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{{user info
| full name = Aaron Halfaker
| image name = Aaron_Halfaker_sunburst.jpg
| hover text = Aaron Halfaker, Science Man
| job title = Research AnalyScientist
| organization = Wikimedia Foundation
| short quote = ''We use science when we want to know that we know something.''
| about me = I'm a Computer Science researcher working on my PhD in the [[:en:GroupLens Research|GroupLens Research]] lab at the [[:en:University of Minnesota|University of Minnesota]].  I moonlight as a Wikimedia Foundation staff researcher.  It's a good collaboration.

The majority of my work in English Wikipedia involves the development and maintenance of user scripts that enable communication or otherwise provide insight into the editing process.  See my [[:en:User:EpochFail/Research_protocol|research protocol]] for more information.  I also like to edit articles relating to computer science, mycology, psychology and philosophy.

| about my work = I use the scientific method to explore the underlying patterns of wiki-work, to discover problems and to invent new tools for readers, editors and community organizers.

=== User Interface ===
*'''[[:en:User:EpochFail/MrClean|Mr. Clean]]''' allows readers to insert [[:en:Wikipedia:Cleanup templates|cleanup templates]] in articles.
*'''[[:en:User:EpochFail/Wikignome|Wikignome]]''' allows edits to individual sentences while viewing an article.
*'''[[:en:User:EpochFail/NICE|NICE]]''' is an experimental interface that asks reverting editors to be nice to newbies.
*'''[[:en:User:EpochFail/HAPPI|HAPPI]]''' add highlighting to edit pane to visually present information about who last editing wiki-markup and how long ago.
*'''[[:en:User:EpochFail/NOOB|NOOB]]''' adds a visualization of editor experience to talk pages and the revision history page.
*'''[[:en:User:EpochFail/APS_Review|APS Review]]''' is a review system for APS:WI to allow members to more easily submit reviews of the articles that they read.

=== Peer reviewed writing ===
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Geiger, R. S., Morgan, J., & Riedl, J. (in-press). [http://halfaker.info/summaries/The%20Rise%20and%20Decline The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's reaction to sudden popularity is causing its decline]. ''American Behavioral Scientist''.
*Geiger, R. S., '''Halfaker, A.''', Pinchuk, M., & Walling, S. (in-press). Defense Mechanism or Socialization Tactic? Improving Wikipedia’s Notifications to Rejected Contributors. ''ICWSM’12''.
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Kittur, A., & Riedl, J. (2011). [http://grouplens.org/node/473 Dont Bite the Newbies: How Reverts Affect the Quantity and Quality of Wikipedia Work], ''WikiSym’11''. ACM. 
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Song, B., Stuart, D. A., Kittur, A., & Riedl, J. (2011). [http://grouplens.org/node/474 NICE: Social translucence through UI intervention], ''WikiSym’11''. ACM.
*Panciera, K., '''Halfaker, A.''', & Terveen, L. (2009). [http://www.grouplens.org/node/415 Wikipedians are born, not made: A study of power editors on Wikipedia], ''GROUP’09''. ACM.
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Kittur, A., Kraut, R., & Riedl, J. (2009). [http://www.grouplens.org/node/416 A Jury of Your Peers: Quality, Experience and Ownership in Wikipedia], ''WikiSym’09''. ACM.

=== Other writingThere are a lot of things that we intuitively know to be true through personal experience.  However, personal experience differs between individuals.  In other words, we don't know for sure if we '''know''' something or if it just result of our personal experiences.  The scientific method is a strategy that helps us know  that we know something, and sometimes, to know that we were actually thinking wrongly the whole time.  I don't want to simply "know something" -- I want to '''know''' that I know something.  So, I've chosen to dedicate my work to doing science and talking about it.''
| about me = Hi. I'm Aaron Halfaker.  I've been a Wikipedian since 2008.  I'm half computer scientist, half social scientist.  See [[:en:User:Halfak (WMF)#Publications|my publications]].  In 2011, I started working with the Wikimedia Foundation as a researcher.  See my volunteer account, [[:en:User:EpochFail]], for my non-staff work.  

| about my work = I use the scientific method to explore the underlying patterns of wiki-work, to discover problems and to design new tools for readers, editors and community organizers.  See [[:meta:Research:The Rise and Decline|The Rise and Decline]] for an example of my research and [[:en:WP:Snuggle|Snuggle]] for an example of a tool for Wikipedians that I'm actively developing.

