Dear friends,
for some time already, I do not manage to find enough time to get engaged
in the activities of this committee. Given my priorities in academic
research, and the fact that the time pressure they generate is not going to
get any lighter in the near future, I believe that the best thing to do is
to withdraw from the Wikimedia Foundation Research Committee at this moment.
I have made changes to
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_Committee to
reflect my decision to withdraw; User: GoranM is now found in the "Former
members" section.
I wish you all the best in you future work. Wikimedia Foundation spawned a
set of magnificent ideas and projects. You are shaping the future. Keep up
the good work!
Best,
Goran S. Milovanović
P.S. If any of you have interests in human choice under risk and
uncertainty, you might take a look at:
http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2362756. The paper is
currently under review.
On Thu, Dec 19, 2013 at 10:32 PM, Aaron Halfaker
<aaron.halfaker(a)gmail.com>wrote;wrote:
Hey folks,
There's a new study[1] seeking approval from RCom to engage in subject
recruitment on English Wikipedia.
TL;DR:
- *Who:* PhD Student from University of Washington (with IRB approval)
- *What:* Wants to understand the perspectives of female editors with
regards to the experience of editing Wikipedia, dealing with masculine
culture, etc.
- *How:* Goal is 20 interviews. Starting with snowball sampling
though informant Jonathan Morgan (a Learning Strategist @ the WMF)
continuing with user talk page posts if snowballing is insufficient.
I've gone through the motions of ensuring that the study is well
documented and I've started a straw poll at the bottom of the talk page[2].
Please take a look to see if I missed anything and add your vote. Thanks!
1.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Women_and_Wikipedia
2.
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Women_and_Wikipedia#Straw_pol…
-Aaron
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