diff --git a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex index c41a27c6e9575f6db38d97da56641e259a22135c..1d2a1a4450e8761e5399c170f6cb459ff11c966a 100644 --- a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex +++ b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex @@ -329,14 +329,35 @@ So, as shown in figure~\ref{fig:funnel-with-filters}, edit filters are crucial s \caption{Edit filters' role in the quality control frame}~\label{fig:funnel-with-filters} \end{figure} -\begin{comment} -\begin{longtable}{ l | c | c | c | c } +Following table summarises the aspects of Wikipedia's various algorithmic quality control mechanisms: +\begin{landscape} + \begin{longtable}{ | p{3cm} | p{4.5cm} | p{4.5cm} | p{4.5cm} | p{4.5cm} | } + \hline & Filters & Bots & Semi-Automated tools & ORES \\ - properties & + \hline + \multirow{7}{*}{Properties} & based on REGEXes & rule/ML based & rule/ML based & ML framework \\ + & part of the "software" (MediaWiki plugin) & run on user's infrastructure ("bespoke code") & extra infrastructure & not used directly, can be incorporated in other tools \\ + & extension is open source & no requirement for code to be public & heuristics obfuscated by the interface & open source \\ + & public filters directly visible for anyone interested & & & \\ + & trigger \emph{before} an edit is published & trigger after an edit is published & trigger after an edit is published & \\ + & zero latency, trigger immediately & latency varies & generally higher latency than bots & \\ + & collaborative effort & mostly single dev/operator (recently: bot frameworks) & few devs & few devs \\ + \hline + \multirow{2}{*}{People involved} & edit filter managers (EN Wiki) & no special rights needed (except for admin bots) & \emph{rollback} permission needed & mostly Scoring Platform team \\ + & & bot gets a ``bot flag'' & & \\ + \hline + \multirow{2}{*}{Hurdles to participate} & gain community trust to become an edit filter manager & get approval from the BAG & get a \emph{rollback} permission& \\ + & understand REGEXes & programming knowledge, understand APIs, ... & get familiar with the tool & understand ML \\ + \hline + \multirow{2}{*}{Concerns} & censorship infrastructure & ``botophobia'' & gamification & general ML concerns: hard to understand \\ + & powerful, can in theory block editors based on (hidden) filters & & & \\ + \hline + Areas of application & & & & \\ + \hline \end{longtable} -\end{comment} +\end{landscape} -Following table summarises the aspects of Wikipedia's various algorithmic quality control mechanisms: +\begin{comment} \begin{verbatim} | Filters | Bots | Semi-Automated tools | ORES -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- @@ -386,9 +407,8 @@ Concerns | - powerful, can in theory block | Application areas | | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ - - \end{verbatim} +\end{comment} \begin{comment} From the Edit filter talk archives: