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[Wikimedia Announcements] The Signpost – Volume 15, Issue 6 – 30 June 2019
by Wikipedia Signpost 30 Jun '19

30 Jun '19

Discussion report: A constitutional crisis hits English Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Discus… News and notes: Mysterious ban, admin resignations, Wikimedia Thailand rising http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/News_a… In the media: The disinformation age http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/In_the… On the bright side: What's making you happy this month? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/On_the… Special report: Did Fram harass other editors? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Specia… Traffic report: Juneteenth, Beauty Revealed, and more nuclear disasters http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Traffi… Technology report: Actors and Bots http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Techno… Gallery: Unlike the North Face, Wiki Loves Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Gallery Recent research: What do editors do after being blocked?; the top mathematicians, universities and cancers according to Wikipedia http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Recent… >From the archives: Women and Wikipedia: the world is watching http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/From_t… Opinion: Why the Terms of Use change didn't curtail undisclosed paid editing—and what might http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Opinion In focus: WikiJournals: A sister project proposal http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/In_foc… Community view: A CEO biography, paid for with taxes http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Commun… Op-Ed: 2019 Wikimedia Affiliate Selected Board Seats Election Results http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2019-06-30/Op-Ed Single-page view https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost/Single https://facebook.com/wikisignpost https://twitter.com/wikisignpost -- *Signpost* team http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Signpost <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost> _______________________________________________ Please note: all replies sent to this mailing list will be immediately directed to Wikimedia-l, the public mailing list of the Wikimedia community. For more information about Wikimedia-l: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l _______________________________________________ WikimediaAnnounce-l mailing list WikimediaAnnounce-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimediaannounce-l

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Wiki Loves Sport 2019
by camelia boban 29 Jun '19

29 Jun '19

Hi all. One more week left for Wiki Loves Sport <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Sport> campaign to write about (not exclusively) women in sport on Wikipedia where you are all welcomed <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wiki_Loves_Sport/Participation>. A way to follow the matches of our national teams and write the missing (female) biographies on Wikipedia. Of the total 24 teams <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_squads> qualified <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup_squads> for the final tournament of FIFA Women World's Cup 2019 <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2019_FIFA_Women%27s_World_Cup> in France, only 4 teams will continue the competition for the semi-finals and the final. On Thursday, England national team beat Norway's 3-1 and yesterday the Unites States Women's national soccer team <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_women%27s_national_soccer_team> (current champion) beat France 2-1, both accessing the semifinals. Italy-Netherlands and Germany-Sweden matches will be held today. Be bold! Camelia on behalf of WikiDonne User Group -- *Camelia Boban* *| Java EE Developer |* *Affiliations Committee - **Wikimedia *Foundation Coordinator - Diversity Working Group for Wikimedia Strategy 2030 Chair & co-founder - WikiDonne User Group *| WikiDonne Project ideator* *Diversity Space @ Wikimania 2019 Co-Lead* WMIT - WMSE - WMCH - WMAR Member M. +39 3383385545 camelia.boban(a)gmail.com *Aissa Technologies* <http://aissatechnologies.eu/>* | *Twitter <https://twitter.com/cameliaboban> *|* *LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/camelia-boban-31319122>* *Wikipedia <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Utente:Camelia.boban> **| **WikiDonne UG <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/WikiDonne>* | *WikiDonne Project <https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Progetto:WikiDonne> *

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] WikiJournals: A proposal to become a new sister project
by Amirouche Boubekki 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

Hello, I am new to the mailing list and more generaly on wikipedia as contributor and as student in wikiversity. I did not know about WikiJournals as part of Wikiversity. My only remark will be that the wikiveristy PhD program is in poor shape. I was lost in the various tools I had to use and broken links. Most if not all conversation are old-ish and doesn't say the PhD program is active or working at all. (French wikiveristy is in much better shape). I am certain that the implementation of wikijournal as sister project will have more impact for WikiJournal. My point is with a better english wikiversity, both could have more impact. I think, forking wikijournals outside wikiverity will have a bad impact on wikiversity. Also, is it possible to write a publication in the journal without prior PhD? Can publication in the wikijournal help obtain the wikiveristy PhD? Thanks! Amirouche ~ amz3

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Extended call for submissions for Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2019
by Kiril Simeonovski 28 Jun '19

28 Jun '19

Dear all, I would like to announce that the call for submissions for the Wikimedia CEE Meeting 2019, which will take place in Belgrade from 11-13 October, has been extended until 10 August. If you have some learning in mind that you think should be shared with the CEE communities, this is a very good opportunity to do so and do not hesitate to take this chance. For detailed information, please see: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_CEE_Meeting_2019/Submissions Best regards, Kiril

