Wikipedia Science Conference/Submissions/10 hours watching people read Wikipedia

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Personal details

Your name

John Byrne, Dr Henry Potts, Henry Scowcroft; respectively User:Johnbod, User:Bondegezou, User:HenryScow

Affiliation
Respectively: Formerly Wikipedian-in-residence at Cancer Research UK (CRUK), UCL, CRUK
How can we contact you?
email User:Johnbod on en:wp


Where will you be travelling from to attend this conference?

All London

Availability

JB both. Others not sure

Session details

Conference themes

Which conference themes does your session address? Delete as appropriate. Follow the link for more details and links.

  • Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as platforms for promoting informed public discussion
  • Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as platforms for research (including citizen science)
  • Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as models for scientific publishing
  • Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as platforms for scientific education
  • Under-represented groups in STEM subjects

Perhaps all of: * Wikipedia and/or Wikimedia as platforms for promoting informed public discussion / as platforms for research (including citizen science)/ as models for scientific publishing /as platforms for scientific education

Type of session
  • Presentation (20 mins + 10 mins questions)

Indicate the session format by deleting as appropriate:

  • Presentation (20 mins + 10 mins questions)
    • This format is suitable for reporting on substantial work in the area defined by the conference themes, or taking an overview of work done.
  • Lightning talk/demo (10 mins)
    • This format is suitable for, but not limited to; floating ideas, giving personal perspectives, highlighting research that is in progress, demonstrating tools or resources.
  • Panel (at least 3 speakers, 50 mins)
    • Each panel will have at least 3 speakers and a moderator. The moderator will be chosen by the conference organisers.
Further details

10 hours watching people read Wikipedia

A preliminary report on two pieces of research, both using novel methods for research into Wikipedia. The first used qualiative methods, giving 30 subjects pancreatic cancer as a topic to research on the internet, watching and recording them do so, and then interviewing them as the screen video of the search was replayed. If they did not look at Wikipedia of their own accord, they were asked to do so at the end. Short questionnaires were filled in for each site seen for any significant period.

In the second piece, done via YouGov, 10,000 of their subjects were sent 1 out of 3 web pages to read & then answer questions about. The pages were the main page on pancreatic cancer at NHS Choices, the current Wikipedia page (a Featured article), and an old version of the Wikipedia page from early 2014, before it was improved by the Cancer Research UK Wikipedian-in-residence project.

Thank you for your proposal.

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