If I'm right, then it is important that we experiment with strategies for reinforcing/jump-starting Wikipedia's adaptive systems.  One way to do that is to make it easier for editors to reflect on current trends.  I'd like to think that integrating research practice into wiki culture (what I've been trying to do with all my work) is one way to do that.  But it would be better if people don't need wait on me and other WMF researchers to finish a study.  We'd all fare better if access to research materials was democratized.  That's the reason I am really excited about projects like quarry.wmflabs.org (run SQL against Wikipedia's DBs from your browser).