Hey folks,
I just added details for meetups in Piladelphia, PA[1] and London, UK[2]
and I confirmed that we'll have a presentation by Abbey Ripstra about user
experience research at the Wikimedia Foundation.
1.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_201…
2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_201…
-Aaron
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 6:36 PM, Aaron Halfaker <aaron.halfaker(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
*TL;DR:* Come do wiki research with us! Newbie,
seasoned vet or
Wikipedian -- all are welcome. *August. 6th & 7th.* Overlaps with the
Wikimania'14
Hackathon <http://wikimania2014.wikimedia.org/wiki/Hackathon>. Global
event that includes virtual and local meetup groups in major cities. [ sign
up
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_2014/Meetups>
]
Wikis work in practice, but not in Theory. Let's change that.
*The Wiki Research Hackathon* is an opportunity for anyone interested in
research on wikis, Wikipedia, and other open collaborations to meet, share
ideas, and work together. It's being organized by researchers in academia
and the Wikimedia Foundation, but we want anyone interested in research to
participate. Whether or not you consider yourself a researcher, or would
ever want to be one, come with questions, answers, data, code, crazy
ideas... or just your insatiable curiosity.
We will meet both virtually via google hangout and locally for those who
are able to attend local meetup groups. You can take part through a
persistent google hangout and IRC channel (#wikimedia-research
<http://webchat.freenode.net/?channels=#wikimedia-research>) throughout
the day, even if there is no local meetup in your neck of the world.
Who can participate?
Everyone who is interested is welcome to participate. You don't have to be
a researcher or a programmer to get involved. We need your ideas, your
questions, and your insights into how wikis work, where wiki-work breaks
down and how things can be helped. Just find a meetup group
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_2014/Meetups>
(local
or virtual) that works for you and add your name to the list of attendees.
*[ sign up
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_2014/Meetups>
]*
How will we meet?
In order to be inclusive as possible, we'll be organizing both local and
virtual meetups. Local meetups are organized by Wikipedians all over the
world. Anyone is welcome to become a local host
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Local_host>. We currently
have local meetups confirmed for London UK & San Francisco, CA.
Hosts will be responsible for determining how they'll organize their own
events and how they'll synchronize with others. It's generally recommended
that hosts organize their events around the global synchronization
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_2014#Global_synchronization>
periods
described below, but that may be impractical in certain circumstances.
Check with your host about how he/she plans to hand synchronization.
When will it happen?
It turns out that "*When will it happen?*" is a complicated question.
Since this hackathon is a global event, participants will be joining all
over the world, and due to the way that global time (and thus timezones)
works, many of us will be awake while others are sleeping.
In order to deal with pain due to timezones, local and virtual meetups
will be synchronized in sync groups based on similar timezones within the
Americas, Europe/Africa and Asia/Oceania. These groups share at least an
hour of overlap with nearby group(s). Meetup hosts can take advantage of
these overlapping periods to share ideas and results with neighboring sync
groups. If you are participating virtually, you are welcome to join
whichever local meetup(s) and synchronization groups fit your
location/schedule best.
*[ time table
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_2014/Timetable_(Actual)>
]*
What will we do?
The Wiki Research Hackathon is an opportunity for anyone interested in
research on wikis, Wikipedia, and open collaboration to meet, share ideas,
and work together. It is targeted at Wikimedians, students, researchers,
coders and anyone interested in crunching and visualizing data, designing
new tools, and producing new knowledge about Wikimedia projects and their
communities.
The goal of this event is to:
- share knowledge about *research tools and datasets* (and how to use
them)
- ask burning *research questions* (and learn how to answer them)
- get involved in *ongoing research projects* (or start new ones)
- design new data-driven *apps and tools* (or hack existing ones)
Why are we doing this?
The scholarly research community studying Wikimedia projects, the
Wikimedia Foundation, and the Wikimedia community all have a shared
interest in answering research questions about Wikimedia projects using
public datasets, developing new tools and sharing their work with others.
Let's get together and support each other's work!
-Aaron
[[en:User:EpochFail <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EpochFail>]]