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Invitation to the June 2019 Wikimedia Monthly Activities Meeting: Thursday, June 27th, 18:00 UTC
by Sasha Redkina 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

Hello everyone, The next Wikimedia Monthly Activities meeting will take place tomorrow, Thursday, June 27th, 2019 at 18:00 UTC (11 AM PDT). The IRC channel is #wikimedia-office on https://webchat.freenode.net, and the meeting will be broadcast as a live YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xRjrbl1J1FA We’ll post the video recording publicly after the meeting. Agenda Facilitator: TBA - Welcome and introduction to agenda - 2 minutes - Movement update - 3 minutes - Wikis for children - 10 minutes - Wikimedia 2030 movement strategy update - 15 minutes - Questions and discussion - 10 minutes - Wikilove - 5 minutes Please review the meeting's Meta-Wiki page for further information about the meeting and how to participate: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_monthly_activities_meetings Thank you!

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] [Analytics] [Wikimedia Research Showcase] June 26, 2019 at 11:30 AM PST, 19:30 UTC
by Jonathan Morgan 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

RhinosF1, All talks are recorded and archived on YouTube, so the link below should still work. Let me know if there's a problem with the archiving and I'll see what I can do. I'm also working on getting all slides linked to from the Showcase page on me.org, whenever possible! It was a great series of talks this week. Hope you enjoy it! -J On Wed, Jun 26, 2019, 19:04 RhinosF1 Wikipedia <rhinosf1(a)gmail.com> wrote: > For those that couldn't make it, Is there are summary of what was said? > > Thanks in advance, > RhinosF1 > > On Wed, 26 Jun 2019 at 18:58, Janna Layton <jlayton(a)wikimedia.org> wrote: > >> Hello everyone, >> >> Just a reminder that this event will be happening in about half an hour! >> Here's the Youtube link again: >> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiUfpmeJG7E >> >> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 9:14 AM Janna Layton <jlayton(a)wikimedia.org> >> wrote: >> >>> Time correction: >>> >>> The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed next Wednesday, June >>> 26, at *11:30 AM PDT/18:30 UTC*. >>> >>> On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 4:11 PM Janna Layton <jlayton(a)wikimedia.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi all, >>>> >>>> The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, June >>>> 26, at 11:30 AM PST/19:30 UTC. We will have three presentations this >>>> showcase, all relating to Wikipedia blocks. >>>> >>>> YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiUfpmeJG7E >>>> >>>> As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. >>>> You can also watch our past research showcases here: >>>> https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase >>>> >>>> This month's presentations: >>>> >>>> Trajectories of Blocked Community Members: Redemption, Recidivism and >>>> Departure >>>> >>>> By Jonathan Chang, Cornell University >>>> >>>> Community norm violations can impair constructive communication and >>>> collaboration online. As a defense mechanism, community moderators often >>>> address such transgressions by temporarily blocking the perpetrator. Such >>>> actions, however, come with the cost of potentially alienating community >>>> members. Given this tradeoff, it is essential to understand to what extent, >>>> and in which situations, this common moderation practice is effective in >>>> reinforcing community rules. In this work, we introduce a computational >>>> framework for studying the future behavior of blocked users on Wikipedia. >>>> After their block expires, they can take several distinct paths: they can >>>> reform and adhere to the rules, but they can also recidivate, or >>>> straight-out abandon the community. We reveal that these trajectories are >>>> tied to factors rooted both in the characteristics of the blocked >>>> individual and in whether they perceived the block to be fair and >>>> justified. Based on these insights, we formulate a series of prediction >>>> tasks aiming to determine which of these paths a user is likely to take >>>> after being blocked for their first offense, and demonstrate the >>>> feasibility of these new tasks. Overall, this work builds towards a more >>>> nuanced approach to moderation by highlighting the tradeoffs that are in >>>> play. >>>> >>>> >>>> Automatic Detection of Online Abuse in Wikipedia >>>> >>>> By Lane Rasberry, University of Virginia >>>> >>>> Researchers analyzed all English Wikipedia blocks prior to 2018 using >>>> machine learning. With insights gained, the researchers examined all >>>> English Wikipedia users who are not blocked against the identified >>>> characteristics of blocked users. The results were a ranked set of >>>> predictions of users who are not blocked, but who have a history of conduct >>>> similar to that of blocked users. This research and process models a system >>>> for the use of computing to aid human moderators in identifying conduct on >>>> English Wikipedia which merits a block. >>>> >>>> Project page: >>>> https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia/Automatic_Detection_… >>>> >>>> Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhdb4-hKBo >>>> >>>> >>>> First Insights from Partial Blocks in Wikimedia Wikis >>>> >>>> By Morten Warncke-Wang, Wikimedia Foundation >>>> >>>> The Anti-Harassment Tools team at the Wikimedia Foundation released the >>>> partial block feature in early 2019. Where previously blocks on Wikimedia >>>> wikis were sitewide (users were blocked from editing an entire wiki), >>>> partial blocks makes it possible to block users from editing specific pages >>>> and/or namespaces. The Italian Wikipedia was the first wiki to start using >>>> this feature, and it has since been rolled out to other wikis as well. In >>>> this presentation, we will look at how this feature has been used in the >>>> first few months since release. >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> Janna Layton (she, her) >>>> Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology >>>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Janna Layton (she, her) >>> Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology >>> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >>> >> >> >> -- >> Janna Layton (she, her) >> Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology >> Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> >> _______________________________________________ >> Analytics mailing list >> Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >> > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >

