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Current project ideas ...
At a glance:
1. Public query interface for Labs
2. Screening WikiProject Medicine articles for quality changes
3. First edits for male and female newcomers
4. Editor profiles and interactions5. WikiCredit: Measuring value added to Wikipedia
With more info:
The MySQL databases available on labs have a sanitized, up to date copy of all the Wiki's databases. This is incredibly useful for researchers. The goal of this project is to make an easy to use, web-based querying interface for researchers to run queries against Labs databases.
2. Screening WikiProject Medicine articles for quality changes (https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/Screening_WikiProject_Medicine_articles_for_quality)
Recent work in article quality assessment detection can enable us to automatically identify which articles are most due to be re-assessed. Let's apply this method to WikiProject Medicine's stubs.
3. First edits for male and female newcomers (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/First_edits_for_male_and_female_newcomers)
Past work suggests female editors are more likely to be reverted. In this study, we would explore the characteristics of articles that men and women first edit to see if it yields any insight into the observed higher rate of reversion of early edits of women.
4. Editor profiles and interactions
>From doing an analysis of user edit histories, we should be able to identify “profiles”. Once profiles have been identified it would be interesting to look at what happens when users of different profiles interact, particularly when those interactions lead to one (or both) commencing a “wiki break” soon after.
5. WikiCredit: Measuring value added to Wikipedia (
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/WikiCredit:_Measuring_value_added_to_Wikipedia)
Let's build a system that will measure and present value-added to Wikipedia. Let's also consider the implications and design a system that negotiates trade-offs well.