[events] Wiki Workshop 2023 Call for Papers - Wiki-research-l

20 Feb 2023

Hi everyone,

The call for papers for the 10th Wiki Workshop in 2023 is out:
https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/#call  Submit your 2-page abstracts by March
23 (all submissions are non-archival). The workshop will take place on May
11, 2023. For more information, see the workshop website [1].

If you have questions about the workshop, please let us know on this list
or at wikiworkshop(a)googlegroups.com.

Looking forward to seeing many of you in this year's edition.

Best,

Pablo Aragón, Wikimedia Foundation

Martin Gerlach, Wikimedia Foundation

Evelin Heidel, Wikimedistas de Uruguay

Emily Lescak, Wikimedia Foundation

Francesca Tripodi, University of North Carolina

Bob West, EPFL

Leila Zia, Wikimedia Foundation

[1] https://wikiworkshop.org/2023/

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We invite contributions to the 10th edition (!) of Wiki Workshop, which
will take place virtually on May 11, 2023 (tentatively 12:00-19:00 UTC).
Wiki Workshop is the largest Wikimedia research event of the year, aimed at
bringing together researchers who study all aspects of Wikimedia projects
(including, but not limited to, Wikipedia, Wikidata, Wikimedia Commons,
Wikisource, and Wiktionary) as well as Wikimedia developers, affiliate
organizations, and volunteer editors. Co-organized by the Wikimedia
Foundation’s Research team and members of the Wikimedia research community,
the workshop facilitates a direct pathway for exchanging ideas between the
organizations that serve Wikimedia projects and the researchers actively
studying them. New this year: Building on the successful experiences of
organizing Wiki Workshop in 2015 <https://wikiworkshop.org/2015/>, 2016
<https://wikiworkshop.org/2016/>, 2017 <https://wikiworkshop.org/2017/>,
2018 <https://wikiworkshop.org/2018/>, 2019 <https://wikiworkshop.org/2019/>
, 2020 <https://wikiworkshop.org/2020/>, 2021
<https://wikiworkshop.org/2021/>, and 2022 <https://wikiworkshop.org/2022/>
and based on feedback from authors and participants over the years, we are
introducing a few updates to the research track of the workshop for 2023:

   -

   This 10th edition will take place as a standalone event (rather than in
   co-location with a conference, as in previous years).
   -

   We have changed the format of submissions and will only accept 2-page
   extended abstracts (following the successful IC2S2 model).
   -

   Submissions are non-archival, so we welcome ongoing, completed, and
   already published work.
   -

   We are excited to share that the authors of Wiki Workshop 2023 will have
   the opportunity to receive feedback, improve their work, and submit the
   extended version of their research paper to a special issue of the ACM
   Transactions on the Web, which will have a dedicated open call for papers
   later in 2023.

Topics include, but are not limited to:

   -

   new technologies and initiatives to grow content, quality, equity,
   diversity, and participation across Wikimedia projects
   -

   use of bots, algorithms, and crowdsourcing strategies to curate, source,
   or verify content and structured data
   -

   bias in content and gaps of knowledge on Wikimedia projects
   -

   relation between Wikimedia projects and the broader (open) knowledge
   ecosystem
   -

   exploration of what constitutes a source and how/if the incorporation of
   other kinds of sources are possible (e.g., oral histories, video)
   -

   detection of low-quality, promotional, or fake content (misinformation
   or disinformation), as well as fake accounts (e.g., sock puppets)
   -

   questions related to community health (e.g., sentiment analysis,
   harassment detection, tools that could increase harmony)
   -

   motivations, engagement models, incentives, and needs of editors,
   readers, and/or developers of Wikimedia projects
   -

   innovative uses of Wikipedia and other Wikimedia projects for AI and NLP
   applications and vice versa
   -

   consensus-finding and conflict resolution on editorial issues
   -

   dynamics of content reuse across projects and the impact of policies and
   community norms on reuse privacy, security, and trust
   -

   collaborative content creation
   -

   innovative uses of Wikimedia projects' content and consumption patterns
   as sensors for real-world events, culture, etc.
   -

   open-source research code, datasets, and tools to support research on
   Wikimedia contents and communities
   -

   connections between Wikimedia projects and the Semantic Web
   -

   strategies for how to incorporate Wikimedia projects into media literacy
   interventions

This year’s Wiki Workshop solicits extended abstracts (PDF format, maximum
2 pages, including references). Submissions that exceed the 2-page limit
will be automatically rejected. Authors may include 1 additional page with
figures and/or tables (including captions) only. Initial submissions
require names and affiliations of authors, 5 keywords, a title, abstract,
and a main text outlining the contribution, methods, findings, and impact
of the work, whichever is relevant. Submissions will be non-archival and as
a result may have already been published, under review, or ongoing
research. All submissions will be reviewed by multiple members of the Wiki
Workshop Program Committee. The names of the authors will be revealed to
the reviewers, whereas reviewers will remain anonymous to authors. Authors
of accepted abstracts will be invited to present their research in a
pre-recorded oral presentation with dedicated time for live Q&A on May 11,
2023. Accepted abstracts may be shared on the website prior to the event.
The template for formatting the submission as well as the submission link
to easychair will be made available by February 23.

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Martin Gerlach (he/him) | Senior Research Scientist | Wikimedia Foundation