Wikimedia-SF December 2015

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Lightning talks on January 16!
by Pine W 27 Dec '15

27 Dec '15

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

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Unconference on Wikipedia Day weekend
by Pine W 22 Dec '15

22 Dec '15

Hi SF Wikimedia folks, Would you be interested in having a joint unconference with your northern neighbors via video to celebrate Wikipedia Day weekend? We could have the event on Saturday, January 16th or Sunday, January 17th. This would be a nice opportunity for lightning talks as well as discussions about software, Labs, GLAM, education, public policy, community health, and everything else under the sun. Please let me know if you're interested. Pine

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Fwd: [Analytics] What Wikimedia Research is up to in the next quarter
by Pine W 19 Dec '15

19 Dec '15

Forwarding because of the University of Washington and Stanford connections. Pine ---------- Forwarded message ---------- 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> _______________________________________________ Analytics mailing list Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics

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Update: Wikipedia 15 events on January 15th and 16th
by Pine W 17 Dec '15

17 Dec '15

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

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Re: [Wikimedia-SF] Fwd: THIS WEEK AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: Two Cinematic Events
by K Wright 16 Dec '15

16 Dec '15

Nice. Sorry that I could not attend. I would have enjoyed these opportunities to see these films Karen Doris Wright -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 12/8/15, Kevin Gorman <kgorman(a)gmail.com> wrote: Subject: [Wikimedia-SF] Fwd: THIS WEEK AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: Two Cinematic Events To: "San Francisco Bay Area Wikimedians" <wikimedia-sf(a)lists.wikimedia.org> Date: Tuesday, December 8, 2015, 7:14 PM Two cool events this week from the internet archive that I figured some on this list would be interested in checking out: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Internet Archive Events <accounts(a)archive.org> Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 6:38 PM Subject: THIS WEEK AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: Two Cinematic Events To: kgorman(a)gmail.com 10th Annual Lost Landscapes of San Francisco December 10 The 10th annual screening of Lost Landscapes, Rick Prelinger’s archival tour of San Francisco’s past, happens at the Internet Archive on Thursday, December 10. Your ticket donations will benefit the Internet Archive, the non-profit digital library that hosts the Prelinger Collection. Please give generously to support our mission: providing everyone free access to our cultural treasures, including these cinematic gems. Thursday, December 10, 2015 6:30 pm Reception 7:30 pm Interactive Film Program at the Internet Archive 300 Funston Ave. San Francisco, CA 94118 Get tickets here! As usual, the audience creates the soundtrack — you’ll be asked to identify places and events, share your thoughts, and create an unruly interactive symphony of speculation about the city we’ve lost and the city we’d like to live in. The film begins at 7:30 pm and is preceded by an informal reception that begins at 6:30 pm. Light concessions will be available for purchase. Although capacity is limited, no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. Home Movie Day–A Celebration of Amateur Films and Filmmaking December 12 Do you have a much loved home movie sitting in the back of your closet? Something you would love to screen but don’t have the means to project anymore? Then Home Movie Day is for you. The Internet Archive will be hosting Home Movie Day for the San Francisco Bay Area on Saturday, December 12, 2015 starting at 3 p.m. The event is free and open to the public. Get tickets here! Home Movie Day provides an opportunity for individuals and families to see and share their own home movies with an audience from their own community, and to see their neighbors’ in turn. It’s a chance to discover why these films are important and learn how best to care for them. We will have the film projectors, you are encouraged to bring your own home movies on 8mm, 16mm, or Super 8 to project on our big screen. Read more here. We hope you’ll join us in person—or in spirit—with these two events dedicated to preserving our cinematic past and future. By supporting the Internet Archive, you are putting knowledge in the hands of millions of people. Thank you! Support the Internet Archive You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Internet Archive newsletter Internet Archive, 300 Funston St. San Francisco, CA unsubscribe from this list RelevantBlue Privacy Policy -----Inline Attachment Follows----- _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-SF mailing list Wikimedia-SF(a)lists.wikimedia.org https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-sf

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Fwd: THIS WEEK AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: Two Cinematic Events
by Kevin Gorman 09 Dec '15

09 Dec '15

Two cool events this week from the internet archive that I figured some on this list would be interested in checking out: ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Internet Archive Events <accounts(a)archive.org> Date: Tue, Dec 8, 2015 at 6:38 PM Subject: THIS WEEK AT THE INTERNET ARCHIVE: Two Cinematic Events To: kgorman(a)gmail.com ------------------------------ 10th Annual Lost Landscapes of San Francisco December 10 [image: lostlandscape] The 10th annual screening of Lost Landscapes, Rick Prelinger’s archival tour of San Francisco’s past, happens at the Internet Archive on *Thursday, December 10*. Your ticket donations will benefit the Internet Archive, the non-profit digital library that hosts the Prelinger Collection. <https://archive.org/details/prelinger> Please give generously to support our mission: providing everyone free access to our cultural treasures, including these cinematic gems. Thursday, December 10, 2015 6:30 pm Reception 7:30 pm Interactive Film Program at the Internet Archive 300 Funston Ave. San Francisco, CA 94118 Get tickets here! <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-lost-landscapes-of-san-francisco-10-a-benef…> As usual, the audience creates the soundtrack — you’ll be asked to identify places and events, share your thoughts, and create an unruly interactive symphony of speculation about the city we’ve lost and the city we’d like to live in. The film begins at 7:30 pm and is preceded by an informal reception that begins at 6:30 pm. *Light concessions will be available for purchase*. Although capacity is limited, no one will be turned away due to lack of funds. ------------------------------ Home Movie Day–A Celebration of Amateur Films and Filmmaking December 12 [image: homemovie] Do you have a much loved home movie sitting in the back of your closet? Something you would love to screen but don’t have the means to project anymore? Then Home Movie Day is for you. The Internet Archive will be hosting Home Movie Day for the San Francisco Bay Area on *Saturday, December 12, 2015 starting at 3 p.m.* The event is free and open to the public. Get tickets here! <http://www.eventbrite.com/e/home-movie-day-a-celebration-of-amateur-films-a…> Home Movie Day provides an opportunity for individuals and families to see and share their own home movies with an audience from their own community, and to see their neighbors’ in turn. It’s a chance to discover why these films are important and learn how best to care for them. We will have the film projectors, you are encouraged to bring your own home movies on 8mm, 16mm, or Super 8 to project on our big screen. Read more here. <https://blog.archive.org/2015/12/03/home-movie-day-a-celebration-of-amateur…> *We hope you’ll join us in person—or in spirit—with these two events dedicated to preserving our cinematic past and future. By supporting the Internet Archive, you are putting knowledge in the hands of millions of people. Thank you! * ------------------------------ Support the Internet Archive <https://archive.org/donate> ------------------------------ <https://www.facebook.com/internetnetarchive?fref=ts> <https://twitter.com/internetarchive> <accounts(a)archive.org> You are receiving this email because you subscribed to the Internet Archive newsletter Internet Archive, 300 Funston St. San Francisco, CA unsubscribe from this list <http://www.relevantblue.com/blue-cgi-bin/u?c=123,2795&e=kgorman@gmail.com&m…> RelevantBlue Privacy Policy <https://www.relevantblue.com/privacy.html>

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