Greetings!
I'm a computer science researcher at the University of Washington. In
the past few years, I've done a number of studies examining e.g.
deliberation on wikipedia through policy use and the division of valued
work through barnstars.
I've recently designed and built a new discussion interface for
improving web based discussions called Reflect
(
http://www.cs.washington.edu/homes/travis/reflect/). Jonathan Morgan
presented it at Wikimania this year
(
http://www.slideshare.net/jtmorgan/wikimania-reflect).
We're now trying to run a study to see how well it works and get insight
into the next steps we take in its design. At the same time, we'd like
to help Wikimedia gain insight into the development of LiquidThreads.
We are proposing to run a study with the cooperation of Wikimedia. The
study proposal is outlined here:
http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/~travis/liquidreflection/index.php/Discus…
We would love to get your input, particularly on the talk page:
http://abstract.cs.washington.edu/~travis/liquidreflection/index.php/Talk:D…
LiquidThreads + Reflect is implemented on that talk page, as well as the
in-situ survey methodology described in the proposal. Jonathan has
seeded the talk page with some discussion topics.
Thank you for your consideration!!!
Cheers,
Travis