diff --git a/thesis/2-Background.tex b/thesis/2-Background.tex index eb6082844b9bd1823b0e04fc5c2f97d3e9a1e5e4..560bb498fed8cebd05f22de386f32a8087c27844 100644 --- a/thesis/2-Background.tex +++ b/thesis/2-Background.tex @@ -235,7 +235,8 @@ But first, chapter~\ref{chap:methods} introduces the applied methodology. %TODO check which entries actually result from the text!! % and get rid of the empty page that follows \begin{landscape} - \begin{longtable}{ | p{2cm} | p{3.5cm} | p{3.5cm} | p{3.5cm} | p{3.5cm} | p{3.5cm} } +{\small + \begin{longtable}{ | p{2cm} | p{3cm} | p{3cm} | p{3cm} | p{3cm} | p{3cm} } \hline & Page protection & Blacklists & Bots & Semi-Automated tools & ORES \\ \hline @@ -252,7 +253,7 @@ But first, chapter~\ref{chap:methods} introduces the applied methodology. People involved & admins & admins (anyone can report problems) & bot operators & editors with \emph{rollback} permission & mostly Scoring Platform team \\ \hline Hurdles to & & & get approval from the BAG & get a \emph{rollback} permission& \\ - participate & & & programming knowledge, understand APIs, ... & get familiar with the tool & understand ML \\ + participate & & understand regexes & programming knowledge, understand APIs, ... & get familiar with the tool & understand ML \\ \hline \multirow{2}{*}{Concerns} & & & ``botophobia'' & gamification & general ML concerns: hard to understand \\ \hline @@ -260,4 +261,5 @@ But first, chapter~\ref{chap:methods} introduces the applied methodology. \hline \caption{Wikipedia's algorithmic quality control mechanisms in comparison}~\label{table:mechanisms-comparison-literature} \end{longtable} +} \end{landscape} diff --git a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex index 1e7c99f2a2ce5be2ece20a54823f7e1bf4c2e994..6adb8ad32c6d8af5e2d84707664c86939fd2db69 100644 --- a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex +++ b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex @@ -441,6 +441,39 @@ Concerns with filters resemble somewhat the concerns expressed about bots: namel In consequence, community consensus on using filter actions such as \emph{rangeblock}, \emph{block}, and \emph{degroup} never happened. According to the discussion archives~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilterTalkArchive1}, others feared that edit filters were placing a lot of power in the hands of very few people. +\begin{landscape} +{\small + \begin{longtable}{ | p{2cm} | p{2.5cm} | p{2.5cm} | p{2.5cm} | p{2.5cm} | p{2.5cm} | p{2.5cm} } + \hline + & Filters & Page protection & Blacklists & Bots & Semi-Automated tools & ORES \\ + \hline + \multirow{7}{*}{Properties}& rule-based & per page & rule-based & rule/ML based & rule/ML based & ML framework \\ + & part of the "software" (MediaWiki plugin) & part of MediaWiki & part of MediaWiki & run on user's infrastructure ("bespoke code") & extra infrastructure & not used directly, can be incorporated in other tools \\ + & open source& MediaWiki is open source & & no requirement for code to be public & \raggedright most popular are open source (but not a hard requirement) & open source \\ + & public filters directly visible for anyone interested & & & & heuristics obfuscated by the interface & \\ + & trigger \emph{before} an edit is published & one cannot edit at all & \raggedright trigger before an edit is published & latency varies (ClueBot NG needs only a couple of seconds)& generally higher latency than bots & \\ + & collaborative effort & & & \raggedright mostly single dev/operator (recently: bot frameworks) & few devs & few devs \\ + \hline + Necessary & \raggedright \emph{abusefilter-modify} permission & admin access & admin access & \raggedright no special rights needed (except for admin bots) & \emph{rollback} permission needed & \\ + permissions & & & bot gets a ``bot flag'' & & \\ + \hline + People involved & \raggedright edit filter managers (EN Wiki)& admins & admins (anyone can report problems) & bot operators & \raggedright editors with \emph{rollback} permission & mostly Scoring Platform team \\ + \hline + Hurdles to & gain community trust to become an edit filter manager & & & get approval from the BAG & get a \emph{rollback} permission& \\ + participate & understand regexes & & understand regexes & programming knowledge, understand APIs, ... & \raggedright get familiar with the tool & understand ML \\ + \hline + \multirow{3}{*}{Concerns} & \raggedright automated agents blocking/desysoping human users & & & ``botophobia'' & gamification & general ML concerns: hard to understand \\ + & \raggedright hidden filters lack transparency and accountability& & & & \raggedright interface makes some paths of action easier than others & \\ + & censorship infrastructure & & & & & \\ + \hline + Areas of application & \raggedright persistent vandal with a known modus operandi and a history of circumventing prevention methods' demographic (obvious vandalism which takes time to clean up) & problems with single page & abusive titles/ link spam & mostly obvious vandalism & \raggedright less obvious cases that require human judgement & \\ + \hline + \caption{Wikipedia's algorithmic quality control mechanisms in comparison}~\label{table:mechanisms-comparison-literature} +\end{longtable} +} +\end{landscape} + +\begin{comment} \begin{landscape} \begin{longtable}{ | p{3cm} | p{4.5cm} | p{4.5cm} | p{4.5cm} | p{4.5cm} | } \hline @@ -469,7 +502,7 @@ According to the discussion archives~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilterTalkArchive1}, ot \caption{Wikipedia's algorithmic quality control mechanisms in comparison}~\label{table:mechanisms-comparison} \end{longtable} \end{landscape} - +\end{comment} \begin{comment} \begin{verbatim}