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อะไรที่ทำให้คุณมีความสุขในสัปดาห์นี้ / What's making you happy this week? (Week of 23 June 2019)
by Pine W 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

These "What's making you happy this week?" threads often mention a smorgasbord of subjects. The English Wiktionary Word of the day <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:Word_of_the_day/Archive/2019/June> for June 22 was "smorgasbord". Wiktionary's definitions of that word are: "1. A Swedish-style buffet comprising a variety of cold sandwiches and other dishes; (by extension) any buffet with a wide selection of dishes. "2. (figuratively) An abundant and diverse collection of things." On a related point, Commons has a smorgasbord of featured images of food and drink <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Commons:Featured_pictures/Food_and_drink> . Also on Commons, I enjoy this <https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Linden_trees_and_the_sky_in_Planina…> recent Picture of the day. The caption for the image is, "Linden trees and the sky with clouds in Planina, Postojna, Slovenia". When I look at this photo, I imagine myself laying on the ground and looking up at the sky. While this incident <https://www.theregister.co.uk/2019/05/31/on-call/> was not in the Wikiverse, as someone who has spent time in server rooms I can sympathize with the engineer who was sent to do a chore when almost everything that can go wrong, did go wrong <https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Murphy%27s_law>. Perhaps other Wikimedians will appreciate the story too, especially those who support Wikimedia technical products or services. I am grateful for some recent civil and collegial discussions among Wikipedia/Wikimedia administrators regarding certain problems that we are collectively interested in addressing, such as vandalism and spambots. Also, I am grateful to people who do maintenance or administrative tasks with little expectation for rewards or thanks. My experience with these people is that frequently they have humble attitudes, are idealistic, and are interested in public service. The Wikimania Steering Committee recently recommended <https://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wikimania-l/2019-June/008779.html> that Wikimania 2020 take place in Bangkok, Thailand. This Wikimania will be supported by multiple Wikimedia affiliates in the East, Southeast Asia, and Pacific region <https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/ESEAP_Hub>. What's making you happy this week? You are welcome to comment in any language. Pine ( https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Pine )

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Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations
by WereSpielChequers 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

