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My presentation about the Ushahidi "Understanding Sources" project covering how Wikipedians verified information during the first days of the 2011 Egyptian revolution article.

Technology News & Politics

Managing sources during high
volume news events
hford@ushahidi.com
@hfordsa
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_sources

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aude/Egypt

Research questions

How are Wikipedians managing
social media sources?

What veriﬁcation challenges were
they facing?

How can help editors manage
sources better during high
volume news events?

Ranking

Variable 1
Variable 2
Variable 3
vote
Source

Sources play 2 important roles

• Verify facts • Directly represented (sometimes)

• Verify importance • Summaries require interpretation
(and in rapidly evolving news
events that interpretation often
hasn’t arrived)

xkcd

sources
‘on the books’ source=

1. Use only reliable sources
2. Use predominantly secondary
sources
3. Ensure veriﬁability

Social media sources
are allowed!
- Policy doesn’t specify media
but warns to be careful
- WP:Twitter sources can be used
as sources on themselves
- Self-published expert sources
may be considered reliable
sources

Primary sources are
allowed!
- and in fact, are the only sources
available near an event
- but policy states that the
majority of sources should be
secondary

2011 Egyptian revolution article

http://sonetlab.fbk.eu/wikitrip/#|en|2011_Egyptian_Revolution

How did editors verify?

• Avoiding single sources

• “Wait and see”

• Reading/watching the source to see whether
it has been accurately reﬂected

• Counting

Suez Jan 26/27
Reports of Army involvements are refuted on Twitter, sometimes quite
strongly; all reliable tweets seem to mention paramilitary riot police only
(using Fahd (armored personnel carrier) which the Army also uses, hence
the apparent confusion).
Suez city center apparently cordoned off, curfew in effect, internet and
phone (mobile and landlines) capped or intermittent at best, possibly
blackout. Watercannons, dozens injured. Best source so far: http://
www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIfGGo6G-4Q (Arabic) possibly useful
(mainstream media blog) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jan/26/
egypt-protests —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.196.206.14 (talk)
01:29, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

context

Ranking independent
variable 1
Variable 1
independent
Variable 2
variable 2
Variable 3
vote
Source

Indep. variables
Are the majority of sources
secondary?
What is the article about?
How recent is the event being
discussed?

hford@ushahidi.com
@hfordsa
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_sources

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Wikimania presentation on the "Understanding Sources" project

1. Managing sources during high volume news events hford@ushahidi.com @hfordsa http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_sources

2. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Aude/Egypt

3. Research questions How are Wikipedians managing social media sources? What veriﬁcation challenges were they facing? How can help editors manage sources better during high volume news events?

4. Ranking Variable 1 Variable 2 Variable 3 vote Source

5. 1. Deﬁning concepts

6. Sources play 2 important roles • Verify facts • Directly represented (sometimes) • Verify importance • Summaries require interpretation (and in rapidly evolving news events that interpretation often hasn’t arrived) xkcd

8. sources ‘on the books’ source= 1. Use only reliable sources 2. Use predominantly secondary sources 3. Ensure veriﬁability

9. Social media sources are allowed! - Policy doesn’t specify media but warns to be careful - WP:Twitter sources can be used as sources on themselves - Self-published expert sources may be considered reliable sources

10. Primary sources are allowed! - and in fact, are the only sources available near an event - but policy states that the majority of sources should be secondary

11. 2011 Egyptian revolution article http://sonetlab.fbk.eu/wikitrip/#|en|2011_Egyptian_Revolution

12. How did editors verify? • Avoiding single sources • “Wait and see” • Reading/watching the source to see whether it has been accurately reﬂected • Counting

13.

14. Suez Jan 26/27 Reports of Army involvements are refuted on Twitter, sometimes quite strongly; all reliable tweets seem to mention paramilitary riot police only (using Fahd (armored personnel carrier) which the Army also uses, hence the apparent confusion). Suez city center apparently cordoned off, curfew in effect, internet and phone (mobile and landlines) capped or intermittent at best, possibly blackout. Watercannons, dozens injured. Best source so far: http:// www.youtube.com/watch?v=yIfGGo6G-4Q (Arabic) possibly useful (mainstream media blog) http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/jan/26/ egypt-protests —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.196.206.14 (talk) 01:29, 27 January 2011 (UTC)

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17. context Ranking independent variable 1 Variable 1 independent Variable 2 variable 2 Variable 3 vote Source

18. Indep. variables Are the majority of sources secondary? What is the article about? How recent is the event being discussed?

19. hford@ushahidi.com @hfordsa http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Understanding_sources

Editor's Notes

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