From de6aff4466cde30cb6dcd8ab5f433dd93cbd3e9d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Lyudmila Vaseva <vaseva@mi.fu-berlin.de> Date: Sun, 30 Jun 2019 08:34:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Clean up --- notes | 1 + thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex | 13 +------------ thesis/introduction.tex | 6 +++--- thesis/references.bib | 11 ++++++++++- 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/notes b/notes index 96575a3..8b9a7d9 100644 --- a/notes +++ b/notes @@ -1456,6 +1456,7 @@ The condition limit is (more or less) tracking the number of comparison operator ======================================================================== https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter/Archive_3#Request_for_name_change +https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter/Archive_3&oldid=883700704#Request_for_name_change "Could the name of this log be changed, please? I just noticed the other day that I have entries in an "abuse" log for linking to YouTube and for creating articles about Michael Jackson, which triggered a suspicion of vandalism. A few other people are voicing the same concern at AN/I, and someone suggested posting the request here. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 18:11, 2 July 2009 (UTC) " diff --git a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex index 9b2a494..4483075 100644 --- a/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex +++ b/thesis/4-Edit-Filters.tex @@ -7,18 +7,7 @@ ``The extension allows all edits to be checked against automatic filters and heuristics, which can be set up to look for patterns of vandalism including page move vandalism and juvenile-type vandalism, as well as common newbie mistakes,'' the article proclaims. %TODO something more from the signpost? -The extension, or at least its end user facing parts, was later renamed to ``edit filter'' in order to not characterise/label potential false positives as ``abuse'' and thus alienate good faith editors striving to improve the encyclopedia~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilter},~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilterTalkArchive1}. -%The new name (``edit filter'') is ``currently used for user-facing elements of the filter as some of the edits it flags are not harmful''~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilter}. -\begin{comment} -\url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter/Archive_3#Request_for_name_change} - -"Could the name of this log be changed, please? I just noticed the other day that I have entries in an "abuse" log for linking to YouTube and for creating articles about Michael Jackson, which triggered a suspicion of vandalism. A few other people are voicing the same concern at AN/I, and someone suggested posting the request here. SlimVirgin talk|contribs 18:11, 2 July 2009 (UTC) " - -" I would support a name change on all public-facing parts of this extension to "Edit filter". Even after we tell people that "Entries in this list do not necessarily mean the edits were abusive.", they still worry about poisoning of their well. –xenotalk 18:14, 2 July 2009 (UTC)" - -as well as several more comments in favour -\end{comment} - +The extension, or at least its end user facing parts, was later renamed to ``edit filter'' in order to not characterise false positives as ``abuse'' and thus alienate good faith editors striving to improve the encyclopedia~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilter},~\cite{Wikipedia:EditFilterTalkArchiveNameChange}. In the present chapter, we aim to understand how edit filters work, who implements and runs them and above all, how and why they were introduced in the first place and what the qualitative difference is between them and other algorithmic quality control mechanisms. %smth else we want to understand here? diff --git a/thesis/introduction.tex b/thesis/introduction.tex index 2162360..1039658 100644 --- a/thesis/introduction.tex +++ b/thesis/introduction.tex @@ -67,9 +67,9 @@ To this end, we study the academic contributions on Wikipedia's quality control \begin{comment} # Motivation -* What is the role of filters among existing (algorithmic) quality-control mechanisms (bots, semi-automated tools, ORES, humans)? Which type of tasks do filters take over? -* How have these tasks evolved over time (are they changes in the type, number, etc.)? -* What are suitable areas of application for rule-based systems such as filters in contrast to the other ML-based approaches? +* What is the role of filters among existing (algorithmic) quality-control mechanisms (bots, semi-automated tools, ORES, humans)? Which type of tasks do filters take over? - chapter 4 +* How have these tasks evolved over time (are there changes in the type, number, etc.)? - chapter 5 +* What are suitable areas of application for rule-based systems such as filters in contrast to the other ML-based approaches? - discussion Questions from Confluence Q1 We wanted to improve our understanding of the role of filters in existing algorithmic quality-control mechanisms (bots, ORES, humans). diff --git a/thesis/references.bib b/thesis/references.bib index 8144779..fb694bd 100644 --- a/thesis/references.bib +++ b/thesis/references.bib @@ -248,7 +248,7 @@ title = {Abuse Filter is enabled}, year = 2009, note = {Retreived February 25, 2019 from - \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-03-23/Abuse_Filter}} + \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia:Wikipedia_Signpost/2009-03-23/Abuse_Filter&oldid=878994386}} } @inproceedings{WestKanLee2010, @@ -360,6 +360,15 @@ \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter/Archive_1}} } +@misc{Wikipedia:EditFilterTalkArchiveNameChange, + key = "Wikipedia Edit Filter Talk Archive Name Change", + author = {}, + title = {}, + year = 2019, + note = {Retreived April 25, 2019 from + \url{https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Wikipedia_talk:Edit_filter/Archive_3&oldid=883700704#Request_for_name_change}} +} + @misc{Wikipedia:PageProtection, key = "Wikipedia Page Protection", author = {}, -- GitLab