Hi Wiki Research List!
Are you interested to make discoveries that could help your Wiki project
thrive? Let's talk! Or join us for a one-day research summit after
Wikimania on August 19. Funding is available.
CivilServant <http://civilservant.io/> is a research nonprofit that works
collaboratively with Wikipedians to test tools and practices designed to
reach the goals those communities care about most. We currently are looking
to add partnerships that start in 2020.
If you are an experienced Wikipedian who has helped lead initiatives in
your language community - or other Wiki project - and you want to help
learn how to make your community stronger, we would love to hear from you.
Are you curious about what tools are effective in reaching your Wikipedia's
goals? Is your community thinking about using a new or existing tool or
practice? We can work with your community to design and run A/B tests to
discover which practices are effective. Along the way, we also hope to
contribute to science!
If you are interested to speak with us, please introduce yourself here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2BwuVH34pw244D4ZoEE6MS06ZRj7XWDxpPgS-fFLmybpKSA/viewform?usp=sf_link>.
We also invite you to participate in a one day Research Summit which will
be held in Stockholm on August 19th
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CivilServant%27s_Wikimedia_studies/Summit_Stockholm_2019>,
the day after Wikimania. We hope to welcome any Wikipedian who is
interested in learning about CivilServant and how to design A/B tests
(given space limitations) .
Funding: We have 10 full scholarships to pay for attendance at the Research
Summit and Wikimania (including airfare & accommodations) as well as 15
partial scholarships to cover the costs of staying in Stockholm two
additional nights to attend the summit. We invite you to apply for either
scholarship here
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd2BwuVH34pw244D4ZoEE6MS06ZRj7XWDxpPgS-fFLmybpKSA/viewform?usp=sf_link>
.
We look forward to hearing from you. If you have questions about
CivilServant's work, please visit our Meta page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/CivilServant%27s_Wikimedia_studies> or our
website <https://civilservant.io/> where you can read about some of our
previous
<https://civilservant.io/moderation_experiment_r_science_rule_posting.html>
studies
<https://civilservant.io/do_downvotes_cause_bad_behavior_jan_2018.html>
with Reddit communities. - or feel free to reach out directly to
CivilServant's research manager, Juliakamin(cs)
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Juliakamin(cs)>.
Finally, if you know other Wikipedians who may be interested to talk with
us, please feel free to forward this email to them.
Thanks!
--
J. Nathan Matias <http://natematias.com/> : Princeton University :
CivilServant <http://civilservant.io> : MIT Media Lab : Cornell University
Fall 2019
<https://medium.com/@natematias/im-joining-the-cornell-university-department-of-communication-a4afcc675836>
: @natematias <http://twitter.com/natematias> : blog
<https://natematias.com/external-posts/>