The results of that Amichai-Hamburger et al. study were later questioned,
see
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2013/March#Grumpiness_d…
Here is another one that studied Big Five personality traits:
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Newsletter/2017/February#%22Relati…
Our reviewer noted a lack of statistical power, however.
This (personal, non-scientific) essay may be worth reading:
https://guillaumepaumier.com/2015/07/29/autistic-wikipedian/
Lastly (for those reading along here), OP has since created
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Editing_and_Neurotypes , and it
has been noted that in a Dutch survey, "One in eight editors (13%) say they
have an autism spectrum disorder" (
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:EN_-_Report_survey_editors_Dutch_la…
).
Regards, HaeB
On Thu, Apr 2, 2020 at 10:59 AM Finn Aarup Nielsen <fn(a)imm.dtu.dk> wrote:
For the reviews that summarized research some time
ago:
The people's encyclopedia under the gaze of the sages: A systematic
review of scholarly research on Wikipedia (page 56
https://orbit.dtu.dk/ws/files/52914302/SSRN_id2021326.pdf
Wikipedia research and tools: Review and comments (page 23)
http://www.imm.dtu.dk/pubdb/views/edoc_download.php/6012/pdf/imm6012.pdf
we only found the Amichai-Hamburger et al. study (or at least I only
recall finding):
Yair Amichai-Hamburger, Naama Lamdan, Rinat Madiel, and Tsahi Hayat.
Personality characteristics of wikipedia members. CyberPsychology &
Behavior, 11(6):679–681, December 2008.
I summarized it with:
Application of the Big Five Inventory and Real-Me personality
questionnaires to 139 Wikipedia and non-Wikipedia users. The recruitment
was based on targeting posting of links. Wikipedians scored lower on
agreeableness and higher on openness. Differences in extroversion and
conscientiousness depended on the sex of the subject.
My guess is that Wikipedians are not disproportionately ADHD, perhaps
the reverse.
Finn Årup Nielsen
On 4/2/20 5:49 PM, RhinosF1 - wrote:
Evening all,
I hope everyone is doing well given the crazy world we’re living in.
I was having a conversation with a few users on Discord today and we were
wondering whether wikimedia (or users of other similiar sites would be
fine) disproportinately fall into the category of having aspergers, ADHD
and other simmilar conditions.
It would be even better if anyone knew what sort of areas these users
were
more likely to work in.
Following a chat with Issac in #wikimedia-research, I understand there
isn’t much support for this kind of research as users may not want to
reveal this information and there is no clear reason for collecting the
information but if anyone knows of past research or has any information,
that would be helpful.
Stay Safe,
RhinosF1
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