I haven't received any other comments about using Special:EmailUser to contact 1000 users for a survey. I'd assume that many Wikipedians would take issue with such an approach.<div><br></div><div><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Research_talk:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net</a><div>
<br></div><div>-Aaron<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:44 AM, Aaron Halfaker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron.halfaker@gmail.com">aaron.halfaker@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
I've just added some initial discussion to the talk page. This research would like to perform recruitment via Special:EmailUser. I'm not sure how I feel about that so I've summarized my thoughts on the matter and asked for input.<div>
<br></div><div>Also, I've added myself as the "WMF Contact", but I'm not officially WMF anymore. I wonder if we might change that field to RCom Contact or add a new field.</div><div><br></div><div><font color="#888888">-Aaron</font><div>
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<br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Aaron Halfaker <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:aaron.halfaker@gmail.com" target="_blank">aaron.halfaker@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
FYI, we have a new recruitment request. Please see the writeup (<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net</a>) and discussion (<a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=Research_talk:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net&action=edit&redlink=1" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net</a>)<div>
<br></div><div><font color="#888888">-Aaron</font><div><div></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Thu, Sep 22, 2011 at 5:57 AM, Michael Tsikerdekis <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:tsikerdekis@gmail.com" target="_blank">tsikerdekis@gmail.com</a>></span> wrote:<br>
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Dear Dario Taraborelli & Aaron Halfaker,<br><br>I would like to bring to your attention a new research project that i posted on Wikipedia. The page can be found here:<br><a href="http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net" target="_blank">http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net</a><br>
<br>As i describe in the text the benefits for understanding the differences between complete anonymity, pseudonymity and when users use their emails can be tremendous for online communities and increasing collaboration.<br>
<br>I also attach to this email a draft(which i haven't proof read yet so errors can be present) which contains a more rigorous presentation of the concepts. In fact this draft is the planned version that eventually after fixing will be send to the publisher of the journal.<br>
<br>I need to note that the methods that i proposed are subject to change if they violate certain guidelines. Generally i will accept whatever changes you propose as long as they maintain the probability sampling method which is essential for better results.<br>
<br>Since the survey has already been developed. I am providing you with two links(if you need more i can give you more) so that you can see it for yourselves and judge(hopefully with good comments but constructive criticism is more than welcome) :-)<br>
<br><a href="http://www.urcity.com/survey/index.php?user=17503006602" target="_blank">http://www.urcity.com/survey/index.php?user=17503006602</a><br><a href="http://www.urcity.com/survey/index.php?user=45766208972" target="_blank">http://www.urcity.com/survey/index.php?user=45766208972</a><br>
<br>Thank you for taking the time to consider and i eagerly waiting to hear back from you :-)<br><br>Best regards,<br>Michail Tsikerdekis<br>PhD student at Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics<br>Brno, Czech Republic<br>
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