Hi Quim, I have tried it out and created a calendar entry for the London meetup. A few comments. It isn't in the Single User Login (SUL). If I was there I wouldn't be getting notifications from Wikimedia wikis, and if someone pinged me or edited something I was interested in I wouldn't get pinged if I was on another wiki. It isn't in MediaWiki, the interface is unfamiliar and different. That probably counts as an advantage for a small proportion of geeky types who tend to be over-represented in software departments. But for most people it is a disadvantage, I suspect for non English speakers the barrier is greater, one of the reasons why I am comfortable doing the occasional edit in many non English Wikipedias is that the look and feel of the site is very familiar even if I don't speak the language. At a time when the WMF and the volunteer community seem to be drifting ever further apart, it seems perverse to replicate a whole bunch of stuff that belongs on the meta and outreach wikis and put it somewhere outside SUL. The wisdom of crowds is vulnerable to subdivision of those crowds. Any crowd ceases to be a crowd after a certain amount of subdivision. With the community now broadly stable, a more sensible strategy would be to consolidate some things together such as outreach, meta, phabricator and various chapter wikis, not to further divide. At a time when at least one chapter has realised that having its own wiki outside of SUL is a de facto barrier between them and the community that they aspire to serve, Creating non wiki rivals to meta and outreach looks to me as big a mistake as the WMF decision to communicate with the community through blogs rather than the Signpost and to hive off the interface with IT to phabricator.. There is never enough IT resource to do all the things that the community thinks it needs. But WMF projects like this just feed the perception that there is always budget for WMF initiatives, rarely if ever for community ones. I'm sure the effort that went into this could have been used to change mediawiki to reduce edit conflicts or to give the Georgian Wikipedia an interface that allows those with Latin keyboards to type in Georgian. Apologies if that comes across as negative, I'm sure the intention is sensible, just that the direction of travel is illadvised. ~~~~ > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news > and conversations (Quim Gil) > > > Message: 1 > Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2019 18:46:27 +0200 > From: Quim Gil <qgil(a)wikimedia.org> > To: Wikimedia Mailing List <wikimedia-l(a)lists.wikimedia.org> > Subject: Re: [Wikimedia-l] Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for > movement news and conversations > Message-ID: > <CACxLwRkaAngXYFbD0sPjEf= > kKt__7R389G6NzLn2Bs-OM3c_mQ(a)mail.gmail.com> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" > > Hi, thank you for your feedback about Wikimedia Space. > > So far, there have been many comments focusing on _who_ has released _what_ > and _how_. Let me tell you _why_ we are proposing Wikimedia Space. People > agreeing on _why_ can agree on the rest way easier. > > Wikimedia Space is all about Wikimedia growth. If you are supporting > newcomers or you are contributing to the growth of the Wikimedia movement > in other ways, we are very interested in your opinions, your suggestions, > your needs. And we are especially interested in hearing from you if you are > a promoter of movement diversity and/or part of any kind of group > underrepresented in Wikimedia. > > Why Wikimedia Space, in more detail: > > >From the Wikimedia movement strategic direction - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Strategy/Wikimedia_movement/2018-20 > > * Knowledge equity > > > >From the Wikimedia Foundation medium-term plan - > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Foundation_Medium-term_plan_2019 > > * Grow participation globally, focusing on emerging markets > * Thriving movement > * Support to newcomers > * Strong, diverse, and innovative communities that represent the World > * Strong and empowered movement leaders and affiliates > * Safe, secure spaces and equitable, efficient processes for all > participants > > I hope this explains our _why_. About some of the points mentioned... > > Wikimedia Space is a proposal to the movement in the form of a prototype > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/what-do-mean-here-by-prototype/188/4. > We believe it will generate interest, feedback, criticism and contributions > in a number of ways that a text-only proposal in (say) Meta Wiki wouldn't > achieve. > > For instance, while we discuss here in a black & white and text-only > environment, more than 60 colorful users have signed up already and > Wikimedia Space and are getting their own impressions about it. > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/u . > > Or for instance, several event organizers just signed up and added their > event to the Wikimedia Space map, which, if you ask me, after just one day > already looks fresh, beautiful and interesting: > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map > > We are happy to discuss possibilities for connection / integration / > migration between Wikimedia Space and existing community channels. As a > matter of fact, wikimedia-l could potentially benefit from the features > offered by Wikimedia Space (a conversation started in this list by > volunteers years ago): > > https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/integrating-mailing-lists-to-wikimedia-… > > Wikimedia Space doesn't prevent improvements in Meta or other places. If > anything, we believe it will become an incentive for improvements in all > community channels willing to keep up. In our opinion, potential > improvements in Meta shouldn't prevent the release of Wikimedia Space. What > you see today is the result of about three weeks of part time work by four > people. Now consider how much time would it take to discuss, agree, > resource and implement an equivalent feature set in MediaWiki, and (just as > important) equivalent social expectations and norms in the Meta community. > > We are just starting to promote Wikimedia Space. Yesterday we did an > initial announcement to get a first wave of users, see how the prototype > would take hold, and gauge the initial response. We plan to continue > promoting Wikimedia Space in more channels. In fact, you can help. If there > is a channel missing, please point to its URL, or (even better) feel free > to forward the announcement yourself. > > If you have found an actionable problem, we welcome bug reports and feature > requests: https://phabricator.wikimedia.org/tag/space/ > > We encourage you to give Wikimedia Space a try. Even if today someone > remains unconvinced, signing up won't hurt them. Then give it a week, and > let us know. We really mean it! Prototypes always contribute to better > discussions. > > Best regards, > -- > Quim Gil > Senior Manager of Community Relations @ Wikimedia Foundation > >

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Introducing Wikimedia Space: A space for movement news and conversations
by Maria Cruz 27 Jun '19

