FYI, we have a new recruitment request. Please see the writeup (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net) and discussion (http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net)
Dear Dario Taraborelli & Aaron Halfaker,
I would like to bring to your attention a new research project that i posted on Wikipedia. The page can be found here:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Anonymity_and_conformity_over_the_net
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.
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.
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.
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) :-)
http://www.urcity.com/survey/index.php?user=17503006602
http://www.urcity.com/survey/index.php?user=45766208972
Thank you for taking the time to consider and i eagerly waiting to hear back from you :-)
Best regards,
Michail Tsikerdekis
PhD student at Masaryk University, Faculty of Informatics
Brno, Czech Republic