Hello,
I am re-posting here because I thought people might be interested in a
proposal
(
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(proposals)#Wikipedia_r…
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_%28proposals%29#Wikipedia_research_review>)
that my lab-mates and I have been working on. The gestalt of the
proposal is that Wikipedia needs a review system to both protect itself
from questionable research activities and to allow good research to take
place within the system. Currently research involving anything other
than the database snapshots is difficult because there is no formal
policy related to research within Wikipedia.
See failed examples of attempted research here:
* Failed mentoring study:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Administrators%27_noticeboard/Incide…
* Failed interface launch:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Village_pump_(technical)#Wikipedia_i…
-Aaron Halfaker
GroupLens Research
University of Minnesota