Research:Projects
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This is the canonical directory of Wikimedia research projects that are underway or have recently been completed. Research projects are documented on many different wikis, but should all be findable through this page. To qualify for inclusion in this list, a project should be significant in scope and ethical in nature (according to the guidelines [to be] developed by the Research Committee).
Feel free to edit this list directly consistent with the above policy, or submit your project for consideration (replace "[Project name]" below):
| Initiator | Project name | Researchers | Sponsor/supervisor | Key objectives | Begin date | End date |
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Currently underway | ||||||
| Research/Projects/Motivation_to_Contribute_to_Wikipedia,_a_Collective_Work | None |
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2011-04 | 2011-05 | ||
| Wikipedia Progression of Participation Project |
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None |
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2010-09 | - | |
| Expert Barriers Survey | None |
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2010-12 | - | ||
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Microfoundations and Dynamics of Online Interactions and Behavior | Steven Walling | Understand the dynamics of online interactions and behavior through the application of interactive survey methods. | 2010-09 | 2011-09 | |
| Template:WMF-small | Contribution Taxonomy Project | Steven Walling | Zack Exley | Identify types of contributors beyond the edit count | 2010-08 | 2011-08 |
| Template:WMF-small | Editor Trends Study | Diederik van Liere | Howie Fung | Given that active editor count is stagnant on mature projects, but we have many new editors per month, are we losing oldbies or newbies? | 2010-10 | ~2010-12 |
| Template:WMF-small | Public Policy Initiative | Amy Roth | Rod Dunican |
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2010-10 |
2011-09 |
| Policies and content in several language versions | Ziko van Dijk | None | Comparison of Wikipedias in English, German, Dutch and other languages | 2010-07 | ?? | |
| Template:WMF-small | WikiHistories Project | Zack Exley | Starting with Russian Wikipedia, explore ways of researching and writing narrative histories of Wikimedia projects based on qualitative and quantitative research. | 2010-10 | ?? | |
| Linkypedia | Ed Summers | None | Web based analysis tool for external links in wikipedia to help cultural heritage institutions see the value of continuing to put content online. | 2010-07 | ??? | |
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Planned projects | ||||||
| Template:WMF-small | Global South Mobile Platforms Study |
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What strategies (in Engineering, in Partnerships) would get us the most impact (in terms of additional Readers and Editors) in the Global South? | 2010-11 | 2011-06 | |
| Template:WMF-small | Annual Editor Survey | Mani Pande | Conduct the annual survey of editors to understand their tech and editing behaviors | 2010-11 | 2011-06 | |
| Template:WMF-small | LiquidThreads User Experience Testing | Brandon Harris | Parul Vora | To assess the updated Liquid Threads interface and inform the next round of iterations. | 2011-01 | 2011-02 |
| Template:WMF-small | Annual Readership Survey |
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Conduct the annual survey of Wikipedia readers globally & do some concept testing for mobile features | 2010-11 | 2011-06 | |
| Template:WMF-small | WMF Summer of Research | Bring together a handful of PhD candidates, whose focus is Wikimedia projects, for summer fellowships at the Foundation to build up our research infrastructure while generating a large number of new views into Wikimedia data. | 2011-04 | 2011-09 | ||
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Recently completed | ||||||
| Template:WMF-small | Revert Trends Report | Erik Zachte | None | What's the likelihood of different types of edits being reverted, over time? | 2010-?? | 2010-08 |
| Template:WMF-small | Pending Changes Study | Devin Finzer | Nimish Gautam | Assess the impact of the English Wikipedia "Pending changes" feature | 2010-07 | 2010-08 |
| Template:WMF-small | Multimedia participation study | Guillaume Paumier | – | Understand the context, goals and motivations of current and prospective contributors to Wikimedia Commons in order to build a better upload interface based on domain research of media sharing sites, and extensive user research.
The user research included a study of demographics and content dynamics, a survey, ethnographic interviews, an open forum, and a user experience and usability study. |
2009-10 | 2010-07 |
| Initiator | Project name | Researchers | Sponsor/supervisor | Key objectives | Begin date | End date |
