The wiki-research hackathon is just a week away. We have 5 idea-pages
started. Make sure to file yours before the event starts.
*Hackathon info:*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Labs2/Hackathons/August_6-7th,_2014
*Submit your ideas here: *https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas
*Current project ideas ...*
*At a glance:*
*1. Public quer**y interface for Labs *
*2. Screening WikiProject Medicine articles for quality changes *
*3. First edits for male and female newcomers *
4. Editor profiles and interactions
*5. WikiCredit: Measuring value added to Wikipedia *
*With more info: *
*1. Public query interface for Labs *(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/Public_query_interface_for_L…
)
The MySQL databases available on labs have a sanitized, up to date copy of
all the Wiki's databases. This is incredibly useful for researchers. The
goal of this project is to make an easy to use, web-based querying
interface for researchers to run queries against Labs databases.
*2. Screening WikiProject Medicine articles for quality changes **(*
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/Screening_WikiProject_Medici…
)
Recent work in article quality assessment detection can enable us to
automatically identify which articles are most due to be re-assessed. Let's
apply this method to WikiProject Medicine's stubs.
*3. First edits for male and female newcomers *(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/First_edits_for_male_and_fem…
)
Past work suggests female editors are more likely to be reverted. In this
study, we would explore the characteristics of articles that men and women
first edit to see if it yields any insight into the observed higher rate of
reversion of early edits of women.
*4. Editor profiles and interactions*
(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/Editor_profiles_and_interact…
)
From doing an analysis of user edit histories, we
should be able to
identify “profiles”. Once profiles have been identified it would
be
interesting to look at what happens when users of different profiles
interact, particularly when those interactions lead to one (or both)
commencing a “wiki break” soon after.
*5. WikiCredit: Measuring value added to Wikipedia *(
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Ideas/WikiCredit:_Measuring_value_…
)
Let's build a system that will measure and present value-added to
Wikipedia. Let's also consider the implications and design a system that
negotiates trade-offs well.