Comments on: Measuring differential attention in a distributed volunteer community http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/04/14/measuring-differential-attention-in-a-distributed-volunteer-community Pontification without all the gritty gravitas Thu, 07 Aug 2008 23:47:36 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: ellenweber http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/04/14/measuring-differential-attention-in-a-distributed-volunteer-community#comment-990 ellenweber Wed, 31 May 2006 21:36:08 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/04/14/measuring-differential-attention-in-a-distributed-volunteer-community#comment-990 It is so true that what gets measured gets done and I like the way you connected measurement to improved alternatives here.... I would love to hear more about how this work will help us to ensure better models for diversity... and I would also like to see more of your good work come to the public forum for good discussion. What an interesting blog and I should think there'd be valuable input from voices from many cultures...What do you think? It is so true that what gets measured gets done and I like the way you connected measurement to improved alternatives here…. I would love to hear more about how this work will help us to ensure better models for diversity… and I would also like to see more of your good work come to the public forum for good discussion. What an interesting blog and I should think there’d be valuable input from voices from many cultures…What do you think?

]]> By: Tozier http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/04/14/measuring-differential-attention-in-a-distributed-volunteer-community#comment-700 Tozier Sat, 22 Apr 2006 00:43:49 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/04/14/measuring-differential-attention-in-a-distributed-volunteer-community#comment-700 Vicky, you can see the projects waiting to enter the four main phases at DP through <a href="http://www.pgdp.net/c/stats/release_queue.php" rel="nofollow">the DP release queues page</a> (login required). When I wrote this entry, the P2 queue was well above 1500 projects. Since we've started the "p2alt" experiment, it's only dropped by a couple of hundred. I know I don't do P2, and I'm not sure I can justify it rationally -- there's not really that much different between the phases, and I was qualified to do Round 2 proofing under the old system (proofreading and formatting used to be combined). I find it very hard to do P2 without throwing a lot of formatting in, still. And since that makes some rules lawyers mad, and rules lawyers make me mad... well. You're right about the thousands count, in one sense. But the number of pages done is something like a lognormal distribution: the vast, vast majority of volunteers have proofed less than 20 pages. Vicky, you can see the projects waiting to enter the four main phases at DP through the DP release queues page (login required). When I wrote this entry, the P2 queue was well above 1500 projects. Since we’ve started the “p2alt” experiment, it’s only dropped by a couple of hundred.

I know I don’t do P2, and I’m not sure I can justify it rationally — there’s not really that much different between the phases, and I was qualified to do Round 2 proofing under the old system (proofreading and formatting used to be combined). I find it very hard to do P2 without throwing a lot of formatting in, still. And since that makes some rules lawyers mad, and rules lawyers make me mad… well.

You’re right about the thousands count, in one sense. But the number of pages done is something like a lognormal distribution: the vast, vast majority of volunteers have proofed less than 20 pages.

]]> By: Vicky http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/04/14/measuring-differential-attention-in-a-distributed-volunteer-community#comment-699 Vicky Fri, 21 Apr 2006 22:00:52 +0000 http://williamtozier.com/slurry/2006/04/14/measuring-differential-attention-in-a-distributed-volunteer-community#comment-699 I've only been proofreading at DP for the last week and didn't know that a large amount of projects are waiting to enter the second stage of proofreading. Do you think that very many people who are qualified to proof in the second round might not be doing it for one reason or another? I know that I was thinking that I might not feel ready to do that when the time comes. But I guess people should be doing this if they're able to. Also, I thought there were thousands of volunteers and not hundreds, as you state above. Thank you for an interesting website and all the great work you do! I’ve only been proofreading at DP for the last week and didn’t know that a large amount of projects are waiting to enter the second stage of proofreading.

Do you think that very many people who are qualified to proof in the second round might not be doing it for one reason or another? I know that I was thinking that I might not feel ready to do that when the time comes. But I guess people should be doing this if they’re able to.

Also, I thought there were thousands of volunteers and not hundreds, as you state above.

Thank you for an interesting website and all the great work you do!

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