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**What?** Gather all goals for October-December 2019 (a.k.a., FY19-20 Q2) in this task. **Who?** The Research team **When?** All goals need to be finalized no later than 2019-09-30. (Note that individual goals are due later and on 2019-10-11.) **How?** * Consult with the list of key deliverables and approved projects for Research. (LINK) * Consult with our previous discussion docs about when we are planning to do what (LINK) * Start discussing goals for Q2 in your upcoming 1:1s with Leila. * If you run into ideas, write them in the Brainstorm section. If you agree on specific goals with Leila, write them in **Confirmed** section. (Note: If you need to re-discuss a goal in Confirmed before the beginning of October, please do it. The fact that it's written in Confirmed doesn't set it in stone.:) **Confirmed** //Disinformation// * [diego] A comprehensive literature review of disinformation published in arxiv and meta (completing the work started in Q1). * [diego] Build a prioritized list of actions to take (tools to build, datasets to release, etc.) for combating disinformation (though discussions with the community of editors and developers, internal consultation, and maybe with external researchers) * [diego] Build one formal collaborations in the disinformation space to start the research for building solutions starting Q3. //Foundational// * [diego] Prepare the Research Internship proposal. * [diego] Finalize the research brief for crosslingual topical model laying out the work that will be done in this space starting Q3. * [isaac] Literature review of reuse. * [isaac] Review of the different types of re-use and what we know about their effect on traffic to Wikimedia. * [isaac] Review of what data is available to us and what data is not. What questions we can currently answer. What questions we can't. * [martin] Initiate monthly or quarterly office hours for the community. (trial for 6 months if monthly and 12 months if quarterly) * [miriam] Wiki Workshop * [leila] Plan for a challenge: come up with an initial format, put a committee together, choose a venue for presentations. //Address Knowledge Gaps// * [isaac] Finalize the taxonomy of readership gaps * [martin] Make significant progress towards building the taxonomy of search (usage gaps). (We expect the research part of this work to conclude in Q3, as a stretch in Q2). * [jonathan] Literature review of identified content gaps in Wikipedia * [jonathan] Taxonomy of the causes of content gaps in Wikipedia * [jonathan] Build a series of hypotheses for the possible causes of skewed demographic representation of Wikipedia readers (specific to gender). Identify possible formal collaborations for research and testing starting Q3 if relevant based on the learnings from the list of hypotheses. * [miriam] Submit the citation usage paper to TheWebConf 2020. * [miriam] (via mentoring an Outreachy) start work on the development of the data-set for statements in need of citation. //Core// * [martin] Complete the 30-60-90 day plan. * [djellel] Complete the 30-60 day plan. * [leila] Finalize a proposal for changes in Research based on learnings about Reseach's audience, what they expect from the team, our positioning within WMF, Movement, and the Research community, and the opportunities for impact. * [leila] Document and communicate with the team: expectations of the Research Scientist role and trajectory in the IC track. * [jonathan] Research Showcase feedback collection, assessment, and proposal for changes if relevant. * [leila] A half-yearly newsletter for Research with the goal of making it quarterly if bandwidth allows and/or project is successful. **Brainstorm** * [who?] Questions' board for keeping track of open questions. * [miriam] vision work and the taxonomy of knowledge gap via the lens of visual gaps.

**What?** Gather all goals for October-December 2019 (a.k.a., FY19-20 Q2) in this task. **Who?** The Research team **When?** All goals need to be finalized no later than 2019-09-30. (Note that individual goals are due later and on 2019-10-11.) **How?** * Consult with the list of key deliverables and approved projects for Research. (LINK) * Consult with our previous discussion docs about when we are planning to do what (LINK) * Start discussing goals for Q2 in your upcoming 1:1s with Leila. * If you run into ideas, write them in the Brainstorm section. If you agree on specific goals with Leila, write them in **Confirmed** section. (Note: If you need to re-discuss a goal in Confirmed before the beginning of October, please do it. The fact that it's written in Confirmed doesn't set it in stone.:) **Confirmed** //Disinformation// * [diego] A comprehensive literature review of disinformation published in arxiv and meta (completing the work started in Q1). * [diego] Build a prioritized list of actions to take (tools to build, datasets to release, etc.) for combating disinformation (though discussions with the community of editors and developers, internal consultation, and maybe with external researchers) * [diego] Build one formal collaborations in the disinformation space to start the research for building solutions starting Q3. //Foundational// * [diego] Prepare the Research Internship proposal. * [diego] Finalize the research brief for crosslingual topical model laying out the work that will be done in this space starting Q3. * [isaac] Literature review of reuse. * [isaac] Review of the different types of re-use and what we know about their effect on traffic to Wikimedia. * [isaac] Review of what data is available to us and what data is not. What questions we can currently answer. What questions we can't. * [martin] Initiate monthly or quarterly office hours for the community. (trial for 6 months if monthly and 12 months if quarterly) * [miriam] Wiki Workshop proposal submission. * [leila] Plan for a challenge: come up with an initial format, put a committee together, choose a venue for presentations. //Address Knowledge Gaps// * [isaac] Finalize the taxonomy of readership gaps * [martin] Make significant progress towards