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summary of wiki-related research conversation at WikiMedia San Francisco, 2011 Dr Mark Graham Oxford Internet Institute www.geospace.co.uk www.zerogeography.net www.wikichains.org e: mark@geospace.co.uk t: @geoplace
Spatial Palimpsests
“The Internet surrounds us like air, saturating our offices and our homes. But it’s not confined to the ether. You can touch it. You can map it. And you can photograph it” 					 - Andrew Blum 2009
“here be dragons” Psalter World map (1265)
Map by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew Zook
Map by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew Zook
total number of Wikipedia articles in all languages
Eastern Canada: English and French
Spain: Spanish (Castilian) and Catalan
Israel/Palestine: Arabic and Hebrew
Bangkok วัด (“temple” in Thai)                                               “temple” in English
Wikipedia research: ,[object Object]
East AfricaCollaborators: Dr Bernie Hogan (Oxford), Richard Farmbrough (Oxford), Dr Ali Frihida (Tunis National School of Engineering, Tunisia), Dr IlhemAllagui (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
Wikipedia research: (1) what is the geography of articles in the Middle East/North Africa/East Africa compared to the rest of the world?
Wikipedia research: (2) do local authors in the Middle East/North Africa/East Africa comprise disproportionately fewer of the contributors to articles about that region?
Wikipedia research: (3) are the contributions of local contributors undervalued?
Breadth from bilingual contributors? ,[object Object]
Regions without many speakers of a given language are relatively under-represented in that language edition of the encyclopedia.
What role do bilinguals and foreign-language sources play?
What incentives might increase contributions from 2nd language learners & bilinguals and hence increase coverage?German geo-taggedarticles in Latin America Spanish geo-tagged articles in Latin America (good coverage even in Brazil) Oxford Internet Institute Wikipedia working group: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=66 - Scott Hale (scotthale.net)
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WikiMedia 2011 mark graham

  • 1. summary of wiki-related research conversation at WikiMedia San Francisco, 2011 Dr Mark Graham Oxford Internet Institute www.geospace.co.uk www.zerogeography.net www.wikichains.org e: mark@geospace.co.uk t: @geoplace
  • 3. “The Internet surrounds us like air, saturating our offices and our homes. But it’s not confined to the ether. You can touch it. You can map it. And you can photograph it” - Andrew Blum 2009
  • 4.
  • 5. “here be dragons” Psalter World map (1265)
  • 6.
  • 7. Map by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew Zook
  • 8. Map by Mark Graham, Monica Stephens, Matthew Zook
  • 9.
  • 10. total number of Wikipedia articles in all languages
  • 11.
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  • 18. Bangkok วัด (“temple” in Thai) “temple” in English
  • 19.
  • 20. East AfricaCollaborators: Dr Bernie Hogan (Oxford), Richard Farmbrough (Oxford), Dr Ali Frihida (Tunis National School of Engineering, Tunisia), Dr IlhemAllagui (American University of Sharjah, UAE)
  • 21. Wikipedia research: (1) what is the geography of articles in the Middle East/North Africa/East Africa compared to the rest of the world?
  • 22.
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  • 30. Wikipedia research: (2) do local authors in the Middle East/North Africa/East Africa comprise disproportionately fewer of the contributors to articles about that region?
  • 31. Wikipedia research: (3) are the contributions of local contributors undervalued?
  • 32.
  • 33. Regions without many speakers of a given language are relatively under-represented in that language edition of the encyclopedia.
  • 34. What role do bilinguals and foreign-language sources play?
  • 35. What incentives might increase contributions from 2nd language learners & bilinguals and hence increase coverage?German geo-taggedarticles in Latin America Spanish geo-tagged articles in Latin America (good coverage even in Brazil) Oxford Internet Institute Wikipedia working group: http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/research/projects/?id=66 - Scott Hale (scotthale.net)
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  • 41. thank you Dr Mark Graham Oxford Internet Institute geospace.co.uk zerogeography.net mark@geospace.co.uk @geoplace