Hello Wikimedia Research Community, Wikipedia researchers,
We invite you to provide feedback to the draft Research Ethics Privacy
White Paper
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft#>
[1] until 30 April 2024.
You can provide your feedback in one of the following ways:
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The corresponding talk page
<https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft>
[2];
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If you require a private space for communicating your feedback, by
sending an email to research-feedback(a)wikimedia.org with “privacy white
paper” in the subject line;
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By participating in a conversation hour on 23 April 2024.
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Context: In 2023, in response to a request
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World_War_II_and_the_history_of_Jews_in_Poland#Formal_request_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_for_a_white_paper_on_research_best_practices>
by English Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee and after careful scoping, the
Wikimedia Foundation prioritised writing a whitepaper with two primary
goals:
1.
Creating a shared understanding among Wikipedia contributors and
Wikipedia researchers about some of the key considerations for conducting
ethical research on Wikipedia with a focus on privacy.
2.
Providing recommendations about how to navigate some of the most common
privacy challenges Wikipedia researchers or Wikipedia contributors run into
when conducting or participating in research on Wikipedia.
Over the past 6 months, we at the Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team in
collaboration
<https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XZ2EHHBDKOQ6X62ICFK7ORE6WFEPF6NL/>
[3] with Dr. Michael Zimmer, and with support from Trust and Safety, have
worked to create a draft white paper.
We remain committed to our mission to strengthen Wikimedia research
communities and improve your experience when contributing your expertise to
the Wikimedia projects. We hope that you support us by providing your
valuable feedback and help us improve this white paper for you.
Best,
Eli Asikin-Garmager (Wikimedia Foundation), on behalf of myself and:
Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)
Michael Zimmer (Marquette University)
[1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_…
[2]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Pract…
[3]
https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia…
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Eli Asikin-Garmager
Principal Design Researcher (he/him)
Wikimedia Foundation <https://wikimediafoundation.org/> | Iowa City
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iowa_City,_Iowa> (UTC -6/-5)
<https://wikimediafoundation.org/>