameters and design the methodology.
Anyway, we recently published a call for applications (it is in Spanish because of the language requirement associated with the position), but if you or someone you might know would be interested in applying, please send them this link. Deadline is next Friday, Nov. 4.
Global Voices Busca Investigador/a Principal Para Estudio Sobre Wikipedia en Lenguas Indígenas <http://bit.ly/wikilenguas>
Looking forward to providing updates along the way.
Thanks,
Eddie
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Global Voices
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Hey folks,
I wanted to reach out to you to invite you to attend the Wikimedia
Developer Summit[1]. It's an annual meeting to push the evolution of
MediaWiki and other technologies supporting the Wikimedia movement. The
next edition will be held in San Francisco on January 9-11, 2017.
Registration is free. Travel scholarships can be applied for through
Monday, Oct 24th.
I'm specifically reaching out to this list because there has been a lot of
Wiki Research interested in *algorithms and the governing roles they play
in open communities like Wikipedia*. I'll be facilitating a core topic on
Algorithms at the dev summit. So far, I've proposed a few different
sessions that I think researchers will be particularly interested in.
- Building an AI wishlist for Wikimedia Projects[2]
- Algorithmic dangers and transparency -- Best practices[3]
- Where to surface AI in Wikimedia Projects[4]
If your participation and/or independent session proposals are welcome!
Important deadlines:
- Monday, October 24: This is the last day to request travel
sponsorship. Applying takes less than five minutes.
- Monday, October 31: This is the last day to propose an activity. Bring
the topics you care about!
On-wiki discussion here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki
/Topic:Td5wfd70vptn8eu4
Please feel free to forward this email to anyone who might be interested in
attending!
1. https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Developer_Summit
2. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147710
3. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T147929
4. https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/T148690
-Aaron, the Half Acre Science Maker
Hi everybody,
due to a severe kernel vulnerability (https://access.redhat.com/
security/vulnerabilities/2706661) I need to reboot the stat1002, stat1003
and stat1004 hosts to install the new kernel. The reboots are scheduled for
9 AM CEST tomorrow (Oct 21st), please follow up with me or anybody in the
Analytics team if you have ongoing work that can't be stopped.
The Analytics Hadoop and Kafka clusters will be rebooted too during the
next hours. Event if this maintenance shouldn't cause any major issue, you
might experience some service degradation. More up to date information on
IRC in the analytics and operations channels.
Thanks and apologies in advance for the trouble!
Luca
Hi Everyone,
The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, October
19, 2016 at 11:30 AM (PST) 18:30 (UTC).
Link for remote presenters to join the Hangout on Air:
As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. And,
you can watch our past research showcases here
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase#October_2016>.
YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cBImUZ_si5s
This month's showcase includes.
Human centered design for using and editing structured data in Wikipedia
infoboxesBy *Charlie Kritschmar
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Charlie_Kritschmar_(WMDE)> UX
Intern, Wikimedia Deutschland
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Deutschland>*Wikidata is a
Wikimedia project which stores structured data to be used by other
Wikimedia projects like Wikipedia. Currently, integrating its data in
Wikipedia is difficult for users, since there’s no predefined way to do so
and requires some technical knowledge. To tackle these issues,
human-centered design methods were applied to find needs from which
solutions were generated and evaluated with the help of the community. The
concept may serve as a basis which may be implemented into various Wiki
projects in the future to make editing Wikidata from within another
Wikimedia project more user-friendly and improve the project’s acceptance
in the community.
Emergent Work in WikipediaBy *Ofer Arazy
<http://oferarazy.com/> (University of Haifa)*Online production communities
present an exciting opportunity for investigating novel organizational
forms. Extant theoretical accounts of knowledge co-production point to
organizational policies, norms, and communication as key mechanisms
enabling the coordination of work. Yet, in practice participants in
initiatives such as Wikipedia are often occasional contributors who are
unaware of community policies and do not communicate with other members.
How then is work coordinated and how does the organization maintain
stability in the face of dynamics in individuals’ task enactment? In this
study we develop a conceptualization of emergent roles - the prototypical
activity patterns that organically emerge from individuals’ spontaneous
actions – and investigate the temporal dynamics of emergent role behaviors.
Conducing a multi-level large-scale empirical study stretching over a
decade, we tracked co-production of a thousand Wikipedia articles, logging
two hundred thousand distinct participants and seven hundred thousand
co-production activities. Using a combination of manual tagging and machine
learning, we annotated each activity type, and then clustered participants’
activity profiles to arrive at seven prototypical emergent roles. Our
analysis shows that participants’ behavior is turbulent, with substantial
flow in and out of co-production work and across roles. Our findings at the
organizational level, however, show that work is organized around a highly
stable set of emergent roles, despite the absence of traditional
stabilizing mechanisms such as pre-defined work procedures or role
expectations. We conceptualize this dualism in emergent work as “Turbulent
Stability”. Further analyses suggest that co-production is
artifact-centric, where contributors mutually adjust according to the
artifact’s changing needs. Our study advances the theoretical
understandings of self-organizing knowledge co-production and particularly
the nature of emergent roles.
Hope to see you there!
Sarah R. Rodlund
Senior Project Coordinator-Engineering, Wikimedia Foundation
srodlund(a)wikimedia.org