by Os Keyes -- A prerequisite to many pieces of interesting reader research is being able to accurately identify the length of users' 'sessions'. I will explain one potential way of doing it, how I've applied it to mobile readers, and what research this opens up. (slides, read more)
Wikipedia article creation research
by Aaron Halfaker -- A brief overview of research examining trends in newcomer article creation across 10 languages with a focus on English and German Wikipedias. In wikis where anonymous users can create articles, their articles are less likely to be deleted than articles created by newly registered editors. An in-depth analysis of Articles for Creation (AfC) suggests that while AfC's process seems to result in the publication of high quality articles, it also dramatically reduces the rate at which good new articles are published. (slides, read more)