building the taxonomy of search (usage gaps). (We expect the research part of this work to conclude in Q3, as a stretch in Q2). * [jonathan] Literature review of identified content gaps in Wikipedia * [jonathan] Taxonomy of the causes of content gaps in Wikipedia * [jonathan] Build a series of hypotheses for the possible causes of skewed demographic representation of Wikipedia readers (specific to gender). Identify possible formal collaborations for research and testing starting Q3 if relevant based on the learnings from the list of hypotheses. * [miriam] Submit the citation usage paper to TheWebConf 2020. * [miriam] (via mentoring an Outreachy) start work on the development of the data-set for statements in need of citation. * [miriam] Supervise a student evaluating methods to recommend images to Wikipedia pages. * [miriam] Train from scratch and evaluate an end-to-end (simple) classification model using Wikimedia Commons categories, optimized for GPU usage. * [miriam] Conduct a literature review, plan and set up collaborations for projects about understanding engagement with Wikimedia images around the world. //Core// * [martin] Complete the 30-60-90 day plan. * [djellel] Complete the 30-60 day plan. * [leila] Finalize a proposal for changes in Research based on learnings about Reseach's audience, what they expect from the team, our positioning within WMF, Movement, and the Research community, and the opportunities for impact. * [leila] Document and communicate with the team: expectations of the Research Scientist role and trajectory in the IC track. * [jonathan] Research Showcase feedback collection, assessment, and proposal for changes if relevant. * [leila] A half-yearly newsletter for Research with the goal of making it quarterly if bandwidth allows and/or project is successful. **Brainstorm** * [who?] Questions' board for keeping track of open questions.

**What?** Gather all goals for October-December 2019 (a.k.a., FY19-20 Q2) in this task. **Who?** The Research team **When?** All goals need to be finalized no later than 2019-09-30. (Note that individual goals are due later and on 2019-10-11.) **How?** * Consult with the list of key deliverables and approved projects for Research. (LINK) * Consult with our previous discussion docs about when we are planning to do what (LINK) * Start discussing goals for Q2 in your upcoming 1:1s with Leila. * If you run into ideas, write them in the Brainstorm section. If you agree on specific goals with Leila, write them in **Confirmed** section. (Note: If you need to re-discuss a goal in Confirmed before the beginning of October, please do it. The fact that it's written in Confirmed doesn't set it in stone.:) **Confirmed** //Disinformation// * [diego] A comprehensive literature review of disinformation published in arxiv and meta (completing the work started in Q1). * [diego] Build a prioritized list of actions to take (tools to build, datasets to release, etc.) for combating disinformation (though discussions with the community of editors and developers, internal consultation, and maybe with external researchers) * [diego] Build one formal collaborations in the disinformation space to start the research for building solutions starting Q3. //Foundational// * [diego] Prepare the Research Internship proposal. * [diego] Finalize the research brief for crosslingual topical model laying out the work that will be done in this space starting Q3. * [isaac] Literature review of reuse. * [isaac] Review of the different types of re-use and what we know about their effect on traffic to Wikimedia. * [isaac] Review of what data is available to us and what data is not. What questions we can currently answer. What questions we can't. * [martin] Initiate monthly or quarterly office hours for the community. (trial for 6 months if monthly and 12 months if quarterly) * [miriam] Wiki Workshop proposal submission. * [leila] Plan for a challenge: come up with an initial format, put a committee together, choose a venue for presentations. //Address Knowledge Gaps// * [isaac] Finalize the taxonomy of readership gaps * [martin] Make significant progress towards building the taxonomy of search (usage gaps). (We expect the research part of this work to conclude in Q3, as a stretch in Q2). * [jonathan] Literature review of identified content gaps in Wikipedia * [jonathan] Taxonomy of the causes of content gaps in Wikipedia * [jonathan] Build a series of hypotheses for the possible causes of skewed demographic representation of Wikipedia readers (specific to gender). Identify possible formal collaborations for research and testing starting Q3 if relevant based on the learnings from the list of hypotheses. * [miriam] Submit the citation usage paper to TheWebConf 2020. * [miriam] (via mentoring an Outreachy) start work on the development of the data-set for statements in need of citation. * [miriam] Supervise a student evaluating methods to recommend images to Wikipedia pages. * [miriam] Train from scratch and evaluate an end-to-end (simple) classification model using Wikimedia Commons categories, optimized for GPU usage. * [miriam] Conduct a literature review, plan and set up collaborations for projects about understanding engagement with Wikimedia images around the world. //Core// * [martin] Complete the 30-60-90 day plan. * [djellel] Complete the 30-60 day plan. * [leila] Finalize a proposal for changes in Research based on learnings about Reseach's audience, what they expect from the team, our positioning within WMF, Movement, and the Research community, and the opportunities for impact. * [leila] Document and communicate with the team: expectations of the Research Scientist role and trajectory in the IC track. * [jonathan] Research Showcase feedback collection, assessment, and proposal for changes if relevant. * [leila] A half-yearly newsletter for Research with the goal of making it quarterly if bandwidth allows and/or project is successful. **Brainstorm** * [who?] Questions' board for keeping track of open questions. * [miriam] vision work and the taxonomy of knowledge gap via the lens of visual gaps.