Wikimedia Research/Office hours

The Research team at Wikimedia Foundation holds office hours (see below for exact date and time), which you can join via video call.

The aim is to make ourselves more available to answer research questions that you as Wikimedia volunteers, affiliates, staff, and researchers face in your projects and initiatives, and to connect, share, and learn from each other.

Come and talk to us about anything related to Wiki-research. Bring your questions and ideas to discuss projects, data, analysis, etc. For example:
 * You want to learn more about our team and our projects
 * You would like to share some research project or idea and would like to get feedback or support
 * You have questions about how to use specific datasets

After initiating the office hours in January 2020, we switched to monthly group video calls to facilitate more direct interaction. We paused Office Hours from July - December, 2022 to focus on new initiatives, such as the Research Fund and the development of a research course on WikiLearn. Office Hours are returning in January 2023 with a new format consisting of individual consultations (see below). We piloted this format earlier in 2022 for attendees of Wiki Workshop as well as Research Fund applicants. We will evaluate the success of this approach in mid-2023.

How it works
We invite you to schedule individual consultation sessions with a member of the Research team. Please note that scheduling requires you to use services independent from the Wikimedia Foundation. For more information on usage policies of Google Calendar, please refer to Google's Privacy Policy. When scheduling your appointment, please provide a description of the topic or question that you wish to discuss.

Additional information
Announcements will be made over the following places, so subscribe to them if you want to receive the latest updates:
 * wiki-research-l mailing list
 * analytics mailing list
 * wikidata mailing list
 * wikimedia-l mailing list

For specific questions related to Wikidata, see also the online office hours over at Wikidata.

If you have further questions, comments, or suggestions, please leave a comment on the talk-page or reach out to User:ELescak_(WMF).

Past events
Archive of meeting notesː https://etherpad.wikimedia.org/p/Research-Analytics-Office-hours


 * Tuesday, July 05, 2022, 16ː00-17ː00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, June 07, 2022, 23ː00-00ː00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, May 03, 2022, 16ː00-17ː00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, April 05, 2022, 23ː00-00ː00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, March 01, 2022, 12.00-13.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, February 02, 2022, 00.00-1.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, January 11, 2022, 12.00-13.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, December 08, 2021, 00.00-1.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, November 02, 2021, 12.00-13.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, October 05, 2021, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, September 07, 2021, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, August 03, 2021, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, June 01, 2021, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, May 04, 2021, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, March 16, 2021, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, February 02, 2021, 17.00-18.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, January 05, 2021, 17.00-18.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, December 01, 2020, 17.00-18.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, November 03, 2020, 17.00-18.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, October 13, 2020, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Tuesday, September 01, 2020, 16.00-17.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 9.00-10.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, May 27, 2020, 18.00-19.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, April 29, 2020, 18.00-19.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, March 25, 2020, 1700-18.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, February 26, 2020, 1700-18.00 (UTC)
 * Wednesday, January 22, 2020, 1700-18.00 (UTC)