[Wiki-research-l] You are invited to review the Research Ethics Privacy White Paper

Hello Wikimedia Research Community, Wikipedia researchers,

We invite you to provide feedback to the draft Research Ethics Privacy White Paper https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft# [1] until 30 April 2024.

You can provide your feedback in one of the following ways:

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The corresponding talk page https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_Around_Privacy_Whitepaper/Draft [2]; -

If you require a private space for communicating your feedback, by sending an email to research-feedback@wikimedia.org with “privacy white paper” in the subject line; -

By participating in a conversation hour on 23 April 2024.

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Context: In 2023, in response to a request https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Arbitration/Requests/Case/World_War_II_and_the_history_of_Jews_in_Poland#Formal_request_to_the_Wikimedia_Foundation_for_a_white_paper_on_research_best_practices by English Wikipedia’s Arbitration Committee and after careful scoping, the Wikimedia Foundation prioritised writing a whitepaper with two primary goals:

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Creating a shared understanding among Wikipedia contributors and Wikipedia researchers about some of the key considerations for conducting ethical research on Wikipedia with a focus on privacy. 2.

Providing recommendations about how to navigate some of the most common privacy challenges Wikipedia researchers or Wikipedia contributors run into when conducting or participating in research on Wikipedia.

Over the past 6 months, we at the Wikimedia Foundation’s Research team in collaboration https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia.org/thread/XZ2EHHBDKOQ6X62ICFK7ORE6WFEPF6NL/ [3] with Dr. Michael Zimmer, and with support from Trust and Safety, have worked to create a draft white paper.

We remain committed to our mission to strengthen Wikimedia research communities and improve your experience when contributing your expertise to the Wikimedia projects. We hope that you support us by providing your valuable feedback and help us improve this white paper for you.

Best, Eli Asikin-Garmager (Wikimedia Foundation), on behalf of myself and:

Leila Zia (Wikimedia Foundation)

Michael Zimmer (Marquette University)

[1] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practices_A...

[2] https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Research_talk:Wikimedia_Research_Best_Practi... [3] https://lists.wikimedia.org/hyperkitty/list/wiki-research-l@lists.wikimedia....