Grants:IEG/Understanding the English Wikipedia Category System/Timeline

This project is funded by an Individual Engagement Grant

Timeline for Understanding the English Wikipedia Category System

Timeline	Date
Project page on en:WP operational	July 15, 2014
Statistics on number of categories per page (overall, by namespace, etc.) Preliminary taxonomy of category scopes	September 15, 2016
Statistics on numbers and types of words, concepts, and facets per category name Preliminary taxonomy of category facets Preliminary taxonomy of page-category relationships	October 15, 2016
Statistics on category scope Completed taxonomy of category scopes Completed taxonomy of category facets Preliminary taxonomy of types of categorization guidelines	November 15, 2016
Statistics on categorization of pages across namespaces Completed taxonomy of types of categorization guidelines	December 15, 2016
Statistics on page-category relationships Statistics on usage of category links Statistics on categorization guideline adherence Completed taxonomy of page-category relationships Analysis of additional similarities and differences in the categorization of pages across namespaces	January 15, 2017
Completeness statistics of taxonomies Predictors and their accuracy rates Initial assessment of the concepts of category facet, category scope, and categorization guideline type, and plan for additional assessment Initial assessment of the project as open research	February 28, 2017

Monthly updates

Please prepare a brief project update each month, in a format of your choice, to share progress and learnings with the community along the way. Submit the link below as you complete each update.

June 16–July 15

Updated grant page.

Delineated the initial project timeline.

Developing the project page on English Wikipedia.

Provided substantive comments to WMF via the IEG process survey and the evaluation survey.

July 16–August 15

[Was ill for much of this time, and otherwise overloaded by my summer internship.]

Completed and posted the initial version of the project page on English Wikipedia.

Began work on developing a taxonomy of page-category relationships.

August 16, 2014–July 15, 2016

Project hibernation due to health and other issues.

July 16, 2016–August 15, 2016

Restarted the project, after the 2-year hiatus.

Reviewing what I had previously accomplished.

Setting up project database.

August 16, 2016–September 15, 2016

My laptop crashed on August 16, and has been with the manufacturer supposedly being fixed for the entire month, causing me delays on the project.

Learning and setting up technical infrastructure.

Data modeling.

January 16, 2017–February 28, 2017

Is your final report due but you need more time?

Extension request

Hi, Siko. As we discussed, here is my extension/hibernation request.

New end date

November 30, 2015

Rationale

I had CMV, a mono-like illness in summer 2014, which prevented me from being productive on this project. During the 2014-2015 school year, I have a full class load, and can't devote significant time and energy to the project. I will be able to devote my summer to the project.

Libcub, please contact me at mjohnson  · wikimedia  · org if you would like to continue with this project. Because there has been no activity and no response to email contact, I am concerned the project is abandoned. Thank you! --19:26, 19 June 2016 (UTC)

Extension request

Hi, Marti. As we discussed, here is my extension request.

New end date

February 28, 2017

Rationale

Multiple health issues prevented me from working on the project. Those all seem resolved now, and I am back to working on the project.

Thanks for documenting your new timeline, Paul. I'm approving your new project end date of February 28, 2017. Looking forward to seeing the outcomes of this project. --Marti (WMF) (talk) 15:41, 22 July 2016 (UTC)