| contact me = 
* E-mail: ahalfaker{{@}}wikimedia.org
* Website: [http://halfaker.info http://halfaker.info]
* Twitter: [http://twitter.com/halfak http://twitter.com/halfak]
* On IRC, I go by "halfak".  
}}

== Publications ==
=== Peer reviewed ===
*Geiger, R.S., & '''Halfaker, A.''' (2013). When the Levee Breaks: Without Bots, What Happens to Wikipedia’s Quality Control Processes? WikiSym'13. ([http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~halfak/publications/When_the_Levee_Breaks/geiger13levee-preprint.pdf pdf])
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Keyes, O., & Taraborelli, D. (2013). [http://halfaker.info/publications/Making_Peripheral_Participation_Legitimate Making peripheral participation legitimate: Reader engagement experiments in Wikipedia] CSCW'13.
*Geiger, R. S. & '''Halfaker, A.''' (2013). Using Edit Session to Measure Participation in Wikipedia CSCW'13.
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Geiger, R. S., Morgan, J., & Riedl, J. (2013). [http://halfaker.info/publications/The_Rise_and_Decline The Rise and Decline of an Open Collaboration System: How Wikipedia's reaction to sudden popularity is causing its decline]. ''American Behavioral Scientist''.
*Geiger, R. S., '''Halfaker, A.''', Pinchuk, M., & Walling, S. (2012). Defense Mechanism or Socialization Tactic? Improving Wikipedia’s Notifications to Rejected Contributors. ''ICWSM’12''.
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Kittur, A., & Riedl, J. (2011). [http://halfaker.info/publications/Don't_Bite_the_Newbies Don't Bite the Newbies: How Reverts Affect the Quantity and Quality of Wikipedia Work], ''WikiSym’11''. ACM. 
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Song, B., Stuart, D. A., Kittur, A., & Riedl, J. (2011). [http://halfaker.info/publications/NICE NICE: Social translucence through UI intervention], ''WikiSym’11''. ACM.
*Panciera, K., '''Halfaker, A.''', & Terveen, L. (2009). [http://www.grouplens.org/node/415 Wikipedians are born, not made: A study of power editors on Wikipedia], ''GROUP’09''. ACM.
*'''Halfaker, A.''', Kittur, A., Kraut, R., & Riedl, J. (2009). [http://halfaker.info/publications/A_Jury_of_Your_Peers A Jury of Your Peers: Quality, Experience and Ownership in Wikipedia], ''WikiSym’09''. ACM.

=== Other ===
* English Wikipedia newcomer quality over time ([[:meta:Research:Newcomer_quality|writeup]], [http://blog.wikimedia.org/2012/03/27/analysis-of-the-quality-of-newcomers-in-wikipedia-over-time/ blog])
* '''Halfaker, A.''', Riedl, J. [http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/xpl/articleDetails.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6163451 Bots & Cyborgs: Wikipedia's Immune System], 2011. ''IEEE Computing'', 45(3), 79-82.
* WMF Summer of Research
** [[:meta:Research:Newbie reverts and article length|Newbie reverts and article length]]
** [[:meta:Research:Patroller_work_load|Patroller work load]]
** [[:meta:Research:Software for quick processing of Wikidumps|Software for quick processing of Wikidumps]]
** [[:meta:Research:First_edit_session|First edit session]]
** [[:meta:Research:Vandal_fighter_work_load|Vandal fighter work load]]
* WMF contracting
** [[:meta:Research:Article_feedback/Quality_assessment|AFTv5 Feedback quality analysis]]
** [[:meta:Research:Article_feedback/Stage_2/Quality_assessment|AFTv5 prominent link quality analysis]]
** [[:meta:Research:Article_feedback/Stage_3/Conversion and newcomer quality|AFTv5 effect on newcomer conversions]]
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=== My essays ===
* [[:en:User:EpochFail/Don't bite the researchers|Don't bite the researchers]]
* [[:en:User:EpochFail/What are these researchers doing in my Wikipedia|What are these researchers doing in my Wikipedia]]?

| contact me = 
* E-mail: ahalfaker{{@}}wikimedia.org
* Website: [http://halfaker.info http://halfaker.info]
}}* Other on-wiki research
** [[:meta:Research:Newcomer_desirability_modeling|Newcomer desirability modeling]]