Thanks to everyone for making my first Wikimania a truly wonderful experience! It was such
a pleasure to meet so many of you. For those of you I didn’t meet, my name is Melanie Kill
and I am an academic researcher studying Wikipedia as an encyclopedia. My research
examines how the genre of the encyclopedia is being defined and redefined by the global
community that writes, edits, and manages Wikipedia.
If you haven’t already, I invite you to participate by completing the survey at
http://www.whatiswikipedia.com. The survey should take about 15-25 minutes to complete,
and your involvement is entirely voluntary and confidential.
In addition to my gratitude, I will be giving away an iPod Shuffle to a lucky survey
participant.
Please email me at m.kill(a)tcu.edu if you have any questions. Many thanks in advance for
your help!
Melanie Kill, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric & Composition
Department of English
Texas Christian University