Any wikipedia meetup or anything next month ? I want to participate from Nepal ? Let me know?
Best, Owlf On Tue, Jun 25, 2019, 10:00 PM Janna Layton <[email protected]> wrote: > Time correction: > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed next Wednesday, June 26, > at *11:30 AM PDT/18:30 UTC*. > > On Mon, Jun 24, 2019 at 4:11 PM Janna Layton <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > The next Research Showcase will be live-streamed this Wednesday, June 26, > > at 11:30 AM PST/19:30 UTC. We will have three presentations this > showcase, > > all relating to Wikipedia blocks. > > > > YouTube stream: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WiUfpmeJG7E > > > > As usual, you can join the conversation on IRC at #wikimedia-research. > You > > can also watch our past research showcases here: > > https://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Wikimedia_Research/Showcase > > > > This month's presentations: > > > > Trajectories of Blocked Community Members: Redemption, Recidivism and > > Departure > > > > By Jonathan Chang, Cornell University > > > > Community norm violations can impair constructive communication and > > collaboration online. As a defense mechanism, community moderators often > > address such transgressions by temporarily blocking the perpetrator. Such > > actions, however, come with the cost of potentially alienating community > > members. Given this tradeoff, it is essential to understand to what > extent, > > and in which situations, this common moderation practice is effective in > > reinforcing community rules. In this work, we introduce a computational > > framework for studying the future behavior of blocked users on Wikipedia. > > After their block expires, they can take several distinct paths: they can > > reform and adhere to the rules, but they can also recidivate, or > > straight-out abandon the community. We reveal that these trajectories are > > tied to factors rooted both in the characteristics of the blocked > > individual and in whether they perceived the block to be fair and > > justified. Based on these insights, we formulate a series of prediction > > tasks aiming to determine which of these paths a user is likely to take > > after being blocked for their first offense, and demonstrate the > > feasibility of these new tasks. Overall, this work builds towards a more > > nuanced approach to moderation by highlighting the tradeoffs that are in > > play. > > > > > > Automatic Detection of Online Abuse in Wikipedia > > > > By Lane Rasberry, University of Virginia > > > > Researchers analyzed all English Wikipedia blocks prior to 2018 using > > machine learning. With insights gained, the researchers examined all > > English Wikipedia users who are not blocked against the identified > > characteristics of blocked users. The results were a ranked set of > > predictions of users who are not blocked, but who have a history of > conduct > > similar to that of blocked users. This research and process models a > system > > for the use of computing to aid human moderators in identifying conduct > on > > English Wikipedia which merits a block. > > > > Project page: > > > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/University_of_Virginia/Automatic_Detection_of_Online_Abuse > > > > Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AIhdb4-hKBo > > > > > > First Insights from Partial Blocks in Wikimedia Wikis > > > > By Morten Warncke-Wang, Wikimedia Foundation > > > > The Anti-Harassment Tools team at the Wikimedia Foundation released the > > partial block feature in early 2019. Where previously blocks on Wikimedia > > wikis were sitewide (users were blocked from editing an entire wiki), > > partial blocks makes it possible to block users from editing specific > pages > > and/or namespaces. The Italian Wikipedia was the first wiki to start > using > > this feature, and it has since been rolled out to other wikis as well. In > > this presentation, we will look at how this feature has been used in the > > first few months since release. > > > > > > -- > > Janna Layton (she, her) > > Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology > > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > > > > > -- > Janna Layton (she, her) > Administrative Assistant - Audiences & Technology > Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> > _______________________________________________ > Wikimedia-l mailing list, guidelines at: > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Mailing_lists/Guidelines and > https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l > 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 and https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Wikimedia-l New messages to: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/wikimedia-l, <mailto:[email protected]?subject=unsubscribe>