27 Jun '19

Hello everyone, Today, the Wikimedia Foundation's Community Engagement department is launching Wikimedia Space *[1]*, a platform for movement *[2]* organizers, affiliates, contributors, partners, and the Foundation to share news, questions, and conversations. Learning from others has been the bedrock for development and growth in our movement. With this platform, we want to promote these sorts of enriching exchanges by welcoming people from every background to build strong and diverse communities, breaking down the barriers for entry to our movement, and focusing our efforts on facilitating collaboration, including from communities that are new to our movement. Wikimedia Space is a single place for collaboration, comprising Blog *[1]* and Discuss *[3]* hubs. The Blog section provides a movement-wide platform for project updates, recent events, and shared learnings. We have designed editorial guidelines that allow everyone to share their news with others. Wikimedia Space also allows anybody to add an event, which can be discovered in a calendar *[4]* or a map *[5] *of the movement. We want this new space to be safe and welcoming, especially for newcomers, and this is why it is governed by a code of conduct *[6]*, and relies on active community moderation. Wikimedia Space is currently a prototype, built on WordPress *[7]* and Discourse *[8]*. While at present it only operates in English, it will evolve to include multiple languages in the near future. This project is only possible with your participation. Spread the news and join Wikimedia Space *[9]*! Read more about the features you’ll find on our blog post. We have also published posts on how to make this space yours, so it can best serve your needs. You can find all the documentation for this project on its page on Meta. See you at Wikimedia Space! *María Cruz * \\ Communications and Outreach Manager, Community Engagement \\ Wikimedia Foundation, Inc. mcruz(a)wikimedia.org | Twitter: @marianarra_ <https://twitter.com/marianarra_> [1] https://space.wmflabs.org [2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia_movement [3] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/ [4] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/calendar [5] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/c/events/l/map [6] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/guidelines [7] https://wordpress.org/ [8] https://discourse.org/ [9] https://discuss-space.wmflabs.org/t/how-to-join-wikimedia-space/113

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[Wikimedia Research Showcase] June 26, 2019 at 11:30 AM PST, 19:30 UTC
by Janna Layton 26 Jun '19

26 Jun '19

Hi all, The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, June 26, at 11:30 AM PST/19:30 UTC. We will have three presentations this showcase, all relating to Wikipedia blocks. YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiUfpmeJG7E As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. You can also watch our past research showcases here: https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase This month's presentations: Trajectories of Blocked Community Members: Redemption, Recidivism and Departure By Jonathan Chang, Cornell University Community norm violations can impair constructive communication and collaboration online. As a defense mechanism, community moderators often address such transgressions by temporarily blocking the perpetrator. Such actions, however, come with the cost of potentially alienating community members. Given this tradeoff, it is essential to understand to what extent, and in which situations, this common moderation practice is effective in reinforcing community rules. In this work, we introduce a computational framework for studying the future behavior of blocked users on Wikipedia. After their block expires, they can take several distinct paths: they can reform and adhere to the rules, but they can also recidivate, or straight-out abandon the community. We reveal that these trajectories are tied to factors rooted both in the characteristics of the blocked individual and in whether they perceived the block to be fair and justified. Based on these insights, we formulate a series of prediction tasks aiming to determine which of these paths a user is likely to take after being blocked for their first offense, and demonstrate the feasibility of these new tasks. Overall, this work builds towards a more nuanced approach to moderation by highlighting the tradeoffs that are in play. Automatic Detection of Online Abuse in Wikipedia By Lane Rasberry, University of Virginia Researchers analyzed all English Wikipedia blocks prior to 2018 using machine learning. With insights gained, the researchers examined all English Wikipedia users who are not blocked against the identified characteristics of blocked users. The results were a ranked set of predictions of users who are not blocked, but who have a history of conduct similar to that of blocked users. This research and process models a system for the use of computing to aid human moderators in identifying conduct on English Wikipedia which merits a block. Project page: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia/Automatic_Detection_… Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhdb4-hKBo First Insights from Partial Blocks in Wikimedia Wikis By Morten Warncke-Wang, Wikimedia Foundation The Anti-Harassment Tools team at the Wikimedia Foundation released the partial block feature in early 2019. Where previously blocks on Wikimedia wikis were sitewide (users were blocked from editing an entire wiki), partial blocks makes it possible to block users from editing specific pages and/or namespaces. The Italian Wikipedia was the first wiki to start using this feature, and it has since been rolled out to other wikis as well. In this presentation, we will look at how this feature has been used in the first few months since release. -- Janna Layton (she, her) Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/>

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