I really like the idea of some kind of annual award.
If someone puts it together before Wikimania, I can put it into the
closing ceremony?
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> On 2 July 2014 10:15, Aaron Halfaker <aaron.halfaker(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>> Given that it seems we agree with
Poitr's desire for research about
>> Wikipedia to lead to useful tools an insights that can be directly applied
>> to making Wikipedia and other wikis better, what might be a more effective
>> strategy for encouraging researchers to engage with us or at least release
>> their work in forms that we can more easily work with?
>
>> Here's a couple of
half-baked ideas:
>
>> - *Wiki research impact
task force* -- contacts authors to
>> encourage them to release code/datasets/etc. and praise them publicly when
>> they do -- could be part of the work of newsletter reviewers. There are
>> many researchers on this list who work directly with Wikimedians to make
>> sure that their research has direct impact and their awesomeness is worth
>> our appreciation and public recognition.
>> - *Yearly research award* -- for the most directly impactful
>> research projects/researchers similar to
>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_France_Research_Award.
>> One of the focuses of the judging could be the direct impact that the work
>> has had.
>
>> -Aaron
>
>
>> On Wed, Jul 2, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Heather Ford
<hfordsa(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>
>>> Apologies. You're
right, Han-Teng. The reviewer looks to be Piotr
>>> Konieczny who I think is on this mailing list?
>>
>>> Heather Ford
>>> Oxford Internet Institute <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk> Doctoral
>>> Programme
>>> EthnographyMatters <http://ethnographymatters.net> | Oxford Digital
>>> Ethnography Group <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=115
>>>
http://hblog.org | @hfordsa
<http://www.twitter.com/hfordsa
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>> On 2 July 2014
12:58, h <hanteng(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>>> Heather, I am not
sure who contribute that. Probably not Nemo. If
>>>> this issue of newsletter is correctly attributed, the contributors
>>>> include: Taha Yasseri, Maximilian Klein, Piotr Konieczny, Kim Osman, and
>>>> Tilman Bayer. My suggestion is only a personal one, and I am not sure if
it
>>>> is against policies to make a few edits once the newsletter is out.
>>>
>>>> Thanks again
to the contributors of the newsletter, my life is a bit
>>>> easier and more interesting because of your work.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>> 2014-07-02 15:35 GMT+07:00 Heather Ford
<hfordsa(a)gmail.com>om>:
>>>
>>>> +1 Thanks for
your really thoughtful comments, Joe, Han-Teng.
>>>>
>>>>> Nemo,
would you be willing to add a note to the review and/or
>>>>> contacting the researcher?
>>>>
>>>>> Best,
>>>>> Heather.
>>>>
>>>>>
Heather Ford
>>>>> Oxford Internet Institute <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk> Doctoral
>>>>> Programme
>>>>> EthnographyMatters <http://ethnographymatters.net> | Oxford
Digital
>>>>> Ethnography Group
>>>>> <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=115
>>>>>
http://hblog.org | @hfordsa
<http://www.twitter.com/hfordsa
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>> On 2 July 2014 05:17, h <hanteng(a)gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>>
The tone of the sentence in question
>>>>>
>>>>>> 'it is disappointing that the main purpose appears
to be
>>>>>> completing a thesis, with little thought to actually improving
>>>>>> Wikipedia'
>>>>>
>>>>>> could have been written as
>>>>>
>>>>>> 'It would be more useful for the Wikipedia
community of
>>>>>> practice if the author discussed or even spelled out the
implications of
>>>>>> the research for improving Wikipedia".
>>>>>
>>>>>> This suggestion is based on my own impression that
[Wiki-research-l]
>>>>>> has mainly two groups of readers: community of practice and
community of
>>>>>> knowledge. It is okay to have some group tensions for
creative/critical
>>>>>> inputs. Still, a neutral tone is better for assessment, and an
encouraging
>>>>>> tone might work a bit better to encourage others to fill the
*gaps* (both
>>>>>> practice and knowledge ones).
>>>>>
>>>>>> Also, the factors such as originally intended audience
and word
>>>>>> limits may determine how much a writer can do for *due weight*
(similar to
>>>>>> [[WP:due]]). If the original (academic) author failed to address
the
>>>>>> implications for practices satisfactory, a research newsletter
contributor
>>>>>> can point out what s/he thinks the potential/actual implications
are. (My
>>>>>> thanks to the research newsletter's voluntary contributors
for
>>>>>> their unpaid work!)
>>>>>
>>>>>> While I understand that the monthly research newsletter
has its
>>>>>> own perspective and interests different from academic
newsletters, it does
>>>>>> not sacrifice the integrity of the newsletter to be gentle and
specific. I
>>>>>> would recommend a minor edit to the sentence as the the
newsletter could be
>>>>>> read by any one in the world, not just the Wikipedians. It is
>>>>>> public/published for all readers, and thus please do not assume
the readers
>>>>>> know the context of Wikipedia research.
>>>>>
>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>
>>>>>> han-teng liao
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>> 2014-07-01 19:37 GMT+07:00 Heather Ford
<hfordsa(a)gmail.com>om>:
>>>>>
>>>>>>> Thanks so much for the newsletter [1]! Always a great
read...
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> But have to just say that comments like this: 'it
is disappointing
>>>>>>> that the main purpose appears to be completing a thesis,
with
>>>>>>> little thought to actually improving Wikipedia' [2] are
really harsh and a
>>>>>>> little unfair. The student is studying Wikipedia - they can
hardly only be
>>>>>>> interested in completing their thesis. We need to remember
that researchers
>>>>>>> are at very different stages of their careers, they have very
different
>>>>>>> motivations, and different levels of engagement with the
Wikipedia
>>>>>>> community, but that *all* research on Wikipedia contributes
to our
>>>>>>> understanding (even if as a catalyst for improvements). We
want to
>>>>>>> encourage more research on Wikipedia, not attack the
motivations of people
>>>>>>> we know little about - particularly when they're just
students and
>>>>>>> particularly when this newsletter is on housed on Wikimedia
Foundation's
>>>>>>> domain.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Best,
>>>>>>> Heather.
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> [1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2014/June
>>>>>>> [2]
>>>>>>>
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2014/June#.22Recommendi…
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Heather Ford
>>>>>>> Oxford Internet Institute <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/>
Doctoral
>>>>>>> Programme
>>>>>>> EthnographyMatters <http://ethnographymatters.net/> |
Oxford
>>>>>>> Digital Ethnography Group
>>>>>>> <http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=115
>>>>>>>
http://hblog.org |
@hfordsa <http://www.twitter.com/hfordsa
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
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