Re: [Analytics] Wikimedia Research showcase – October 15 2014, 11.30 PT

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Works for me. On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:00 PM, Asaf Bartov &lt;abartov(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > Could it be the youtube link doesn't lead to the recorded version? > > A. > > On Tue, Oct 14, 2014 at 10:26 PM, Dario Taraborelli < > dtaraborelli(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > >> After a break in September, we’re resuming our monthly Research and >> Data showcase >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Analytics/Research_and_Data/Showcase>. >> The next showcase will be live-streamed >> <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eUyXqKa0hng> tomorrow *Wednesday >> October 15 at 11.30 PT*. As usual you can join the conversation via >> IRC on freenode.net by joining the #wikimedia-research channel. >> >> We look forward to seeing you there, >> >> Dario >> >> >> This month: >> >> *Emotions under Discussion: Gender, Status and Communication in >> Wikipedia**By David Laniado >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Sdivad>*: I will present a >> large-scale analysis of emotional expression and communication style of >> editors in Wikipedia discussions. The talk will focus especially on how >> emotion and dialogue differ depending on the status, gender, and the >> communication network of the about 12000 editors who have written at least >> 100 comments on the English Wikipedia's article talk pages. The analysis is >> based on three different predefined lexicon-based methods for quantifying >> emotions: ANEW, LIWC and SentiStrength. The results unveil significant >> differences in the emotional expression and communication style of editors >> according to their status and gender, and can help to address issues such >> as gender gap and editor stagnation. >> *Wikipedia as a socio-technical system**By Aaron Halfaker >> <https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/User:Halfak_(WMF)>*: Wikipedia is a >> *socio-technical* system. In this presentation, I'll explain how the >> integration of human collective behavior ("social") and information >> technology ("technical") has lead to a phenomena that, while being >> massively productive, is poorly understood due to lack of precedence. Based >> on my work in this area, I'll describe five critical functions that >> healthy, Wikipedia-like socio-technical systems must serve in order to >> continue to function: allocation, regulation, quality control, community >> management and reflection. Next I'll argue the Wikimedia Foundation's >> analytics strategy currently focuses on outcomes related to a relatively >> narrow aspect of system health and all but completely ignores productivity. >> Finally, I'll conclude with an overview of three classes of new projects >> that should provide critical opportunities to both practically and >> academically understand the maintenance of Wikipedia's socio-technical >> fitness. >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Analytics mailing list >> Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org >> https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics >> >> > > > -- > Asaf Bartov > Wikimedia Foundation <http://www.wikimediafoundation.org> > > Imagine a world in which every single human being can freely share > in the sum of all knowledge. Help us make it a reality! > https://donate.wikimedia.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