Thank you Lila. That's very clear, and I think it's a worthwhile project, exactly in line with our shared vision.
Anthony Cole On Sat, Jan 30, 2016 at 8:05 AM, Lila Tretikov <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you, Sarah for an excellent question. Sometimes I compare Wikimedia > with an iceberg, only a small portion is visible. > > When we started investigating this problem we found out that nearly 30% of > searches on Wikipedia return no results at all. That motivated us to dig > deeper. > > Since then we've made our first improvements (by about 1 million searches > a day) , but we have a very long way to go...especially searching across > sites. Commons for example is a very tough one that we will need to help > one day. > > I encourage you to read through, I tried to explain our thinking the best > I could, but I can always use help :) > > Lila > > sent from mobile. please excuse typos. > On Jan 29, 2016 3:50 PM, "SarahSV" <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Lila, thank you for posting this. I have no technical background, so I > only > > have a limited understanding of how the Discovery project works. But as > an > > editor and reader I've been frustrated by the limitations of Wikipedia > > search. Even things that I know are there, because I added them myself, > are > > regularly not returned. Sometimes for reasons I can't fathom; sometimes > > because I've mistyped something. > > > > It's the same with Siri on iPhone. I ask it something that I know is on > > Wikipedia and it can't seem to find it. Or it will return a link to > > articles in which certain terms appear. But people don't want to have to > > look at whole articles. > > > > We have this enormous and wonderful amount of knowledge to some extent > > trapped inside Wikipedia. How do we unlock it? How do we teach computers > > how to find and deliver it? In future, could Wikipedia reply to questions > > on people's phones, instead of Siri? > > > > This kind of research sounds very exciting, and the Foundation is > > well-placed to do it. > > > > Sarah > > > > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2016 at 4:27 PM, Lila Tretikov <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Hi Anthony, > > > > > > I know this request was for the Board, but I took time to explain as > much > > > as I could about the context of this grant and the work it funds as > well > > as > > > to answer as many questions as possible that I have seen. I realize > many > > > people a curious about what it actually funds, so you will find the > > > statement of work cut and pasted there. > > > > > > > > > > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/User_talk:LilaTretikov_(WMF)#Knowledge_Engine_grant > > > < > > > > > > https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Fmeta.wikimedia.org%2Fwiki%2FUser_talk%3ALilaTretikov_%28WMF%29%23Knowledge_Engine_grant&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNHbv_CPFd5d3dh7WKET5YlNSZvHdA > > > > > > > > > > Hope this answers some of your questions, > > > Lila > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > > New messages to: [email protected] > > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines > New messages to: [email protected] > Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, > <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe> > _______________________________________________ Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
