[WikiEN-l] Wikimedia Research Newsletter launched

[Dario Taraborelli]

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We are glad to announce the inaugural issue of the Wikimedia Research Newsletter [1], a new monthly survey of recent scholarly research about Wikimedia projects. This is a joint project of the Signpost [2] and the Wikimedia Research Committee [3] and follows the publication of two research updates in the Signpost, see also last month's announcement on this list [4].

The first issue (which is simultaneously posted as a section of the Signpost and as a stand-alone article in the Wikimedia Research Index) includes 5 "in depth" reviews of papers published over the last  few months and a number of shorter notes for a total of 15 publications, covering both peer-reviewed research and results published in research blogs. It also includes a report from the Wikipedia research workshop at OKCon 2011 and highlights from the Wikimedia Summer of Research program.

The following is the TOC of issue #1:

• 1 Edit wars and conflict metrics
• 2 The anatomy of a Wikipedia talk page
• 3 Wikipedians as "Janitors of Knowledge"
• 4 Use of Wikipedia among law students: a survey
• 5 Miscellaneous
• 6 Wikipedia research at OKCon 2011
• 7 Wikimedia Summer of Research
   • 7.1 How New English Wikipedians Ask for Help
   • 7.2 Who Edits Trending Articles on the English Wikipedia
   • 7.3 The Workload of New Page Patrollers & Vandalfighters
• 8 References

We are planning to make the newsletter easy to syndicate and subscribe to. If you wish your research to be featured, a CFP or event you organized to be highlighted, or just join the team of contributors, head over to this page to find out how: [5] We hope to make this newsletter a favorite reading for our research community and we look forward to your feedback and contributions.

Dario Taraborelli, Tilman Bayer (HaeB)
on behalf of the WRN contributors

[1] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2011-07-25
[2] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost
[3] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Committee
[4] http://lists.wikimedia.org/pipermail/wiki-research-l/2011-June/001552.html
[5] http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter


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Dario Taraborelli, PhD
Senior Research Analyst
Wikimedia Foundation

http://wikimediafoundation.org
http://nitens.org/taraborelli