CommunityData:Message Walls

Useful Resources

• Notes on Wikia Dumps CommunityData:Wikia Dumps
• Notes on the code -- Now with a diagram! CommunityData:Message Walls Code

Task Management

Overview

(Updated March 15th)

Get missing wikis

• ASAP Need to use wikilist3.csv to determine which wikis we don't have
• ASAP Download the rest and put them through wikiq and build edit weeks

Dataset construction

• Fix non-reverted edits bug (Nate)
• Add session variables to wiki weeks (Nate) - DONE
• Generate variables for newcomer edits to ns0, ns3 and ns1200 separately (Nate) - DONE
• Add variable for number of newcomers who make an edit in two consecutive weeks (Nate)
• Fix negative age in weeks bug (Nate) - DONE
• Fix sessions.ns1201/sessions.ns1202 bug (Nate) - DONE

Analysis

• Figure out what's causing the spike in total edits around the transition date - DONE
• Run a version of the analyses that takes into account whether newcomers ever edited - DONE
• Use unique editors as an outcome variable - DONE
• By March 22:
  • Run negative binomial versions of models on Hyak
  • Determine models to report
• By March 25:
  • Clean up code and change to knitrable format
• On April 10th:
  • Run the analysis on the test dataset

Writing

• By April 1st: have a full draft of the paper ready for collaborative editing
• First week of April: Revise paper, present at Seattle meetup for comments/suggestions
• April 16: CSCW abstract + metadata deadline
• April 19: CSCW submission deadline

Archive

• Past next steps