Hi all,
San Francisco has filled the slots, tentatively, for the 25 minute talks on
January 16
However, we still need lightning talks! Pharos has proposed that
Wikimedians introduce themselves and their proudest article:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/Events/Hello_Wikipedia_-_My_Pr…
My guess is that these introductions will take less than a full hour, so if
you are interested in a lightning talk (roughly 2 to 5 minutes in length),
please sign up at the bottom of this page so that we can have lightning
talks as time allows:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_15/Events/West_Coast
Suggestions for topics:
1. Your personal goals for 2016
2. What do you like about Wikipedia?
3. How can Wikipedia be better?
4. Wikipedia's relationship with ___
5. Successful projects
6. Current or recent research, technical developments, or outreach
activities
Thanks,
Pine
Forwarding because of the University of Washington and Stanford connections.
Pine
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From: Dario Taraborelli <dtaraborelli(a)wikimedia.org>
Date: Fri, Dec 18, 2015 at 8:16 PM
Subject: [Analytics] What Wikimedia Research is up to in the next quarter
To: Research into Wikimedia content and communities <
wiki-research-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, Wikimedia developers <
wikitech-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org>, wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org, "A
mailing list for the Analytics Team at WMF and everybody who has an
interest in Wikipedia and analytics." <analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org>
Hey all,
I’m glad to announce that the Wikimedia Research team’s goals
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Goals#January_-_March_201…>
for
the next quarter (January - March 2016) are up on wiki.
The Research and Data
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research#Research_and_Data> team
will continue to work with our volunteers and collaborators on revision
scoring as a service <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/R:Revscoring> adding
support for 5 new languages and prototyping new models (including an edit
type classifier
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Automated_classification_of_edit_t…>).
We will also continue to iterate on the design of article creation
recommendations
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Increasing_article_coverage>,
running a dedicated campaign in coordination with existing editathons to
improve the quality of these recommendations. Finally, we will extend a
research project we started in November aimed at understanding the behavior
of Wikipedia readers
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Characterizing_Wikipedia_Reader_Be…>
, by combining qualitative survey data with behavioral analysis from our
HTTP request logs.
The Design Research
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research#Design_Research> team
will conduct an in-depth study of user needs (particularly readers) on the
ground in February. We will continue to work with other Wikimedia
Engineering teams throughout the quarter to ensure the adoption of
human-centered design principles and pragmatic personas
<https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Personas_for_product_development> in our
product development cycle. We’re also excited to start a collaboration
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Publicly_available_online_learning…>
with
students at the University of Washington to understand what free online
information resources (including, but not limited to, Wikimedia projects)
students use.
I am also glad to report that two papers on link and article
recommendations (the result of a formal collaboration with a team at
Stanford) were accepted for presentation at WSDM '16 and WWW ’16 (preprints
will be made available shortly). An overview on revision scoring as a
service
<http://blog.wikimedia.org/2015/11/30/artificial-intelligence-x-ray-specs/> was
published a few weeks ago on the Wikimedia blog, and got some good media
coverage
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Revision_scoring_as_a_service/Media>
.
We're constantly looking for contributors and as usual we welcome feedback
on these projects via the corresponding talk pages on Meta. You can contact
us for any question on IRC via the #wikimedia-research channel and follow
@WikiResearch <https://twitter.com/WikiResearch> on Twitter for the latest
Wikipedia and Wikimedia research updates hot off the press.
Wishing you all happy holidays,
Dario and Abbey on behalf of the team
*Dario Taraborelli *Head of Research, Wikimedia Foundation
wikimediafoundation.org • nitens.org • @readermeter
<http://twitter.com/readermeter>
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Hi all,
Update on Wikipedia 15 events:
* WMF is planning an event on Friday, January 15.
* The community event will very likely be on Saturday, January 16. The
current thinking goes something like this:
12:15 - 1 PM: optional potluck lunch and introductions
1 PM - 2 PM: lightning talks, possibly synced with Wikimedia New York City
and Wikimedia UK.
2 PM - 4 PM: longer talks
4 PM - 4:30 PM: discussion of planning of future west coast activities
4:30 - 5 PM: video off; local discussions and socializing.
The situation is still fluid, but please do mark your calendars for the
afternoon of Saturday, January 16.
Those of us in Seattle will meet at the University of Washington in
Communications 126. I believe that those in SF will meet in the Wikimedia
Foundation offices. Portland and Vancouver are still TBD.
Regards,
Pine
The lead is promising, though much of the letter is paywalled.
"Sir, I am — as he knows — an enthusiastic admirer of Giles Coren, but he
is badly misinformed about Wikipedia (“Why stop at Trump?”, Dec 12). As a
writer of history I resort to it at least a dozen times a day. I could
never have written my last two books without it, and I have never caught it
out yet, which is more than I can say of the Encyclopedia Britannica. Its
range is astonishing: it is almost impossible to find a person, place or
subject that it has left uncovered (end of my preview).... a work of
reference as useful as any in existence..."
Thanks to Johnbod for pointing this out!
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/opinion/letters/article4639798.ece
Pine
Hi all,
Monday, Dec 14 we will have a repeat of the holiday party that we had last
year with TA3M and the Seattle Privacy Coalition, with lightning talks and
pizza!
*When*: Monday, December 14, 2015, 18:30 to 21:00 (6:30 – 9:00 PM)
*Where*: University of Washington Computer Science & Engineering building
(CSE) room 403
*Please sign up* and *please volunteer to make a lightning talk*. The sign
up form is here:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1lqD2DNrtuC3gq5uk4Cfs1hmURb10TZPo3-OmWqJ2La…
Come to mingle with other intelligent people, hear interesting talks, and
get free food!
Pine
Cascadians,
Just a reminder that, with our incoming funding from WMF, some
transportation expenses may be reimbursable for Cascadia-related
activities. Possible examples includes tolls and bus fares. Please scan
your receipts or other documentation, save the documents to Google Drive,
then share them with Brian and I. We'll probably process reimbursements as
a batch on an occasional basis, perhaps quarterly.
If you are planning on taking a longer or more expensive trip, like a train
or Bolt Bus between Seattle and Portland, or if you have a demonstrated
need for a more expensive option like Uber or Lyft, please check with us in
advance if you want reimbursement.
Thanks to Kacie for funding transportation budgets for us (:
Pine
Is there a different hangout from the invite sent? I seem to be the only one here :p
Patrick
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> There are currently 4 speakers signed up for Monday, so if you are planning
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> Reminder: we're meeting a UW in Communications 126 starting at 3 PM.
>
> Approximate agenda:
>
> 0. Start of Hangouts video (I believe that at least 3 people will join us
> via Hangouts)
> 1. Presentation of annual activities report and finance report
> 2. Questions for board candidates
> 3. Voting for board candidates (the Elections Committee will consist of
> Bluerasberry and Keilana)
> 4. Officer elections for next year (only board members vote)
> 5. Other business:
> 5a. Wikipedia 15 celebration
> 5b. WIkimedia Conference 2016
> 5c. GLAM activities in winter quarter 2016
>
> Thanks!
> Pine
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Reminder: we're meeting a UW in Communications 126 starting at 3 PM.
Approximate agenda:
0. Start of Hangouts video (I believe that at least 3 people will join us
via Hangouts)
1. Presentation of annual activities report and finance report
2. Questions for board candidates
3. Voting for board candidates (the Elections Committee will consist of
Bluerasberry and Keilana)
4. Officer elections for next year (only board members vote)
5. Other business:
5a. Wikipedia 15 celebration
5b. WIkimedia Conference 2016
5c. GLAM activities in winter quarter 2016
Thanks!
Pine