Hey folks,
A new proposal has been posted:
http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:The_motivational_arc_of_massive_vir…
They are using surveys to study the changing motivations of Wikipedians
over their wiki-career. They are hoping to send out 3,600 recruitment
messages to user talk pages since they need 60x3=180 responses and expect a
5-10% response rate. I'm currently trying to talk them down to a more
reasonable number.
I'm also working on them to produce something convincing us of the value of
their work since there have been ~eleventy billion surveys of Wikipedians
about their motivations.
Most importantly, they want us to sign off on their proposal before they
acquire approval from their own IRB. I think this makes sense, but I
wanted to run it past you guys.
Thanks,
-Aaron