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

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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

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:) /me goes to upload his wik-amecium to commons On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 8:39 PM, Dan Andreescu < dandreescu(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > me too - watched it > > Aaron - I look forward to more discoveries about our weird paramecium > > On Wed, Oct 15, 2014 at 9:02 PM, Aaron Halfaker < > ahalfaker(a)wikimedia.org&gt; wrote: > >> 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 >> >> > > _______________________________________________ > Analytics mailing list > Analytics(a)lists.wikimedia.org > https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/analytics > >

for reinforcing/jump-starting Wikipedia's adaptive systems. One way to do that is to make it easier for editors to reflect on current trends. I'd like to think that integrating research practice into wiki culture (what I've been trying to do with all my work) is one way to do that. But it would be better if people don't need wait on me and other WMF researchers to finish a study. We'd all fare better if access to research materials was democratized. That's the reason I am really excited about projects like quarry.wmflabs.org (run SQL against Wikipedia's DBs from your browser).