This time I'll respond below.
On 7/29/2014 17:50, Heather Ford wrote:
+1 on Piotr's comments.
And very, very happy to hear about
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Ethically_researching_Wikipedia --
I think this is definitely the way to go: developing guidelines that
we *regularly point people to* when they have questions etc. And maybe
something that we as a group can work on in the coming months.
I'll reiterate my suggestions for goals here and add some of Piotr's
and others' comments:
1. developing ethical research guidelines for Wikipedia research
- by building on the WP:Ethically_researching_Wikipedia page and
regularly pointing people to it
Two ideas:
* there's a drive to print out leaflets for Wikimania, this page could
be advertised there
* even better, we should try to advertise it in a leaflet form at Wikisym
* WMF could try to create a short handout booklet based on it
2. finding ways of making responsible requests to the WMF for data
that they hold that might benefit research outside the WMF
- through an official process with guidelines from the WMF on response
times/ viable requests etc.
It is a good example of an idea that helps rather than hinders
researchers, and an area where RCOM-like body assistance would be useful.
3. developing opportunities for researchers to
collaborate and share
what they're doing with the wider research community
- reorganising the research hub and pointing to best case practices
etc (similar to the WP Global Education program, as Piotr suggests)
- actively recruiting WP researchers to join this list and visit the
research hub
- some other regular way of involving researchers such as inviting
them to showcase their work and have it recognised on the list, on the
hub etc
- recognising outstanding research (through a prize perhaps as Aaron
suggested)
All +1
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Piotr Konieczny, PhD
http://hanyang.academia.edu/PiotrKonieczny
http://scholar.google.com/citations?user=gdV8_AEAAAAJ
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Piotrus