Hi Dave,
Thanks for this --
I was about to tweet about it ("wikiFeed finds the most relevant Wikipedia articles to edit based on an editor's preferred news sources' Twitter or RSS feeds" might be a good summary).
But your website doesn't give any information that would be understandable to somebody just coming in with a link. Any chance of adding something to the login page to make it clear what it does?
Maybe: "wikiFeed (our tool) invites editors to put in their preferred news sources' Twitter or RSS feeds - from politics to pop culture, or whatever - and finds the most relevant Wikipedia articles to edit based on that content."
Even if you can't add it to the login page, maybe adding it to the register page could work?
-Jodi
On Mon, Jul 30, 2012 at 8:12 PM, Dave Musicant dmusican@carleton.edu wrote:
Hi folks -
Our research team at Carleton College has just launched a new tool that recommends Wikipedia articles to edit based on news that you're interested in. Most news sites have Twitter or RSS feeds that update as new articles are published. wikiFeed (our tool) invites editors to put in their preferred news sources' Twitter or RSS feeds - from politics to pop culture, or whatever - and finds the most relevant Wikipedia articles to edit based on that content.
We're trying to conduct a study on the how well wikiFeed works, and would love it if you or students of yours could sign up, try it, and continue using it if they find it useful. Can you pass the word along, and/or try it yourself if you're interested?
Here's our website:
http://wikistudy.mathcs.carleton.edu
Thanks for your help!
-- Dave
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