User:Isaac (WMF)

Isaac Johnson

Research Scientist, Wikimedia Foundation

About me

I joined the the Research team at the Wikimedia Foundation on October 2018 as a Research Scientist. I currently live in the glorious New York City, NY, USA.

My work

My background is in geography and human-computer interaction, with a special focus on understanding (and trying to do something about) how structural inequalities find their way online and into algorithmic systems. Since joining WMF, I have also been heavily involved in research better understanding reader needs and behavior, how to model topics of Wikipedia articles, and the impact of external re-use of Wikimedia content.

Disclaimer: I work for or provide services to the Wikimedia Foundation, and this is the account I try to use for edits or statements I make in that role. However, the Foundation does not vet all my activity, so edits, statements, or other contributions made by this account may not reflect the views of the Foundation.

Contact me

• email: isaac@wikimedia.org
• irc: isaacj
• twitter: @_isaaclj
• phabricator: @Isaac

Projects

Last updated on 08/18/2020

Active Active projects that I am currently working on: Prioritization of Wikipedia articles Language-agnostic topic classification for Wikipedia articles External reuse of Wikimedia content Knowledge gaps taxonomy

Completed Completed research projects and reports: Demographics of Wikipedia readers Survey on the gender of editors Evaluating success for content translation (Outreachy project) Wikidata topic classification (Outreachy project)

Backburner Projects that I've started, but had to put down for the moment: Language switching on Wikipedia