Gerard,
It seems that the Usability Initiative has a related, but differing goal
from our work. We have not worked with them in any direct way. We are
definitely able and willing to collaborate with them. We are interested
in the cultural aspects of Wikipedia, but our current work deals with
very specific interface modifications in Wikipedia. This current study
is very preliminary. It seems likely that we will expand support of our
interface modification to other languages if the results show that the
tool is helpful.
-Aaron
> 2009/6/15 Aaron Halfaker <half0032@umn.edu <mailto:half0032@umn.edu>>
Gerard Meijssen wrote:
> Hoi,
> Did you talk to the people of the Usability Initiative ? Are you able
> and willing to collaborate with them? Are you able and willing to
> study the impact of other languages, scripts and cultures to the
> usability of Wikipedia?
> Thanks,
> GerardM
>
>> <http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/%7Ereid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf>).
> Hello,
>
> I am a researcher in the GroupLens lab (http://grouplens.org) at the
> University of Minnesota. You might recognize our previous work in
> Wikipedia like "Creating, Destroying, and Restoring Value in
> Wikipedia"
> (http://www-users.cs.umn.edu/~reid/papers/group282-priedhorsky.pdf
> <mailto:Wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org>>
> As part of our continuing work within Wikipedia, my colleagues and
> I are
> conducting an academic (non-commercial) user study where we have
> developed an interface modification that is designed to help users
> work
> together more effectively by changing the interface for reverting
> other
> editors. You can help us complete this study by installing and using
> our modification.
>
> If you choose to participate in the study, you will be automatically
> assigned a Wikipedia gadget that will consist of a subset of the
> modifications we have developed. As part of the study, we will be
> logging your usage of the tool (ie. when you are reverting other
> editors).
>
> Throughout the study, we will be available for tech support and bug
> fixes. There will be a survey at the completion and the entire tool
> will be made publicly available.
>
> Consent form/installer: http://wikipedia.grouplens.org/NICE/consent/
> Wikipedia user script page:
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:EpochFail/NICE
>
> Thanks!
> -Aaron Halfaker
> GroupLens Research
> University of Minnesota
>
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