Re: [Foundation-l] [Wiki-research-l] Motivations to Contribute to Wikipedia

2012-03-19 Thread Dario Taraborelli
Hi Lane, your proposed workflow is a good description of how I would like the SR procedure to function in an ideal world. I am not myself at the forefront of SR discussions, but I'd definitely like to see a more streamlined process and a better way of signaling to participants which projects ar

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wiki-research-l] Motivations to Contribute to Wikipedia

2012-03-19 Thread Dario Taraborelli
t; editors or users then you must first notify the Wikimedia Research > Committee by describing your project. After your project gets approval > then you may begin." > > How could that not be seen as a requirement? Do you think there is a > way to phrase it so that it would

Re: [Foundation-l] [Wikidata-l] introduction (community communications for Wikidata)

2012-03-09 Thread Dario Taraborelli
Welcome Lydia, it's an exciting time to work with WMDE, best of luck in your new role. Dario On Mar 9, 2012, at 9:13 AM, Lydia Pintscher wrote: > Hi everyone! > > I wanted to take a moment to introduce myself. I'm Lydia and just > started working for Wikimedia Germany. Some of you might know m

Re: [Foundation-l] Fw: Strike against the collection of personal data through edit links

2012-02-10 Thread Dario Taraborelli
I put together a short explanation of how clicktracking works, what data it stores and why we use it. I'll work with Oliver to make sure this is also captured in the AFT5 FAQ. Feel free to contact me off-list if you have specific questions that I haven't answered here. Dario * What is clicktr

Re: [Foundation-l] Regarding Berkman/Sciences Po study

2011-12-11 Thread Dario Taraborelli
Kim, what about we stop naming and shaming and start thinking of how to solve problems instead? Let's sit down and discuss how to fix the various issues that have been raised on the lists, obtain community feedback and allow the researchers to resume the collection of responses they need to com

[Foundation-l] Regarding Berkman/Sciences Po study

2011-12-09 Thread Dario Taraborelli
, important research initiative like this one, and I apologize for the bumps in the road. We believe that supporting research is part of our mission: it helps advance our understanding of ourselves. So thanks again for all support you can give in making this a success. Dario Taraborelli Senior

Re: [Foundation-l] Office Hours on the article feedback tool

2011-10-26 Thread Dario Taraborelli
Hi WereSpielChequers, I worked on the data analysis for previous AFT versions and I believe I've already answered on a number of occasions your questions as to what we could test and what we couldn't in the previous phase, but I am happy to do this here and clarify what the research plans for t

Re: [Foundation-l] Office Hours on the article feedback tool

2011-10-26 Thread Dario Taraborelli
The AFT v.4 data is documented here: http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Article_feedback/Data Dario On Oct 26, 2011, at 5:53 AM, Tom Morris wrote: > On Wed, Oct 26, 2011 at 11:09, David Gerard wrote: >> *slaps own forehead* >> >> So is the data to be thrown away too? >> >> (Is there anywhere to l

Re: [Foundation-l] Editor Survey, 2011

2011-03-11 Thread Dario Taraborelli
> The simple answer: Maybe, but how could i know that? > > The smartass answer: Maybe, but how could i know that after clicking > 'Next' i wouldn't be presented with a stupid JavaScript error message, > punishing me for clicking 'Next' before filling the required fields? on the frontpage you can

Re: [Foundation-l] Editor Survey, 2011

2011-03-11 Thread Dario Taraborelli
Nikola, Amir, let me answer your points as I am one of the people behind the expert barriers survey. The design with two blocks of questions with a different framing is intentional and is based on the results of a long pilot that we ran for one month (Dec 2010-Jan 2011) prior to the official launc