Thanks Aaron and Jonathan. Siko and Edward have let me know that Qualtrics is available. I
wanted to reach out to the community via this list as I'd like to be able to provide
other researchers with practical guidance, too.
I think what I'm hearing is that things are in flux. I'm happy to help as I can!
Best,
~ A.
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> Hi Amanda,
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> I'm sorry that no one has responded to your question yet. There's likely
> two reasons: (1) many of us are currently engaged in Wikimania'14 and (2)
> the timing of discussing a new subject recruitment request is tense due to
> an ongoing discussion about how external subject recruitment requests
> should be handled on-wiki.
>
> Whatever conversation is happening about the current process, there is a
> common practice that I recommend following for running your research on
> Wikipedia. (1) document your research proposal on meta and (2) engage in a
> conversations with the Wikipedians about your study to make sure that you
> won't inadvertently cause. If you reach out to me and/or Dario, we will
> help as much as I can. You've been through this process before, otherwise,
> I'd give more specific instructions.
>
> As for survey devices, I'd recommend that you use a service that allows you
> to have full control of the data. This is the best way to ensure that you
> can protect your survey participants' data. E.g. the WMF privacy policy
> prevents WMF staff from using external survey tools when surveying
> Wikipedia users because of these potential privacy implications. I am not
> a lawyer, but I assume that this policy would not necessarily apply to you
> and your work. If you do end up using an external service, you should
> explain the difference to your participants and make sure that they
> consent.
>
> -Aaron
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>> On Thu, Aug 7, 2014 at 3:09 PM, Amanda Menking <amenking(a)uw.edu> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I’ve followed the discussion re: surveys on this list recently. As a
>> part of my Women and Wikipedia IEG [1], I’ll be deploying a survey re:
>> gender and Wikipedia. I very much want to be respectful of the community
>> and of my participants; I’d also like to have as many robust replies as
>> possible.
>>
>> I realize there isn’t a standardized process, but if you’ve practical
>> guidance re: 1) recruitment (e.g., user talk pages vs. mailing lists vs.
>> notice boards) and 2) tools to use (e.g., SurveyMonkey vs. an internal
>> tool—which I’ve yet to discover), I’d love to hear your thoughts.
>>
>> I’ve suggested that former IEG grantees mentor new applicants. As a part
>> of my work, I’d like to document ways in which researchers can engage
>> Wikipedians while respecting their time, eliciting the best possible
>> information, and reporting back to the community.
>>
>> Thanks!
>> Amanda Menking (EN Mssemantics)
>>
>>
>> [1]
https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Grants:IEG/Women_and_Wikipedia
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